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Health E-News March 24, 2009

Dear Student,

In this issue: 
  • breast/testicular cancer MTV documentary and HIV/STD testing sexual assault awareness
  • medical research
CHECK IT OUT - TONIGHT
Learn from health professionals                and cancer survivors about                  breast and testicular cancer.

Tuesday, 3/24, 7:30 p.m., CROW 206

Sponsors:  St. Louis Hillel and the
St. Louis Chapter of Hadassah
"PEDRO" WATCH PARTY
MTV Networks presents Pedro, the story of Pedro Zamora, the AIDS activist who became famous as a cast member on the Real World, by Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black ("Milk")

7 p.m. sharp (gather at 6:45)
Wednesday, April 1
DUC Fun Room big screen - 2nd Floor 

Bring friends, see "Condom Man," and learn about HIV and other STD testing options. 

Sponsors:  Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), Keep a Child Alive (KCA-WU), and the Habif Health & Wellness Center
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS WEEK (SAAW)

*Monday 3/30:    Stripped: A Pole Dancer's Response to Sexual Assault
7:00 p.m.  DUC 267

*Tuesday 3/31:    Take Back the Night (TBTN) rally and march
6:30 p.m.  The Quad

*Wednesday 4/1:    Far from Home:  Violence Against Immigrant Women in the U.S.
7:00 p.m.  Ursa's Fireside

Thursday 4/2:        SARAH SAFE training - 2 locations
7:00 p.m. Siegel 103 and Ursa's Fireside

*FREE FOOD!
Sponsored by the Committee Organized for Rape Education (CORE).
APRIL is STD AWARENESS MONTH
WU students may make appointments for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) testing at SHS any time.  In addition, we will offer STD screening Wednesday afternoons April 8-29.  Appointments are available via online scheduling at shs.wustl.edu.  For more information, visit our Web site.
RESEARCH STUDIES
If you have any of the following conditions and would like to participate in a study, call 314-400-9912.
  • Restless legs syndrome
  • irritable bowel syndrome
  • interstitial cystitis
  • chronic prostatitis
  • rosacea

Leonard B. Weinstock, M.D. researches the role and treatment of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Dr. Weinstock sees patients at Student Health Services and teaches at the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital.  He is an investigator at the Clinical Research Center in St. Louis.