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July 29, 1997
Health Source: Medical News from the University of Washington
Medical News from the University of Washington
July 22, 1997
UW Medical Center opens Melanoma Center to provide advanced treatment of deadly skin cancer
Bringing together the most advanced medical, surgical and research resources available to fight the most virulent form of skin cancer, University of Washington Medical Center has established a multidisciplinary Melanoma Center.
July 18, 1997
UWMC among top 10 in the nation in U.S. News’ Best Hospitals
University of Washington Medical Center is again ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 1997 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” available on newsstands July 21.
July 14, 1997
Seven UW doctors named among the best in America for women’s health care, in Good Housekeeping magazine poll
Seven physicians at University of Washington Medical Center were named among The Best Doctors For Women in a new poll commissioned by Good Housekeeping magazine and published in the August 1997 issue, currently on newsstands.
Formal exchange program with universities in Thailand and Taiwan established
International programs offer UW nursing students health care experience around the world
July 2, 1997
Montana opens its first training site for teaching University of Washington medical students about women’s health care
Montana will open its first training site for teaching University of Washington medical students about women’s health care.
July 1, 1997
UW materials technology institute gives teachers new ways to turn students on to science and engineering
and recyclable.
Materials science and engineering, a fundamental but often low-profile part of manufacturing, is the subject of a new summer institute at the University of Washington that aims to give high school and community college teachers new tools for designing laboratory projects that turn their students on to science and engineering.
June 18, 1997
New trauma drug may save patients from shock-related death
A promising new drug called Hu23F2G that may save the lives of severely injured patients is now being tested by University of Washington (UW) physicians based at Harborview Medical Center.
Rural physicians talk about the importance of evaluating the Internet’s potential in health care
Although the actual sites and test protocols for the “From Bench to Bedside and Beyond” project have not yet been chosen, two rural physicians participating in a separate but related University of Washington project, the WWAMI Rural Telemedicine Network, explained the importance of systematically evaluating the Internet as a clinical tool.
A professor’s lost butterfly collection is replaced with young children’s gift of words, color and caring
Joel Kingsolver thought he had lost his butterflies: 10,000 carefully preserved wings, representing nearly two decades of work, all apparently destroyed in a disastrous fire at the University of Washington’s zoology department last March. But within weeks his butterflies had “returned” — the heartfelt gift of a host of young children who had set about replacing the lost wings with colorful, imaginative and sometimes poignant butterfly pictures.
June 17, 1997
How the brain knows when the body loses weight — Research provides clues about the role of the nervous system in regulating body fat
Knowledge of how the brain responds to weight loss and weight gain is advancing research toward the development of effective treatments for obesity, anorexia and other weight disorders
June 16, 1997
Interpretive walks offered to see world’s largest canopy crane
Interpretive walks to look at the 22-story Wind River canopy crane will be conducted most Saturdays this summer at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The tours, which are free and open to everyone, start from the Whistlepunk Trailhead in the Wind River Ranger District, a part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
June 13, 1997
Fredric Wolf named chair of the Department of Medical Education at the UW School of Medicine
Dr. Fredric M. Wolf has been named chair of the Department of Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
June 12, 1997
New method of tracing metastatic breast cancer to the lymph nodes decreases the need for extensive surgery
New method of tracing metastatic breast cancer to the lymph nodes decreases the need for extensive surgery
UW interventions with aggressive children involve parents and teachers
Do you have a child aged 4 to 7 who is overly aggressive and non-compliant? You and your child may qualify for a program at the University of Washington School of Nursing’s Parenting Clinic.
Implanted pump keeps Puyallup man’s heart beating as he awaits a transplant at UW Medical Center
In the first such instance in the Seattle area, a Puyallup man is being kept alive at University of Washington Medical Center with the help of a new type of implanted heart pump, until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.
June 10, 1997
Families with two autistic children sought for new study that hopes to discover genetic, neurobiological causes of disorder
In a major effort to discover the genetic causes of autism and develop intervention programs to assist children with the severe developmental disorder, an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has begun a nationwide effort to recruit at least 200 families with two or more autistic children for a new $5.6 million study.
June 3, 1997
Senior Vice President of CARE Selected As New Dean Of The UW Graduate School
Marc Lindenberg, a senior vice president with CARE USA, has been selected as the new dean of the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs.
June 2, 1997
For a happy Father’s Day, divorced dads need to look beyond the support check to involvement in their children’s lives
Father’s Day just may be the loneliest day of the year for that much-maligned group of males — divorced dads
Software robot uses UW technology to ease on-line shopping
Frustrated Internet shoppers who are unable or unwilling to wade through a flood of World Wide Web sites to find what they’re looking for soon can call on a computer software robot named Jango to help with their on-line shopping.
