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Too much play, too little rest is prescription for sports injuries Print E-mail
By Nate Peterson, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 3:17 pm Wed., 09.01.10
soccer100kick.jpgAs the fall sports season gets underway, local youngsters scatter across football fields, soccer pitches and softball diamonds -- and orthopedists send a message to players, parents and coaches. Too many young athletes are succumbing to injuries that are preventable, simply because they're participating in playing and training regimens that are too intense for their young bodies. Overuse injuries are the most common.  (Photo from sxc.hu )
 
Finding the morphine within Print E-mail
By Jo Seltzer, special to the Beacon   
Posted 1:55 pm Mon., 08.30.10

zenk150kutchancollage.jpgWhy do some people have a high tolerance for pain, while others experience the slightest touch as painful? Nobody quite knows, but new findings by Meinhart Zenk and Toni Kutchan (pictured left to right) at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center offer some tantalizing possibilities; they've discovered that mice, and presumably we humans, have the metabolic equipment to manufacture morphine -- a finding that could eventually open doors to new ways of treating pain.

 
St. Louis makes strides in reducing lead poisoning in children Print E-mail
By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff   
Posted 5:30 pm Fri., 08.27.10

leadpaint100peelepa.jpgSt. Louis is making great strides in its attack on childhood lead poisoning, according to statistics released Friday by the city's Health Department. The report said the level of lead poisoning in children reached an all-time low of 3.2 percent in 2009. That represents an 80 percent drop in the number of children with elevated lead levels since 2001. At that time, the rate was 16.2 percent. An emphasis on prevention was credited for the drop. (EPA photo)

 
COMPASS program sends parents and children in the right direction for weight loss Print E-mail
By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff   
Posted 8:58 am Fri., 08.27.10
trout100trevor.jpgFor the Trout family, losing weight and learning healthy habits are a family affair. Teresa Trout and her son Trevor (left) are participating in a program called COMPASS at Washington University. Already 10-year-old Trevor has gone from 154 pounds to 127 pounds. Among the changes they've made, said Teresa Trout, "We also walk to the farmers' market, which isn't that far, and we don't stop to buy cupcakes."
 
After four decades leading the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter Raven turns over a new leaf Print E-mail
By Julia Evangelou Strait, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 11:07 am Thu., 08.26.10
raven100peterkristi_foster.jpgAfter four decades at the helm of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter Raven is scheduled to retire on Sept. 1. As his retirement nears, colleagues, former students and fellow administrators call Raven a brilliant scientist, a visionary leader and a people person. They describe a man with a great sense of humor and an intense passion for the planet and its living things.
 
The doctor is in -- your living room: House calls make a comeback Print E-mail
By Hodiah Nemes, Beacon intern   
Posted 11:28 am Mon., 08.23.10

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House calls, in which doctors visit their patients at home,  are making a comeback. In general, the practice is more common among geriatricians whose patients are housebound because of multiple ailments. But house calls are also a feature of some concierge doctors' practices. The health-care law has a provision for pilot home-care programs to see whether such programs help save Medicare money.

 
Early diagnosis is key to developing effective treatments, says local Alzheimer's expert Print E-mail
By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff   
Posted 2:28 pm Tue., 08.10.10

morris100johnmd.jpgResearchers have developed a more accurate way of diagnosing Alzheimer's disease early through analyzing spinal fluid. But with no cure is on the horizon, Alzheimer's expert Dr. John Morris understands why people might hesitate to get the test. Morris argues that early detection will allow researchers to make headway in treating, and possibly curing, the dreaded disease.

 
Prop C aside, health-care law benefits will take hold soon Print E-mail
By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff   
Posted 8:25 am Mon., 08.09.10
flu_shot100kid.jpgA new early intervention program -- one of several federal health-care initiatives coming to Missouri -- addresses child protection, health, early education and social service issues through age 8. Financed with $88 million in health-reform money, it offers the potential of breaking the poverty cycle that afflicts generation after generation of at-risk families.
 
These STARS may be doctors or researchers Print E-mail
By Jo Seltzer, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 5:30 pm Sun., 08.08.10

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The Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program gets 60 area students into the top labs of academia and industry where they do original research during the summer. We followed four students throughout the program and found out how the experience may have changed their goals. All students started with a love of science and were enthusiastic about making it their life's work.

 
Raven draws praise as retirement event draws near Print E-mail
By Jo Seltzer, Special to the Beacon   
Posted 11:41 am Mon., 08.02.10
raven100petermobot.jpgSt. Louisans will have a chance to extend their well wishes to Peter Raven on Aug. 6 as he edges closer to retiring as head of the Missouri Botanical Garden. The free public reception will be at the garden's Ridgway Center. Meanwhile, praises are pouring in in advance of his Sept. 1 retirement.
 
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