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The John R. Hogness Symposium on Health Care, along with Puget Sound Partners for Global Health invite the public to hear presentations by Dr. Jonathon D. Moreno and Dr. Paul E. Farmer. “Global Health and Justice: the Ethics of Access to Care and Protections from Secret Experiments” will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Hogness Auditorium in the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center on the University of Washington campus.
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Children whose mothers are victimized at greater risk for behavioral problems
Children exposed to their mothers’ abuse by an intimate partner are more likely to exhibit aggressive or delinquent behavior as well as other behavioral problems, compared with a representative sample of similarly aged children. This research, by investigators at the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center and the University of Washington, is published in the November 2003 issue of Child Abuse & Neglect.
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November 20, 2003
Retired Navy captain named to lead Department of Endodontics
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Learning more about how serotonin works
The way you feel right this moment, your ability to remember where you parked the car and even whether you get stressed out when you pay the bills are all dependent on the way your brain produces and releases serotonin.
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Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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CFD: She helps cancer patients and their families cope
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive, which wraps up this week, University Week has featured UW employees who volunteer at CFD agencies.
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Air Force ROTC group named top gun
For the first time since 1991 the Huskies are No.
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Find King County photos on new Web site
A unique collection of historical images of King County is now available online, the result of a collaboration involving the UW and 11 other cultural heritage organizations.
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Virtual secret agent encourages healthy behavior
It takes a lot of heart to fight evil — just ask Secret Agent Guy Simplant, who in his latest adventure is teetering on the losing edge of a battle with the ultra-naughty Evil Spy, and with his own poor health-care choices.
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Welcome to the Baahaus: Staffer cares for neglected animals
Glenda Pearson lives with a cow named Cathy, and a couple of house pigs called Annie and Lewis, and some hogs named Hazel and Ruby, not to mention assorted rabbits ducks, llamas, geese and more pigs.
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EarthDial project wants sundials in every time zone
Herbert Hoover reputedly wanted a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot.
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Health Sciences News Briefs
Named to commission Dr.
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Things your mother never taught you:Success with patents and licenses
“Successful Biomedical Patents and Products” is the topic for the next presentation in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
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Treating depression helps arthritis patients
Treating arthritis sufferers for depression can help with other problems related to their condition, according to a study by researchers with Group Health Cooperative and the UW.
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Infant-parent relationships will be focus of new lab
The new Birth-to-Three Research Lab in the UW’s Center on Infant Mental Health and Development (CIMHD) is gearing up to conduct studies on the development of infant-parent relationships in the first year, disruptions or disturbances in these relationships, and the effectiveness of brief interventions by attachment specialists.
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New imaging method may predict response of advanced breast cancer
Imaging of estrogen receptors using F-18-fluoroestradiol (FES) positron emission tomography (PET) may predict the response of advanced breast cancer to endocrine therapy by measuring regional target expression.
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Academic Opportunities
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Sessions
- Tuesday, Nov.
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WEATHERING CHANGE: The reading at University Book Store on Nov.
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Third hormone could affect songbirds’ breeding patterns
Scientists have known for many years that auditory cues such as song can influence hormone release and the growth of gonads in songbirds, but how the brain picks out specific sounds, interprets them correctly and translates them into hormonal and behavioral signals has remained a mystery.
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Quake experts: It’s location, location, location
Large, deep earthquakes have shaken the central Puget Sound region several times during the last century, and nerves have been rattled even more often by less-powerful deep quakes.
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Program presents annual minority business awards
Nine of the approximately 54,000 businesses owned by people of color in Washington state were honored last evening at the 2003 UW Minority Business of the Year Awards.
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Mars landers create opportunity for Web-linked sundials around the world
Woodruff Sullivan, a University of Washington astronomy professor, is teaming up with television personality Bill Nye, “the science guy,” and The Planetary Society on EarthDial, a project to get schools, community organizations and individuals around the world to build their own sundials and display them on the Internet using 24-hour webcams.
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