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A strict regimen of brushing the teeth of patients in the intensive-care unit on breathing machines reduced the rate of pneumonia, a new study finds.

A local program designed to increase awareness about sickle cell disease in the African-American faith community led to a huge increase in first-time blood donations.

Richard M. Torack, M.D., a pioneering researcher in dementia, died Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. He was 81.

Photo by Robert BostonThe annual Student, Faculty and Staff Art Show in the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Atrium is on display until Feb. 12.

Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes will present internationally acclaimed musicians Marc Copland, Gary Peacock, and Bill Stewart in concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 in the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall at the 560 Music Center in University City.

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will launch its spring 2009 concert series, “Kemper Presents,” at 6 p.m. Feb. 27 with Theodore, a foursome that creates a rootsy, familiar yet completely fresh sound with instruments as diverse as the trombone, glockenspiel, accordion and lap steel guitar. Designed to highlight the talents and diversity of contemporary […]

Courtesy PhotoTwo powerhouses of American theater, The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company, will join forces to present a pair of adventure classics at the Edison Theatre Feb. 13 and 14.

In January, 18 School of Medicine faculty were presented with Distinguished Faculty Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in clinical care, community service, research and teaching.

Smith As the White House pleads for bipartisan support of a massive federal stimulus plan, congressional Democrats and Republicans are maneuvering, strategizing, nervously seeking partners in an awkward legislative first dance that may determine whether Barack Obama makes good on his promise to bring change to Washington, suggests Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis.

Is it possible to tease apart a complex genetic trait to reveal the precise genetic variations that have combined to produce it? Yes, School of Medicine researchers report.