June 1, 1997
Canopy research could lead to better forest management
From the Wind River canopy crane’s gondola, scientists can gather samples, install instruments and conduct experiments in the canopies of trees as tall as 220 feet.
About the Wind River Canopy Crane
Canopy research could lead to better forest management
May 29, 1997
Ramsey named UW vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington medical school, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.
May 27, 1997
Anti-Violence Curriculum Gets Good Grade
A scientific evaluation of an anti-violence curriculum developed in Seattle and used in over 10,000 schools throughout the US and Canada reveals that the curriculum is successful in reducing aggressive behaviors in elementary school-aged children.
Health Source: Medical News from the University of Washington
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Enzymes targeted as key to understanding of drug interactions
Prevention of drug interactions, say researchers at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, lies in learning how the human body processes each drug. The school has recently established a formal Program in Drug Interactions, tapping the expertise of 22 faculty members believed to be the largest group of experts in the world on drug interactions.
Greenhouse warming puzzle deepens with finding that the main consitutent of atmospheric particles is carbon, not sulfate
The concept is known as the “sulfate paradigm.” Or to put it simply, the idea that industrial pollution in the atmosphere may actually keep the global temperature from soaring.
May 22, 1997
1997 graduating medical students honor four teachers
The 1997 graduating medical school class at the University of Washington School of Medicine has selected four faculty members to honor. Dr. Mindy Cooper, Dr. Douglas Paauw and Dr. Nicholas Ward were named distinguished teachers.
State approves agreement between UW Academic Medical Center and Northwest Hospital for first of joint clinical programs
The state Department of Health has granted a certificate of need to University of Washington Medical Center and Northwest Hospital, approving an application filed last summer to develop a collaborative cardiac care program
May 20, 1997
Brain attack flyer available at Western Washington drug stores
More than 500,000 Americans each year may suddenly experience numbness or muscular weakness, lose the ability to speak, and have difficulty seeing. These frightening symptoms are common to stroke, the number-one cause of adult disability in the United States and at least 150,000 deaths each year.
Vitamin supplements may help asthmatics cope with air pollution
Vitamin supplements may help asthmatics cope with air pollution
May 19, 1997
UW system helps improve Java security on Microsoft, Sun web browsers
A system for running Java programs that is more secure than those found in commercial World Wide Web browsers has been developed by computer scientists at the University of Washington.
May 16, 1997
How are we going to teach safe behavior if parents are afraid to talk to their children about sex?
When it comes to talking to their teenagers about sex, health and condoms, mum’s the word for most American parents.
May 15, 1997
Professor brings health care research center to the UW
The University of Washington will receive a new resource in health care management and organization research with relocation of the Center for Health Management Research — a cooperative industry / university research center.
Whimsical worms and local TV weathercaster among hosts on UW’s CD-ROM “The Sound”
A CD-ROM created at the University of Washington mixes quirkiness with the very latest information about Puget Sound.
May 14, 1997
Beset by human competition, penguins have to take marathon food trips to avoid starvation, a UW researcher discovers
Starvation is a major cause of death for newly hatched penguins, the result of dwindling marine food reserves. To feed their families, adult birds are forced to forage great distances from their breeding colonies, says Dee Boersma, professor of zoology at the University of Washington .
Beset by human competition, penguins have to take marathon food trips to avoid starvation, a UW researcher discover
Starvation is a major cause of death for newly hatched penguins, the result of dwindling marine food reserves. To feed their families, adult birds are forced to forage great distances from their breeding colonies, says Dee Boersma, professor of zoology at the University of Washington and one of the world’s leading authorities on temperate-zone penguins.
Social equity of public transit is topic of 1997 UW Evans lecture
Who should be served by public transit and who should pay for it? These were among the questions that confronted Puget Sound voters in November’s Regional Transportation Authority ballot issue and that will be addressed in the 1997 Daniel L. and Irma Evans Lecture May 29 at the University of Washington.
May 13, 1997
UW undergraduate wins Mellon Fellowship
A University of Washington undergraduate is among the 85 students nationally who have been awarded Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies.
UW undergraduate wins national scholarship for public service
A University of Washington undergraduate has been selected to receive a prestigious national scholarship for students preparing for careers in public service. R. Paul Stimers, a junior majoring in political science, has been selected to receive a scholarship awarded by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
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