“We are headed into a time when a confluence of changes are going to lead to a perfect storm, making us finally realize that our health care system needs a major overhaul,” says Timothy D. McBride, Ph.D., leading health economist and professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis. “As the elderly population doubles between now and about 2030, projections are that we will see at least a doubling of the costs of the federal and state health and retirement programs,” he says. “That will likely be when the perfect storm hits. But if we miss it then, we will likely have missed all the storm clouds for the foreseeable future.”
Troy Ruths of the national champion men’s basketball team has been honored as the 2007-08 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America of the Year, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Ruths is the first student-athlete in WUSTL history to receive the honor. The announcement was made to a national television audience Aug. […]
Employees, patients and visitors to the Washington University Medical Center have a new and improved commute with the Aug. 18 opening of the redesigned and rebuilt I-64/Kingshighway interchange.
A test of new hearing aid technology by School of Medicine researchers showed that the hearing aids worked well in a noisy environment — the most challenging test for a hearing aid.
The season opener for the WUSTL football team has changed venues. Come cheer on the Bears as they play Greenville College at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at Francis Field.