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Including genetic information in a patient’s clinical profile might help determine the optimal starting dose of the common blood-thinner warfarin, according to findings from a large-scale study that will be published tomorrow, Thursday, February 19, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Past behavior is generally considered to be a good predictor of future behavior, but new research indicates that may not be the case in the development of depression, particularly among adolescent girls.

Magellanic penguins, like most other species of the flightless birds, are having their survival challenged by wide variability in conditions and food availability, a University of Washington biologist has found.

The genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA, according to a study to be published in Nature Feb.

Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse events.

It’s a question heard at countless bus stops: “Have you seen the number 48 go by?”

Cold, impatient bus riders stamp their feet, check their watches, and wonder if that bus is ever going to come.

A royal palace in León, Spain, will become the second European campus of the University of Washington.

ORLANDO – University of Washington researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection.

Matthew O’Donnell, dean of the University of Washington’s College of Engineering and professor in the department of bioengineering, and David Auth, a UW affiliate professor in bioengineering and consultant based in Kirkland, Wash.

If the budget cuts proposed in December by Gov.

Ninety years ago Seattle shut down.

Bipolar disorders appear to increase the risk of early death from a medical illness, according to a literature review study published as the lead article this week in the journal Psychiatric Services.

In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing as much energy as a magnitude 6 earthquake.

Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues — the stalks and such left after harvesting — and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations.

The UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics recently received a score of 100 percent in a survey conducted by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

 Sakena Yacoobi will offer insights into the Afghan women’s struggles 11:30 a.

Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor. In the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia, the rate of tree death in older coniferous forests doubled in 17 years.

The old real estate maxim “location, location, location” also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.

New research shows that, contrary popular belief, much of Antarctica has been warming like the rest of the world for the last 50 years.

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took it out, even months later.

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.

New research shows that rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world’s population facing serious food shortages.

Tuberculosis bacteria can commandeer the body’s defenses in the early stages of infection and redirect them for their own offensive strategies, according to results reported today in the scientific journal Cell.

Two separate programs, one at Harborview Medical Center on Friday, Jan.

Even though nurses routinely disclose nursing errors to their patients, a new study published in the January 2009 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety shows that nurses often are not included when physicians tell patients about more serious mistakes.

The University of Washington is the pilot site for the first compostable paper cup designed specifically for soft drinks and made from renewable resources.

The following statement is from  University of Washington President Mark Emmert:

“The University is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Miles Murphy, a senior Germanics major.

As the International Year of Astronomy dawns, a University of Washington professor recounts the achievements of the renowned Hubble Space Telescope as it prepares for its final chapter.

Like a picture, an image can be worth a thousand words, and University of Washington autism researchers would like to capture images of the growing brains of more than a hundred infants in Washington and six other western states as part of a study examining changes in children’s brains and behavior that may signal the onset of autistic symptoms.

Two faculty members at the University of Washington have received the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

The following statement is from University of Washington President Mark Emmert regarding Gov.

Two-thirds of women who donated eggs to fertility clinics reported satisfaction with the process, but 16 percent complained of subsequent physical symptoms and 20 percent reported lasting psychological effects, according to the first study to examine the long-term effects of donation.

Researchers have devised a new planning tool to help people keep track of day-to-day information that’s parked in too many places — multiple phones, mutiple computers, multiple Web applications.

A new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington reveals troubling gaps between the number of children reported by countries to be immunized and numbers based on independent surveys in countries receiving aid money from the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) Immunizations Services Support (ISS) program.

One of the moons in our solar system that scientists think has the potential to harbor life may have a far more dynamic ocean than previously thought. If the moon Europa is tilted on its axis even slightly as it orbits the giant planet Jupiter, then Jupiter’s gravitational pull could be creating powerful waves in Europa’s ocean.

New research shows that the great Indian Ocean earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on the day after Christmas in 2004 set off tremors nearly 9,000 miles away in the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, Calif.

On the heels of news that Washington has moved up to the 10th healthiest state in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation, University of Washington physicians and researchers are also making their mark on some top health-related lists for 2008.

More than a century after Ivan Pavlov’s dog was conditioned to salivate when it heard the sound of a tone prior to receiving food, scientists have found neurons that are critical to how people and animals learn from experience.