AltWeeklies Wire
The Search for the World's Supermen (and Women) of Memorynew
In meets all over the globe, "memory athletes" converge to outthink one another in a series of mental tasks designed to test the limits of human memory capacity.
Riverfront Times |
Jessica Lussenhop |
11-28-2012 |
Science
Tags: Memory Athletes, Roddy Roediger
Shock the Junkienew
Can a hallucinogen help addicts kick hard drugs?
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
11-16-2010 |
Science
Confined to His Home For a Decade, Doug Lindsay Knows What Ails Himnew
Doug Lindsay suspects his adrenal glands produce too much epinephrine (a.k.a. adrenaline). He wants to correct the problem by doing away with the region at the center of each gland, the medulla. It's a dicey proposition.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
01-08-2010 |
Science
Dr. Feelbad: When This Physician Went Haywire, No One Intervened to Shut Him Downnew
A month after trashing his patients' charts, Alexander Kalk somehow managed to open a new practice less than half a mile away from his old one. It lasted only a few months. Kalk was more than $1 million in debt, with his medical license in jeopardy, when he abruptly left the state in March of this year. He did not surface again until June 21, when he was arrested by Clayton police on suspicion of forging checks belonging to his estranged business partner.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
08-21-2009 |
Science
Sheryl Grossman Suffers from One of the Rarest Diseases the World Has Ever Knownnew
People with Bloom's Disease -- there are fewer than 300 worldwide -- seldom grow taller than four and a half feet or weigh more than 90 pounds. Most develop cancer by their mid-twenties, and they are prone to diabetes, allergies, asthma, pulmonary disease, ear infections and immune disorders. The men are sterile. There is no cure, and no one with this genetic disorder has ever lived past 48.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
06-27-2008 |
Science
Wash. U. is at the Forefront of New Research to Find the Cause of Autismnew
Washington University psychiatrists Kelly Botteron and John Constantino are part of a national study that will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of babies, specifically the brothers and sisters of autistic children. "No one has looked at kids this young," says Botteron, who specializes in brain imaging.
Riverfront Times |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
06-20-2008 |
Science
The Downside of Free Drugsnew
Clinics that treat the poor rely on free medical samples, but pharmaceutical companies say there's got to be a better way.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
12-07-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Dr. Sherman Silber, the Egg Mannew
From the "mad scientist" who brought you the reversible vasectomy comes the controversial practice of ovarian tissue freezing.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
10-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Tango Effectnew
Two researchers believe they may have found a new treatment for Parkinson's disease.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
01-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sultan of Skinnew
Leroy Young is one of the nation's pre-eminent plastic surgeons.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
04-24-2006 |
Science
Missouri Scientists Concerned Over Embryonic Cell-Research Debatenew
Small life-sciences companies in the St. Louis region could fuel an economic regeneration, but they face a major obstacle: the Missouri anti-abortion lobby and its muscular opposition to embryonic stem-cell research.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
11-15-2005 |
Science
Syphilis Reemerges, Deadlier Than Evernew
Syphilis followed crack cocaine into St. Louis a decade ago, and now the methamphetamine epidemic has caused a surge among gays.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
07-06-2005 |
Science
Kids & Drugs & Rock & Rollnew
Frank Szachta says he helps troubled kids adopt "enthusiastic sobriety." Critics say his highly social Crossroads Program is at best a scam that pulls children into a life of chain-smoking vulgarity.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
05-17-2005 |
Science
Botanists Set Out to Chronicle Our Biological Heritagenew
From the command center of Missouri Botanical Garden, brigades of taxonomists are fanning out to identify all the continent's plants, past and present. Their results will be recorded in the 30-volume Flora of North America encyclopedia.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
02-01-2005 |
Science
