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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Restorative Reproductive Medicine? Coercion Masquerading as Empowerment
Americans’ reproductive health can only truly be realized when everyone’s reproduction is equally valued, and when their own decision-making is put first, writes doctoral student Anna Wood.
‘The gift of time: A message about science, gratitude and hope’
Time is the most meaningful gift medicine can give. Watch this story of resilience and gratitude, four years in the making, featuring Michael Avidan, MBBCh, a professor who became a patient of WashU Medicine.
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
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.