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
Protein that regulates aging may provide key to new diabetes therapies
Opening the possibility of new therapies for type 2 diabetes, researchers at the School of Medicine have found that a protein called Sirt1 enhances the secretion of insulin in mice and allows them to better control blood glucose levels. Their study will appear in the August 17 issue of Cell Metabolism.
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)
Researchers study brain’s elastic properties
How exactly does the human brain react to a fall or an automobile accident? Researchers at Washington University are working to answer that question through a new computer model based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Learn more in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.
Wright named head team physician for Cardinals
He has been an assistant team physician with the Cardinals since l998 and covers many of the team’s home games.
Macones named head of OB-GYN
The “recognized leader with impressive accomplishments” will replace James R. Schreiber, who has served as department head since 1991.
Protein prevents tissue injury but encourages tumor growth
You win some, you lose some. A protein that protects the body from tissue damage also increases the risk of tumors, according to a study conducted at the School of Medicine. Moderate reduction of the protein level protects against tumor formation but increases susceptibility to tissue injury.
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