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Researchers at the School of Medicine are testing the effectiveness of an investigational drug for the treatment of sciatica pain. Sciatica involves pain in the lower back and hip that radiates down the thigh into the leg.

MacFarlaneThe animated adult series, “Family Guy,” broke the mold for its genre, created a large cult fan base, and made its creator, 33-year-old Seth MacFarlane, famous. MacFarlane will talk about his controversial series for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Wed., March 30, in Graham Chapel.

Thanks to a major gift from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, postdoctoral fellows in Arts & Sciences are now available for graduate students in the humanities and the social sciences.

Bipolar disorder is often hard to diagnose in children, and it is easy to mistake the disorder’s manic phase for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, warns Joan Luby, a child psychiatrist at the School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Learn more about pediatric bipolar disorder in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article.

Genomic analysis may one day be a primary diagnostic tool for physicians deciding on a course of treatment for trauma and other critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), according to a new study by a national collaboration of more than 70 physicians and scientists.

The author of 11 books, she is a cancer survivor, a prominent lesbian activist, an influential literary editor and a gifted translator.

Major research institutions face critical public policy issues almost every day of the year. Funding for student financial aid, support for research, and regulatory requirements are just three of the almost constant issues that need to be dealt with. Then come such hot-button topics as stem cell research, which can’t be anticipated in advance. Good […]

The award-winning 12-member group will be joined by Mama’s Pot Roast, a WUSTL improv comedy troupe.

After graduating from Metro Academic and Classical High School in St. Louis, she received a WUSTL academic scholarship.

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and the Seismological Society of America have selected him to give about 12 talks.