New research comparing traditional hunter-gatherer living conditions to a more modern setting shows that access to artificial light and electricity has shortened the amount of sleep humans get each night.
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Early intervention for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder helps improve their intellectual ability and reduces autism symptoms years after originally getting treatment, a new study shows.
Researchers from the 蘑菇视频 have teamed up with medical device manufacturer Medtronic to use the Activa庐 PC+S Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system with people who have essential tremor.
蘑菇视频 researchers have developed a new injectable polymer that strengthens blood clots, called PolySTAT. Administered in a simple shot, the polymer finds any unseen injuries and has the potential to keep trauma patients from bleeding to death before reaching medical care.
The 蘑菇视频 has 42 graduate schools and specialty programs among the nation鈥檚 top 10 in each area, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Graduate School Rankings released Tuesday. The 蘑菇视频 again ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school, while the rural medicine and family medicine specialties continue to lead the nation. Seven other health and medicine schools and programs rank in the top five. 鈥淭op graduate programs around the country are incredibly competitive with one…
The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 expansion of its medical school in Spokane and an increase in residency positions are among the ways to best meet the economic and health care needs in Spokane and throughout the state, according to an advisory council chairman鈥檚 report released Dec. 16.
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The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 plan to double the size of its medical school in Spokane is 鈥渃learly the most cost-effective option鈥� to meet the physician workforce needs in Eastern Washington and throughout the state, according to an independent study by research firm Tripp Umbach. The study also found that Eastern Washington currently cannot support two medical schools because of a lack of capacity in clinics and residency programs. 鈥淎s an established program, 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine has greater capacity than…
The 蘑菇视频’s College of Engineering 2014 fall lecture series will feature faculty researchers in engineering and medicine who are improving cardiac medical care with new technologies.
SPOKANE, Wash. 鈥� Leadership at the 蘑菇视频 and Washington State University today announced they have reached an agreement that will mutually dissolve their WWAMI partnership and provide a pathway to pursue separate solutions to address the state鈥檚 medical education needs and physician shortage. In order to provide the greatest benefit to the state and to meet the significant demand for more physicians, leaders from both universities agree that 蘑菇视频 and WSU will independently pursue their respective proposals to…
Health Sciences Digest: Wearable Artificial Kidney safety testing to begin, low-wage workers value employer wellness initiatives, cells simply avoid chromosome errors
The study prepared by Washington State University consultant MGT of America to make the case for a WSU medical school contains a number of deep flaws. Many of the key justifications cited for starting, funding, and accrediting a second public medical school in Washington are based upon faulty assumptions, omissions, and erroneous data that draw into question many of the report鈥檚 central conclusions. These flaws raise significant concern about the actual feasibility of a WSU medical school and are important…
Mary-Clare King, a world leader in cancer genetics and the application of genetics to justice for human rights violations, will be honored by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
Latest news from the 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences: Comparative genomes, open notes, teaching Ebola, depression in women
蘑菇视频 engineers and physicians have developed a smartphone application that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results to parents and pediatricians within minutes.
蘑菇视频 Health Sciences News Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, back-to-school sleep routines
蘑菇视频 bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other materials.
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蘑菇视频 bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
蘑菇视频 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced Monday the selection of Sean D. Sullivan as the new dean of the 蘑菇视频 School of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 15. The appointment is subject to approval by the 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents. 鈥淒r. Sullivan occupies a very prominent position nationally and internationally in pharmacy practice and education,鈥� said Cauce. 鈥淲e have had the great good fortune to have him on our faculty for the past 22 years….
By using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans from before the attack and survey data from after, the researchers found that heightened amygdala reaction to negative emotional stimuli was a risk factor for later developing symptoms of PTSD.
A low-cost technique may make DNA sequencing more convenient and less cumbersome, perhaps eventually replacing large lab machines with hand held devices.
蘑菇视频 researchers have shown that a favorable electrical property is present in a type of protein found in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract, such as the lungs, heart and arteries. These findings are the first that clearly track this phenomenon, called ferroelectricity, occurring at the molecular level in biological tissues.
News from the 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences: Muscular dystrophy research center, 蘑菇视频 Medicine part of a care network for Boeing employees, and a Q&A with Aaron Katz, a 蘑菇视频 expert on health systems and policy.
蘑菇视频 engineers have designed a low-power sensor that could be placed permanently in a person’s eye to track hard-to-measure changes in eye pressure. The sensor would be embedded with an artificial lens during cataract surgery and would detect pressure changes instantaneously, then transmit the data wirelessly using radio frequency waves.
News from the 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences: Seafaring Neolithic people, communal bike programs, and high-utilizer patients
By the time they reach age 18, nearly one in eight of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment. Co-author Hedy Lee, a 蘑菇视频 assistant professor of sociology, says the study shows that child maltreatment is much more common than previously thought.
Recent 蘑菇视频 health sciences news: E-health in small practices, summer safety, stopping farm worker assaults
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment 鈥� either psychotherapy or medication 鈥� is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients.
Designing medical apps for your phone, treating alcohol-dependent homeless individuals, and enhancing wellness in older disabled adults are some of the developments at the 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences and 蘑菇视频 Medicine
The 蘑菇视频 is receiving a $31.2 million gift from Washington Research Foundation to boost entrepreneurship and support research that tackles some of society’s most crucial challenges. The award will fund four interdisciplinary initiatives that seek to advance global innovation in clean energy, protein design, big data science and neuroengineering.
The costly effects of cutbacks on maternal/child services, assuring a pure water supply, and what you need to know about Middle East respiratory syndrome.
The latest news from the 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences and 蘑菇视频 Medicine: What price for a cure? The economics of drug pricing The uproar against the $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, generic name sofosbuvir, may signal a turning point in drug pricing in the United States.聽 Purchasers appear to be pushing back and saying, 鈥淣o.鈥� 聽In a Q & A in HSNewsbeat, Sean Sullivan, professor of pharmacy and health services, explains how drug prices are set and changing attitudes on…
More than a million people are treated for mild traumatic brain injuries in U.S. hospitals and emergency rooms each year. A 蘑菇视频 researcher has found that a 20-minute conversation with a social worker has the potential to significantly reduce the functional decline of those diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury.
Regenerative medicine researchers successfully attempted stem cell therapy to repair damaged heart muscle in non-human primates.
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Roger Roffman, 蘑菇视频 professor emeritus of social work who has studied marijuana dependence interventions for 30 years, talks about his new book, “Marijuana Nation: One Man’s Chronicle of America Getting High: From Vietnam to Legalization.”
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