Cancer

There's more evidence that most men don’t need an annual prostate cancer screening.Washington University chief urologist Dr. Gerald Andriole has been…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 22, 2011 - The cases were initially baffling. Children were turning up with too much insulin in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 25, 2011 - Dr. Jerry Jaboin, a Washington University researcher and clinical physician, said he…

Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer may soon be helped by a discovery made in 1880 by Alexander Graham Bell.Currently, the removal of the lymph…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 11, 2010 - Sue Crump braced as the chemo drugs dripped into her body. She knew treatment would…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 5, 2010 - "No child should die in the dawn of life," said Danny Thomas, the late entertainer and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 3, 2010 - Gene researchers looking for the genes that cause inherited diseases have been having…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 1, 2009 - Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have designed a new way to kill…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 28, 2009 - I learned this week, sadly, that a lovely lady I know has been diagnosed with lung…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: November 21, 2008 - A population of Ecuadorian dwarfs has never seen even one case of diabetes or…