School of Medicine

About one-third of adults in the United States has high blood pressure, but because there are no outward symptoms, many people don’t know they have it. High blood pressure can lead to serious problems such as stroke, heart failure, heart attack and kidney failure. The School of Medicine is hosting free blood pressure screenings and […]

The Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine has awarded the first Jack H. Ladenson Fellowship in Experimental Clinical Physiology to Brian T. Edelson, M.D., Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Ken Murphy, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology. The fellowship was created to honor the many professional and departmental contributions of Ladenson, Ph.D., who […]

Brian T. Edelson, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the first Jack H. Ladenson Fellowship in Experimental Clinical Pathology.

The University’s Bear Cub Fund has extended its deadline for grant applications to Nov. 14.

Photo by Michael WorfulFaculty discuss women in science and medicine at the Spotlight on Women in Medicine and Science symposium and panel Sept. 26 at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center.

Calorie restriction may not be as effective at extending life in people as it is in rodents, according to School of Medicine scientists.

A new predictive measurement developed at the School of Medicine could bring good news to many women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer.

Deadline for nominations for the 2008 Samuel Goldstein Leadership Awards in Medical Student Education is 5 p.m., Oct. 20.

A study by WUSTL biologists shows that the more diverse a bird population is in an area, the less chance humans have of exposure to West Nile Virus.

Deborah L. Ratliff, staff nurse in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Oncology, died Sept. 25, 2008.