Closed-chest procedures gain in popularity among heart patients

Gabriel B. Tait/P-DDoctors are using stents to manage heart disease without opening the chest.The number of open-heart surgery patients is declining for several reasons. Better drugs and healthier lifestyle choices are keeping many people out of the operating room, but even those who do require surgery are frequently opting for less invasive procedures these days. Read more in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

Play ball! LaRussa first up to bat for the Assembly Series fall 2005 season

LaRussaThe Washington University Assembly Series will have an unorthodox start to its fall schedule with a talk by Cardinals’ manager, Tony La Russa at 11 a.m. Sept. 7 in Graham Chapel. The rest of the series features speakers on a wide range of topics including politics, economics, writing, history, religion, medicine, literature, evolution, space exploration, social justice and the Holocaust.

Camp provides fun for HIV-positive kids

Camp HOPE lives up to its name. The three-day camp, part of a larger outreach called Project ARK, gives HIV-positive children a chance to swim, ride horses and simply have fun. Kim Donica, director of Project ARK and research administrator for pediatric infectious disease, discusses the project in the following interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Rankings of WUSTL by News Media

Below is a link to the Washington University news release about the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings for 2004-05: http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3627.html To view a full listing of U.S. News magazine, book and Web-only rankings for 2004-05, please visit the U.S. News & World Report site: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

August 2005 Radio Service

Listed below are this month’s featured news stories. • Neurotransmitter linked to cancer (week of Aug. 3) • ATV safety (week of Aug. 10) • Biomechanics of men and women (week of Aug. 17) • College can add pounds (week of Aug. 24) • Chimp genome sequenced (week of Aug. 31)
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