Oh baby!
Photo by Robert BostonPhysical therapy students in “Kinesiology II” try to guess how old Brodie Pratt is by his movements while he plays with his grandmother.
Children’s study to determine if asthma medications can reduce need for steroids
Children between the ages of 6 and 17 years old with moderate-to-severe asthma may be eligible for a study at the School of Medicine to evaluate whether two medications can reduce the amount of inhaled steroids needed to control asthma.
Diabetic hearts make unhealthy switch to high-fat diet
The high-fat “diet” that diabetic heart muscle consumes helps make cardiovascular disease the most common killer of diabetic patients, according to a study done at the School of Medicine. The study will appear in the February 7 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and is now available online.
Children’s institute launched with goal of curing deadliest diseases
Photo by Robert BostonHelping kick off St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s “Building for Care, Searching for Cures” campaign were Joe Buck, Jonathan D. Gitlin, Lee Fetter and Larry Shapiro.The collaboration will focus on accelerating cures in four areas: congenital heart disease, cancer, lung and respiratory disorders and musculoskeletal diseases.
More medical news
Common blood-thinner drug increases risk of bone fracture
Warfarin, also known by the brand name Coumadin, is often given to patients with atrial fibrillation, irregular contractions of the upper chambers of the heart.
Patients with blocked carotids needed for study that may revive old treatment
Surgeons once treated blockages with a carotid bypass, which reroutes a scalp artery to restore normal brain blood flow and pressure.
Breast cancer may be several diseases
“We’re analyzing the genes active in breast tumors to characterize the biological behaviors of each breast-cancer subtype,” says lead investigator Matthew Ellis.
Dance fever
Photo by Tim ParkerMedical students in the Ballroom Dance Club learn dances for the School of Medicine’s 10th annual Faculty/Student Med Ball, to be held March 11.
February 2006 Radio Service
Listed below are this month’s featured news stories.
• Warfarin increases risk of fractures (week of Feb. 1)
• Older adults can control health (week of Feb. 8)
• New cancer strategy (week of Feb. 15)
• Enzyme affects aging process (week of Feb. 22)
Study eases concerns over mental side effects from potent AIDS drug
Sustiva is the brand name for efavirenz.The largest detailed, prospective clinical study of the mental side effects of a potent anti-AIDS drug, efavirenz, has revealed that the anxiety, dizziness, “funny feelings” and vivid dreams triggered by the drug fade away within a month, possibly clearing the way for more widespread use. Efavirenz is the first drug from its class that lasts long enough to be taken once a day, and that makes it a potentially valuable drug for AIDS treatment, according to scientists at the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit (ACTU) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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