http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Saint Louis University A recent Saint Louis University study revealed that Medicaid-insured children with eczema, an inflammatory skin condition that affects 20 percent children in the United States, do not have easy access to dermatologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-medicaid-insured-children-limited-access-dermatologists.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:39:58 EST news286454389 New research at Saint Louis University shows physicians do not talk to patients about the psychosocial impact and long-term risks of implanting cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) to treat irregular heart rhythms, leaving them misinformed about how the device may affect quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-doctors-impact-heart-devices-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:33:05 EST news280467168 In research published in the Jan. 24 edition of PLOS Pathogens, Saint Louis University investigators together with collaborators from the University of Missouri and the University of Pittsburgh report a breakthrough in the pursuit of new hepatitis B drugs that could help cure the virus. Researchers were able to measure and then block a previously unstudied enzyme to stop the virus from replicating, taking advantage of known similarities with another major pathogen, HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-finish-aims-knockout-hepatitis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:05:22 EST news279201914 In a research review article published in the American Journal of Nephrology, Saint Louis University investigators examined data from multiple studies to better understand how obesity, an epidemic in the U.S., impacts kidney transplant patients. The authors report that, even as some connections between weight and health outcomes are unknown or contradictory, there is evidence that obese kidney transplant patients don't do as well after surgery, experiencing more adverse outcomes, including wound infections, delayed graft function, graft failure, cardiac disease and increased costs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-patients-heavy-kidney.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:44:20 EST news277389754 Many U.S. schools are not prepared for bioterrorism attacks, outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases or pandemics, despite the recent 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic that resulted in more than 18,000 deaths worldwide, Saint Louis University researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-majority-schools-ready-pandemic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:33:25 EST news267103919 In research funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association and published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, Saint Louis University investigator Ángel Baldán, Ph.D., found that the microRNA miR-33 plays a key role in regulating bile metabolism. Further, the research suggests that, in an animal model, the manipulation of this microRNA can improve the liver toxicity that can be caused by statins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-key-piece-genetic-coding-toxic.html Medical research Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:17:33 EST news261058544