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The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a common way to detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages. The exact number of a dangerously high PSA count is constantly under debate and varies among men in different age groups. Despite its imperfections, WUSM urologic surgeon Arnold Bullock still recommends the test be taken annually by men over 50.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have identified a previously unsuspected response by mouse heart muscle cells to fasting conditions: the cells’ power generators, the mitochondria, appear to remodel and consume extra internal walls or membranes in an effort to supply energy to the rest of the cell.

H. pylori bound to stomach tissueThe bacterium that causes ulcers and contributes to stomach cancers uses a clever interaction between two genes to randomly tighten and loosen its grip on the stomach, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine and Umeå University in Sweden.

P. Roy Vagelos was head of the Department of Biological Chemistry at the School of Medicine from 1966-1975.

They seek to recognize the contributions made by teaching faculty in training medical students to become outstanding physicians.

Being studied is a drug designed to reduce the severe pain that can last for years after a bout with the disorder.

Courtesy photoThe annual Siteman Cancer Center holiday card can be purchased at the Barnard Health and Cancer Information Center.

The finding suggests that DHEA may be able to counter the increase in abdominal fat and accompanying increased risk for diabetes. More medical articles

The former assistant professor of clinical medicine died Oct. 7.

At WUSTL, he established the voice evaluation laboratory, which combined many methods of laryngeal evaluation.