Med students, older adults communicate through art
A program is based on research showing that students who interact with older adults early in their medical training develop better attitudes toward aging.
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Danforth Campus renaming events scheduled for fall
All members of the University community are being invited to attend several events scheduled for Sept. 17, starting with a program in Graham Chapel.
Danforth Scholar Solawetz is ‘ambassador of hope’
Courtesy PhotoShe has touched young lives as a volunteer in the orphanages of Chile and Mexico and as a tutor in low-income Hispanic neighborhoods of south St. Louis.
Drug may prevent recurrence of depression in diabetics
Controlling depression, by exercise, activity, cognitive therapy or medication, improves the likelihood that blood glucose will be better controlled in patients with diabetes.
Sports
Baseball team hosts NCAA D-III regionals For the second straight season, the baseball team has headed to the NCAA Tournament. The Bears are hosting the six-team Central Regional. WUSTL (34-5), which earned an at-large bid to the Tournament, played No. 4 Aurora University (29-11) May 17, after Record presstime. Softball season ends with split at […]
Polonsky sees life plan come into focus with J.D.
The Boston native graduated with an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and spent three years in strategy consulting in California.
Smokers seven times more likely to need jolt from heart devices
Heart patients who smoke and have implanted defibrillators are much more likely to have the devices jolt their hearts back into normal rhythm than nonsmokers with the devices.
Edison announces 2006-07 OVATIONS! Series
On the docket are more than a dozen events, ranging from returning favorites to St. Louis and world premieres to the popular ovations! for young people series.
WUSTL, BJH join network seeking to reduce hospital-acquired infections
The School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital researchers will receive $300,000 annually for five years to study how infections are acquired in health-care settings.
Sports are for everyone
Photo by Bill StoverThe University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams recently sponsored a tennis clinic for Special Olympics athletes in Forest Park.
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