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In the never-ending quest to make sure cars are not spewing large quantities of pollution into the air, states are implementing new and easier ways to ensure automobiles are both safe and environmentally friendly.

“With African-Americans and other minority groups having both problem and pathological gambling rates that are two to three times higher than Caucasian gamblers, accurate diagnosis is essential to treat gambling addiction,”

Ray E. Clouse M.D., professor of medicine and of psychiatry, died at his home on Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, of complications from lung cancer. He was 56.

Photo by Stewart GoldstenThe St. Louis Black Rep will open its 31st season with “Boesman and Lena” at Edison Theatre Sept. 12-23.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and Laumeier Sculpture Park will launch the school’s fall Architecture Lecture Series Sept. 10. Beginning with talks by three prominent architects — David Lewis, Lawrence Scarpa and Charles Rose.

School of Medicine researchers have improved a recently developed brain imaging technique to allow brain scans of infants.

Photo by David KilperThe swashbuckling economist frequently instructs using a fencing foil. He keeps it safe. He doesn’t lunge or attack anyone. Instead Glenn MacDonald, Ph.D., uses the foil to engage his students in animated discussions about microeconomics or game theory or his daughter’s belly-button jewelry.

Sign up today to donate blood or volunteer at Washington University’s first campus-wide blood drive. The event will be held Tuesday, September 11 at 12 locations and a variety of times to fit your schedule. All students, staff, and faculty are invited to articipate in this exciting effort, where one hour of your time as a blood donor can save up to three lives.

More than 30 million Americans suffer from debilitating migraine headaches, but a current worldwide clinical trial may have many on the road to relief. Closing a small hole in the heart has already alleviated migraine symptoms for a group of stroke patients, says WUSM physician John Lasala. Now, a clinical trial of hundreds of patients is trying to better gauge the effectiveness of the procedure.

A psychiatric geneticist at the School of Medicine is one of several principal investigators around the country who will participate in the Genes, Environment and Health Initiative (GEI), a unique collaboration between geneticists and environmental scientists. The $48 million initiative is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Laura Jean Bierut, M.D., professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, will head the national study of addiction, looking both at genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the problem.