This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 10000 by Clare Hagerty(clareh@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&authorID=1437&numToShow=10000 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:47:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=55042 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=55042 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:01:48 GMT An interdisciplinary panel of researchers and providers will discuss the controversy surrounding the new breast cancer screening guidelines released last month by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The panel discussion takes place Thursday, December 17, 2009 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium of the Health Sciences Center. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=54285 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=54285 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:58 GMT University of Washington researchers have discovered a way to more accurately predict life expectancy in patients newly diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, the most aggressive form of primary brain tumors - and the type that took the life of Senator Ted Kennedy earlier this year. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53947 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53947 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:19:43 GMT UW Medical Genetics Clinic faculty, leaders and staff will celebrate the clinic's 50th anniversary Friday, November 6, with a symposium and evening reception. The clinic, among the first of its kind in the United States, sees nearly 2,000 patients each year. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53291 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (206-616-3192) and Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53291 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:20 GMT While surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients without an indication of severe nerve damage provides better outcomes than non-surgical treatment, the clinical relevance of this difference is modest, according to a new study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52177 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52177 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:04:08 GMT An informal backgrounder for reporters on injury prevention and health protection in elite winter athletes http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51982 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51982 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:20:19 GMT As the national debate on health care policies continues, University of Washington experts are available to discuss the issues. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51471 Campus Law and Policy Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Catherine O'Donnell (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51471 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:39:57 GMT A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission when taken by people infected with both HIV and HSV-2. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49611 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (206-616-3192) and Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49611 Fri, 08 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT The University of Washington and Oregon Health & Science University have received federal funding to form a regional research center aimed at combating emerging or reemerging infectious diseases that pose a serious threat to human health. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48811 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48811 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:24:10 GMT Bone loss in long-duration spaceflight has been identified for decades as a significant problem affecting astronauts. More recently, scientists have found that the absence of gravity is causing astronauts on the International Space Station to lose up to 10 times more bone mass in key regions of the body each month than most post-menopausal women do in the same period of time back here on Earth. Now, by simulating spaceflight conditions through the use of long-duration bedrest, researchers at the University of Washington have found -- for the first time -- a way to prevent bone loss in a specific region of the hip. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48131 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48131 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:01:12 GMT A year-long World Health Organization pilot program in eight hospitals around the world-including the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) in Seattle-has proven conclusively that inpatient deaths can be significantly reduced, along with the rate of major complications after surgery, by following a simple checklist. UWMC is the only U.S. hospital to participate in the pilot phase of the WHO program. Results from the program appear in the Jan. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46427 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (206-616-3192) and Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46427 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:44:49 GMT Even though nurses routinely disclose nursing errors to their patients, a new UW-led study shows that nurses often are not included when physicians tell patients about more serious mistakes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46184 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=46184 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:19:03 GMT In an announcement made today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, five UW researchers will each receive $100,000 for the first funding round of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to help lower the barriers for testing innovative ideas in global health. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44611 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44611 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:24:05 GMT The UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine is among seven accredited schools awarded funding by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to evaluate the structure, capabilities, and performance of public health systems for preparedness and emergency response activities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44315 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44315 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:45:45 GMT The National Institutes of Health has announced a grant of approximately $40 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Center for the National Children's Study at the University of Washington to partner with Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and local communities in Washington's Grant County and Oregon's Marion County. The study center will recruit participants and collect data in the largest study of child health ever conducted in the United States. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44140 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44140 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:24:41 GMT An analysis of emergency medical services-treated cardiac arrest outcomes in 10 areas in North America finds a five-fold difference in survival rates, according to a UW-led study in the Sept. 24 issue of JAMA. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43749 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43749 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:00:00 GMT Clarita Lefthand, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, will receive the second annual Bullitt Environmental Prize at an awards dinner to be held Sept. 9 in Seattle. The cash award of $100,000 distributed over two years is in recognition of Lefthand's environmental research that combines her passions for science and Indigenous American communities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43510 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43510 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:45:55 GMT After a national search, Eileen Whalen has been appointed executive director for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, effective Oct. 6. Whalen, who has 25 years of experience in health care, has served as vice president of University Medical Center in Tucson since 2004. