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Video: Barnes-Jewish St. Peters performs innovative, life-saving stroke procedure (Links to an external site)

May 19, 2022June 28, 2022

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters is the only hospital in St. Charles County that performs a life-saving stroke procedure.

Clinical and translational research receives $61 million grant support (Links to an external site)

May 12, 2022June 28, 2022

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received a $61 million grant renewal for its Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences to support clinical and translational research across the region. Among its most significant recent endeavors, the ICTS has played a central role in the School of Medicine’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. William G. Powderly, MD, (right) discusses patient conditions in the intensive care unit with Maanasi Samant, MD, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital during the pandemic.

Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis conduct many clinical trials and translational research studies each year to develop and evaluate new ways of treating and diagnosing myriad types of diseases. Such research holds promise for improving the health of people living in St. Louis, across the state of Missouri and around […]

Lenze named head of Department of Psychiatry (Links to an external site)

May 9, 2022June 28, 2022

Eric J. Lenze, MD, has been named head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will begin his new role Aug. 1.

Eric J. Lenze, MD, a leader in the treatment of psychiatric disorders in older adults and in devising innovative clinical trials to answer pressing public health problems, has been named the head of the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He will begin his new role Aug. 1.

BJC brings leading-edge stroke treatment capabilities to St. Charles County (Links to an external site)

May 3, 2022June 28, 2022

Dr. Brendan Eby (right) talks with Assistant Nurse Manager Erik Kelder at the Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital’s thrombectomy stroke center. (Source: BJC)

Every second counts when someone is having a stroke. Now, when strokes or related emergencies occur, residents of St. Charles County and surrounding communities have close-by, around-the-clock access to the most advanced medical treatment available.

Classmates Reunite at Alumni Weekend 2022 (Links to an external site)

May 2, 2022June 28, 2022

In the fall of 1983, Jennifer Ho, ’88 MD, visited Feinberg for the first time for her medical school interview. Ho recalled that she was impressed by the medical school’s research and clinical training opportunities and having grown up in Southern California, she said that seeing snow for the first time in Chicago was a […]

Race of people given Alzheimer’s blood tests may affect interpretation of results (Links to an external site)

April 21, 2022June 28, 2022

Three of four blood tests used to identify people in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease perform differently in Black individuals compared to white individuals, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such differences may put Black patients at risk of misdiagnosis.

Three experimental blood tests used to identify people in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease perform differently in Black individuals compared to white individuals, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Calming overexcited neurons may protect brain after stroke (Links to an external site)

April 21, 2022June 28, 2022

By scanning the genomes of nearly 6,000 stroke patients, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identified two genes associated with recovery. Both are involved in regulating neuronal excitability, suggesting that targeting overstimulated neurons may help promote recovery in the pivotal first 24 hours.

A new study has prompted scientists to reconsider a once-popular yet controversial idea in stroke research. Neuroscientists believed that, in the aftermath of a stroke, calming overexcited neurons might prevent them from releasing a toxic molecule that can kill neurons already damaged by lack of oxygen. This idea was supported by studies in cells and […]

Risky driving behaviors increase as common sleep disorder worsens (Links to an external site)

April 14, 2022June 28, 2022

Up to half of older adults may have sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing and sleep are briefly interrupted many times a night. A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that this chronic tiredness can have serious implications for road safety.

People with sleep apnea wake up tired in the morning, no matter how many hours they actually sleep. The condition causes them to briefly stop and restart breathing dozens or even hundreds of times a night. Even though such breathing interruptions often don’t awaken those with apnea, they prevent them from sinking into deep, refreshing […]

Poverty, crime linked to differences in newborns’ brains (Links to an external site)

April 12, 2022June 28, 2022

Scanning the brains of newborns, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that maternal exposure to poverty and crime can influence the structure and function of young brains even before babies make their entrances into the world. Here, the university’s Lourdes Bernardez prepares an infant for an MRI scan as […]

For people with Down syndrome, a longer life, but under a cloud (Links to an external site)

April 11, 2022June 28, 2022

Carli Binek is participating in a study tracking biological changes in the brains and bodies of adults with Down syndrome to identify the biomarkers that might herald the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. (Whitney Curtis for The Washington Post)

Karen Gaffney is not afraid of challenges. Born with bum hips, she became an accomplished swimmer, crossing Lake Tahoe solo and the English Channel as part of a relay team. She started a foundation to champion people with disabilities, giving motivational speeches. She works for a law firm four days a week.