Uncategorized

Dr. Mario Castro and nurse Michelle Jenkerson visit with patient Wil Klages and his mom, Peg Klages.Studying Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) to learn what puts children at risk for the most severe infections, Washington University researchers at St. Louis Children’s Hospital found that a child’s age at the time of infection and whether that child lives with a smoker could mean the difference between the sniffles and the intensive care unit.

Most pediatric burns can be prevented.Childhood burns can happen when least expected: An inquisitive toddler crawling around the kitchen pulls on a coffee pot’s dangling electrical cord, causing the scalding liquid to burn his tiny arm. The Trauma and Burn Program at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital admits approximately 165 burn patients a year and treats another 200 on an outpatient basis. Robert P. Foglia, M.D., director of the program, offers tips on how to prevent household burns, the leading cause of accidental deaths in the home.

WUSM researchers have developed new risk estimates for premature babies.If a woman goes into labor before her baby is full term, her obstetrician must make a crucial recommendation: delay labor or allow it to continue. Delivering the baby prematurely may increase the risk of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), a potentially fatal condition. Now medical researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have generated new risk estimates for RDS that allow physicians to make delivery decisions with far greater confidence.

The renowned classics scholar Malcolm Schofield will give the annual Biggs Lecture in the Classics at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 17, for the Assembly Series. The event will be held in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge; it is free and open to the public.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe Suspicious of Whistlers comedy troupe recently competed against Mama’s Pot Roast, another student improv group.

He was 13 when he completed high school, 17 when he earned a bachelor’s degree — with three majors, two minors — and 19 when he earned a master’s, so it’s not surprising to hear the many accolades placed on Ramanath Cowsik, Ph.D., professor of physics in Arts & Sciences. Cowsik has been compared to […]

Photo by David KilperTwo columns — each adorned with a “WU” stone plaque — now flank the Shepley Drive-Big Bend Boulevard entrance to the Hilltop Campus.

Among the topics the conference will explore is the barriers to the accumulation of wealth in African-American communities.

The following incidents were reported to University Police Feb. 16-22. Readers with information that could assist in investigating these incidents are urged to call 935-5555. This information is provided as a public service to promote safety awareness and is available on the University Police Web site at police.wustl.edu. Feb. 16 12:40 p.m. — The building […]

Among his numerous contributions to theoretical physics is the discovery of the quark, the basic building block of all atomic nuclei.