Low-carb diet delivers added liver benefits beyond weight loss
WashU Medicine researchers led a clinical trial testing three diets with different proportions of fat and carbohydrates and found all of them improved metabolic health, but a ketogenic plan had additional benefits for liver health and blood sugar control.
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Perspectives
20 Years Later, the Long-Awaited Companion to a Classic Graphic Novel
As Shaun Tan reminds us with his stand-alone follow-up to “The Arrival,” some truths are so enormous, so beautiful, they can be told only through myth, writes John Hendrix
Working 9-5 With Dolly
Richard Chapman, senior lecturer of film and media studies, shares his remembrance of working with Dolly Parton.
Cancer screening guidelines need to address long-term care facilities
For long-term care residents, cancer screening decisions should be intentional, individualized to the patient, documented, and revisited regularly or when health status changes. No one should reach the end of their life blaming themselves for cancer being detected too late, writes Kim Johnson.
Videos
A scientist’s ‘a-ha moment’
Alex Quillin, PhD ’25, talks about the day she looked through the microscope and realized what she and her fellow students discovered.
Bookshelf
‘Michelangelo & Titian’
In his new book, “Michelangelo & Titian: A Tale of Rivalry & Genius,” WashU’s William Wallace explores a mutual admiration, and simmering competition, that unfolded over decades.