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43048 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Elizabeth Lowry (206-685-4232) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=43048 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:17:42 GMT This two-day symposium April 23-24 will focus on the Personal Genome Project, which aims to publish the complete genomes and medical records of several volunteers to enable research into personalized medicine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41195 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41195 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:18:17 GMT University of Washington scientists and researchers have secured a $5.3 million, four-year grant from the Life Sciences Discovery Fund to support the translation of human genetic research into clinical medicine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41170 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (206-616-3192) and Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=41170 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:56:39 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a research method that relies on a zebrafish's lateral line-the faint line running down each side of a fish that enables it to sense its surroundings-to quickly screen for genes and chemical compounds that protect against hearing loss from some medications. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40119 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40119 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:48:00 GMT Beneficial bacteria found in healthy women help to reduce the amount of vaginal HIV among HIV-infected women and make it more difficult for the virus to spread, boosting the possibility that "good bacteria" might someday be tapped in the fight against HIV. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39655 Health and Medicine Science Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39655 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:54:17 GMT The National Human Genome Research Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded University of Washington researchers $10.8 million as part of a national effort to expand the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project. The project is the next phase of the Human Genome Project in which researchers will attempt to read instructions hidden within the human genome sequence and determine how to switch genes on and off. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37150 Health and Medicine Science Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37150 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:11:45 GMT The University of Washington has been selected as a study center in the National Children's Study to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States. The National Institutes of Health grant to the UW study center totals approximately $26 million over five years. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37083 Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37083 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:49:41 GMT The not-for-profit Northwest Kidney Centers based in Seattle and California biotechnology joint venture Kirin-Amgen have announced an honorary gift of $1.5 million to the University of Washington Division of Nephrology to establish the Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36862 Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36862 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:07:43 GMT UW and partner institutions among NIH consortium to transform clinical, translational research http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36634 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Elizabeth Lowry (206-685-4232) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36634 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:49:51 GMT The University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been awarded a four-year $4.8 million contract by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health to coordinate activities for several whole-genome studies of human disease. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36424 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36424 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:03:37 GMT The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), one of the National Institutes of Health, has funded a new research program at the University of Washington focused on the study of the basic biology of human embryonic stem cells. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36419 Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36419 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:58:55 GMT Dr. Judith N. Wasserheit, vice chair of the UW Department of Global Health, has been named one of 51 of the nation's foremost global health experts who have joined forces to advocate for greater U.S. public and private investment in global health research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35091 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35091 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:20:16 GMT The University of Washington Medical Center is the title sponsor of the 2007 Seattle Marathon to be held Sunday, Nov. 25. This year's event benefits the UW Medical Center Patient and Family Housing Fund. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31137 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=31137 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:26:54 GMT Robert G. and Jean A. Reid, University of Washington alumni and former owners of Reid Sand & Gravel, have made a $3.5 million donation to the University of Washington School of Nursing to establish the school's first endowed deanship: the Robert G. and Jean A. Reid Endowed Deanship in Nursing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=29846 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Lia Unrau () http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=29846 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:56:29 GMT An international group of researchers has discovered that the mutated form of a gene called Palladin causes familial pancreatic cancer. The findings, published online December 12 in the journal PLoS-Medicine, may help explain why the disease is so deadly. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28795 Science Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28795 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health has awarded $10.2 million over five years to a bioengineering research partnership at the University of Washington devoted to heart muscle regeneration through tissue engineering and embryonic stem cell research. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28772 Science Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28772 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT Spokane, WA--The presidents of the University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University today announced their plan to expand Spokane's medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25715 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Tina Mankowski (206-543-3620) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25715 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:00:00 GMT Older diabetic patients with depression who received a new type of team care had more depression-free days, better physical functioning, and lower medical costs than patients treated with a standard model of care. The findings are the result of a University of Washington-led study, published in the Feb. 6 issue of the journal Diabetes Care. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22329 Health and Medicine Business Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22329 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly-operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the UW Board of Regents. A $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help fund this interdisciplinary program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21984 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Tina Mankowski (206-543-3620) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21984 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:00:00 GMT A study about the relationship between asthma and obesity, which uses a community-based twin registry from the University of Washington in Seattle, has found a strong genetic link between the two disorders. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21429 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21429 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT A study comparing antimicrobial peptides, or AMPs, a group of small proteins that occur naturally in human saliva and act like antibiotics against oral bacteria, could lead to new ways to screen children for risk of tooth decay and protect them against this common, chronic problem. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12263 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12263 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:00:00 GMT Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11227 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11227 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington researchers have discovered that genetic variations may influence how individuals respond to a common coumarin-based anticoagulant called warfarin, according to an article published in the June 2 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10460 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (206-685-1323) and Pam Sowers (206-543-3620) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10460 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 08:00:00 GMT