School of Medicine

For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer’s disease, in the human brain. A team of scientists at the School of Medicine and the University of Milan report their results this week in Science.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke. The new research center will become part of a national network of stroke centers.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at the School of Medicine, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts.

The School of Medicine will receive about $9 million over five years to investigate new ways to diagnose and treat stroke.

New School of Medicine research shows arm injuries are causing NFL players to miss significant game and practice time.

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.

Photo by Robert BostonThe School of Medicine Class of 2012’s 124 students were presented with a white coat, a long-time symbol of the medical profession, Aug. 15.

Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger, School of Medicine research found.

People have long prized silver as a precious metal. Now, silver-coated endotracheal tubes are giving critically ill patients another reason to value the lustrous metal. In a study published in the Aug. 20, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers at the School of Medicine and the NASCENT Investigation Group, report that the silver-coated tubes led to a 36 percent reduction of ventilator-associated pneumonia.