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While surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients without an indication of severe nerve damage (denervation) provides better outcomes than non-surgical treatment, the clinical relevance of this difference is modest.

Less than a year ago a UW engineering lab was the first to generate ceramic objects in a 3-D printer. Now they’ve done it again, for glass.

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There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.

Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the University of Washington, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.

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UW scientists will evaluate the impact of climate change on human health in the Pacific Northwest

David Horsey, Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 26th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed full service acute care hospital, will expand its program agreement with UW Medicine to become an integral part of the UW Medicine health system.

UW was among 9 research institutions that operated multiple biomedical robots from sites in U.S., Europe and Asia.

When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard.

University of Washington researchers at the UW Medicine Eye Institute have successfully used gene therapy to cure color blindness.

WHAT: An informal backgrounder for reporters on injury prevention and health protection in elite winter athletes.

The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day.

The University of Washington announced today that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties surpassed $1 million for just the second time in the history of the institution’s licensing program and the first time in over a decade.

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The number of students enrolled in global health programs in universities across the United States and Canada doubled in just three years.

More people in the West are without health insurance, too.

A University of Washington Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days, a record more than double that of any other underwater glider.

Medical and public health experts and students from the University of Washington have weighed in on a variety of health-care topics in recent months, including the primary care doctor shortage, public hospital financing, health-care co-ops and how to care for the uninsured.

WHAT: “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008” will be released this week by the U.

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Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities that did not use the system.

The University of Washington’s new suite of mobile applications for the iPhone is now available for download.

Support comes from across the state and a wide variety of groups

Researchers have found new evidence showing that parents play a key role in whether or not their adolescent children who experiment with tobacco progress to become daily smokers before they graduate from high school.

It is now possible to count copies of duplicated genome sequences and assess their contents

It costs more just to get by in Washington. The self-sufficiency measure for Seattle rose 35 percent since 2001 and Spokane rose 28 percent.

WHAT: Press conference detailing the 2009 self-sufficiency standards for all of Washington’s 39 counties.

A regional alliance will work to increase minorities in science and engineering programs

Woody biomass could be Washington’s best opportunity for biofuels and to reduce green house gas emissions and dependency upon imported oil.

Researchers have found a way to train tiny semiconductor crystals to display magnetic functions at room temperature using light as a trigger