Clues to rare childhood brain tumor uncovered
New research from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
– Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project (PCGP) shows that mutations linked to a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the
brainstem play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors. The findings offer important insight into a poorly understood tumor that kills more than 90 percent of patients within two years.
Washington People: David J. Murray
David J. Murray, MD, chose pediatric anesthesia as a way to gain the confidence that he could manage the very worst that might happen, no matter how bad it got. Now, he uses clinical simulation to help students and residents learn to confront emergencies.
Winter blues see the light
People of all ages can develop winter blues or seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of clinical depression which occurs typically during the fall and winter and resolves itself by spring. Eric Lenze, MD, professor of psychiatry at
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, says bright light therapy, sometimes called phototherapy, is the treatment of choice for seasonal affective disorder.
Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer’s
The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer’s disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness. The discovery by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may lead doctors and researchers to change the way Alzheimer’s disease is classified.
Mom’s love good for child’s brain
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response to stress. The new research, by child psychiatrists and neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is the first to show that changes in this key region of children’s brain anatomy are linked to a mother’s nurturing.
Morrison gets recognitions from American College of Physicians
Aubrey Morrison, MBBS, professor of medicine and
of developmental biology, has been named a Master of the American
College of Physicians. In addition, he received the American
College of Physicians Award for Outstanding Work in Science as Related
to Medicine. He is the first person from Washington University School
of Medicine to receive this award.
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Health Happening Fair Feb. 3
Interested in getting a glimpse into your health
for 2012? Visit the Health Happening health and wellness fair from 7:30
a.m.–3 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Eric P. Newman Education Center for a variety
of free health screenings and informational booths.
Nominate staff for Dean’s Distinguished Service Awards
It’s time to nominate School of Medicine staff
for this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor
awarded to a medical school staff member. The award recognizes a full-time medical school employee who shows commitment to exceeding his or her job
responsibilities, creates a positive working and learning environment
and improves the community.
Well-controlled HIV doesn’t affect heart metabolism, function
People with HIV often develop blood sugar and
lipid problems and other metabolic complications that increase heart disease risk. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the HIV virus and the drugs used to treat it don’t worsen heart metabolism and function in these patients.
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Medical school employees walk 1.3 billion steps in 100 days
Between Sept. 28, 2011, and Jan. 5, 2012,
Washington University School of Medicine employees walked to the moon
and back, then around the equator 10 times. That adds up to nearly
1.3 billion steps walked in the 100-day Tread the Med “Be A Walk Star”
walking campaign, sponsored by the School of Medicine Wellness Council
and managed by the Department of Human Resources.
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