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When she was a student in dental school at the University of Chile, M. Rosario Hernandez, D.D.S., didn’t expect that one day she’d be an expert on glaucoma and the optic nerve. She didn’t picture herself coming to St. Louis or even to the United States. She had just completed dental school when Chilean general […]

General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

At stake are researchers’ efforts to find new ways to reduce loss of vision, kidney failure, heart damage and other diabetes side effects.

“Stated in the most basic terms, we are studying why some people are fat and some are skinny,” says lead investigator Ingrid B. Borecki.

Photo by Mary ButkusChancellor Mark S. Wrighton is presented with a plaque designating the former Cori laboratory as a National Historic Chemical Landmark.

School of Medicine researchers found that gut microbes promote fat storage by suppressing the production of a certain protein. More medical articles

“The world, and neurosurgery, has lost an outstanding physician, mentor and scientist,” colleague Robert L. Grubb says.

The former volunteer professor of pediatrics died Oct. 21 of pneumonia.

He was a longtime pediatrician and former professor at the School of Medicine.

Joan Luby helps identify depression in children with “interview puppets.”Although all children are sad sometimes, preschoolers tend to be inherently joyful. But Joan Luby, director of the Early Emotional Development Program at the School of Medicine, has found that, like adults, very young children can experience depression. Her research team has developed a checklist to help clinicians identify young children at risk for developing the disease.