Cell-phone radiation doesn’t cause cellular stress, doesn’t promote cancer
Electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones doesn’t activate the stress response in human cells growing in cultures.
Sunlight exposure may help prevent periodontal disease
According to School of Medicine research recently published in the Journal of Periodontology, our teeth may be light-sensitive.
New location set for Student Health Services
For the first time, Medicine Services, Mental Health Services and Health Promotion Services will be located in the same area.
Biomedical engineers demonstrate how people learn complex behaviors
Kurt Thoroughman and Jordan Taylor have identified how people use individual experiences to improve performance.
For brain injuries, looking beyond the injury site is critical, researchers say
Researchers have the first direct evidence that brain injury can cause detrimental functional changes in brain regions far from the injury site.
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Learning how to transfer
Photo by Robert BostonIn a patient lab, physical therapy students learn how to transfer patients from a wheelchair to a mat, or to sit or stand.
WUSTL to host political theory conference Oct. 21-22
The Association for Political Theory’s conference Oct. 21-22 is designed to foster “intellectual sociability” among scholars.
Fiction writer, essayist Martone to read Oct. 27
Both talks are part of The Writing Program’s fall Reading Series and will take place in Hurst Lounge, Duncker Hall, Room 201.
Extreme sport meets dance as Diavolo comes to Edison
Diavolo will present two evening shows and also an all-ages matinee as part of the ovations! for young people series.
Obituary: Hano, prof. emeritus of mathematics
He came to the University in September 1962 as a visiting associate professor of mathematics; he became a full professor in 1969.
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