Washington University School of Medicine
Investigational diabetes drug may have fewer side effects
Drugs for type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain, bone fractures and cardiovascular problems, but in mice, an investigational drug appears to improve insulin sensitivity without those troublesome side ...
Medical research
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Families of kids with staph infections have high rate of drug-resistant germ
Family members of children with a staph infection often harbor a drug-resistant form of the germ, although they don't show symptoms, a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found.
Pediatrics
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Genes predict if medication can help you quit smoking
The same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and drugs that thwart cravings, a new study shows.
Genetics
May 30, 2012 |
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Intrauterine devices, implants most effective birth control
A study to evaluate birth control methods has found dramatic differences in their effectiveness. Women who used birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring were 20 times more likely to have an unintended pregnancy than ...
Overweight and Obesity
May 23, 2012 |
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Babies' susceptibility to colds linked to immune response at birth
Innate differences in immunity can be detected at birth, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And babies with a better innate response to viruses have fewer respiratory illnesses ...
Immunology
May 17, 2012 |
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Substance use reduces educational achievement even when educational benefits are assured
Although various kinds of substance use are associated with reduced educational attainment, these associations have been mixed and may also be partially due to risk factors such as socioeconomic disadvantages. A study of ...
Addiction
May 15, 2012 |
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Surgeons restore some hand function to quadriplegic patient
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead ...
Surgery
May 15, 2012 |
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Multiple thought channels may help brain avoid traffic jams
Brain networks may avoid traffic jams at their busiest intersections by communicating on different frequencies, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University Medical Center at Hamburg-Eppendorf ...
Neuroscience
May 06, 2012 |
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New technique could identify drugs that help fight broad range of viruses
Results of a new study demonstrate the feasibility of a novel strategy in drug discovery: screening large numbers of existing drugs — often already approved for other uses — to see which ones activate genes that ...
Cancer
May 05, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's plaques disrupt brain networks
Scientist studying the way Alzheimer's takes root in the brain have identified important new similarities between a mouse model and human Alzheimer's.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Apr 20, 2012 |
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First gene linked to common form of psoriasis identified
Scientists led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first gene directly linked to the most common form of psoriasis, a chronic skin condition.
Genetics
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Kidney stone mystery solved
Kidney stones strike an estimated 1 million Americans each year, and those who have experienced the excruciating pain say it is among the worst known to man (or woman).
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 18, 2012 |
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'Positive stress' helps protect eye from glaucoma
Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 03, 2012 |
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DNA sequencing lays foundation for personalized cancer treatment
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are using powerful DNA sequencing technology not only to identify mutations at the root of a patient's tumor – considered key to personalizing cancer ...
Cancer
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Public health researchers: More than half of all cancer is preventable
More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis.
Cancer
Mar 28, 2012 |
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