BioMed Radio - Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Podcast
1) Blunted response to rewards in preschoolers with depression
Adults and teenagers with clinical depression don’t respond to rewards in a normal manner. Their moods are less enthusiastic, and their brains don’t act the same way as those in adults and adolescents...Show More
2) Sex differences contribute to vision damage in NF1
Vision problems can be caused by neurofibromatosis. Kids with mutations in the NF1 gene that causes neurofibromatosis often develop tumors on the optic nerve, but not all of them develop vision proble...Show More
3) Brain changes in Tourette syndrome
Using MRIs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified areas in the brains of children with Tourettes syndrome that appear markedly different from the same a...Show More
4) Bruchas-BRAIN grant
As part of the White House Brain Initiative, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received two grants to develop tools to map and activate pathways in the brain wi...Show More
5) PCORI depression grant
Treatment-resistant depression is a big problem for older adults. More than half of seniors with clinical depression dont get relief from standard antidepressant medications. To address that problem,...Show More
6) Sickle cell pain & methadone
Children with sickle cell disease frequently have painful episodes that can require hospitalization for a few days. Physicians want to treat those episodes quickly to eliminate pain and get a child ba...Show More
7) ABCD study
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will play a major role in the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in U.S. history. The landmark study wil...Show More
8) Benefits when heavy smokers quit
Quitting smoking improves health and lowers odds of developing lung cancer. But a new study shows that even among smokers with a genetic predisposition to smoking heavily and developing young cancer a...Show More
9) Grandma study
In search of genetic clues regarding autism spectrum disorder, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a study focused on grandmothers. Autism has a strong g...Show More
10) Drug company money and retina drug use
A new study reveals that some eye specialists who receive money from pharmaceutical companies are more likely to use drugs promoted by those companies than similar drugs that are equally effective but...Show More