To improve doctors’ ability to identify sepsis early, the NIH has funded researchers at Saint Louis University who may have already discovered a solution: chlorinated lipids.
While stress, travel, and changes of schedule are not likely to trigger a relapse, they can make multiple sclerosis symptoms worse and that can put a damper on holiday festivities. Professor of neurology at Saint Louis University Florian Thomas, M.D., offers strategies to keep MS symptoms in check.
If you don't know if you have the flu or a cold, you probably have a cold, says Donald Kennedy, M.D., professor of internal medicine at Saint Louis University and an infectious diseases expert.
Among the tips offered by a Saint Louis University dietitian to avoid overindulging on Thanksgiving: limit portions, gauge fullness as you eat and ask for a go box.
Suma Chand, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of psychiatry at Saint Louis University, uses cognitive exercises that help build the gratitude ‘muscle’.
Two Saint Louis University researchers are collaborating to reduce infant mortality rates while improving health care services to pregnant women and new mothers
Ajay Jain, M.D., medical director of the pediatric liver transplant program at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and a SLUCare pediatric hepatologist and gastroenterologist, received a $150,000 grant from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) to study preventative strategies for total parenteral nutrition associated disorders.Ajay Jain
Nighttime hunters like cats and owls, benefit from their big round eyes that let in plenty of light, but humans have more limited abilities to see in the dark.
It's hard to be unhappy around young children, who lift your spirits while keeping you on the go. This infusion of energy is good both for attitude and physical health, says a Saint Louis University assistant professor of geriatric medicine.
Funded by the NIH, Saint Louis University researchers will search 100,000 small molecules for a protein mimic that triggers an immune response that dampens osteoporosis.
Travis Loux, Ph.D., assistant professor in Saint Louis University's School for Public Health and Social Justice, encourages everyone to learn more about interpreting scientific and medical research.
Saint Louis University geriatrician Dulce Cruz Oliver, M.D., instills passion in caring for patients with life-altering illnesses. She is inspired by the impact of complementary medicine on the friends and family members who came to her grandmother, a healer, for loving care.
Saint Louis University is participating in a Phase III clinical trial for a drug to treat early-onset preeclampsia in pregnant women that could increase the length of pregnancy, resulting in improved fetal outcomes and reduced infant mortality.
In a consensus paper, a global panel of leading aging experts suggests physicians routinely screen everyone older than 70 annually for cognitive problems.
Earlier this year, investigators at Saint Louis University enrolled the first U.S. patient in a worldwide Phase 3 clinical trial of a medication to treat patients who have a rare form of heart failure due to a gene mutation.