Washington University School of Medicine

Pregnancy triggers a cascade of changes in a woman’s body, including, in some cases, a special form of diabetes.Gestational diabetes — which causes high…

The early development of the human brain begins in utero and continues into a person’s early-to-mid-20s. In that time, various environmental factors such…

In St. Louis, health care workers are volunteering their time — and in some cases, their own money — to train bystanders how to control life-threatening…

Decriminalizing marijuana doesn’t necessarily lead to an increase in adolescent use, according to research from Washington University.Marijuana possession…

For breast cancer patients, race and geography can mean the difference between surviving and succumbing.Washington University researchers have identified…

Washington University researchers are one step closer to understanding how a common virus transmitted by mosquitoes causes chronic arthritis.Like other…

Thousands of people in the United States die each year due to severe blood loss, often before they reach an emergency room.To help reduce the number of…

Two years ago, Joe Weissmann lost something many take for granted: his sense of smell.“I still eat, but I don’t enjoy it near as much, because I can’t…

In a dark room on the third floor of the Saint Louis Art Museum, nearly a dozen grade school boys encircled a tour guide, who was dispensing facts about…

When a doctor suspects a patient has malaria, the next step is usually a blood test. Most commonly, a technician smears a drop of blood on a slide and…