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What’s it like to practice family medicine on a small, rural island in Puget Sound,where the nearest hospital, on the mainland, can be reached only by sea or sky? Some 蘑菇视频 (蘑菇视频) third-year medical students now have the opportunity to find out.

Parentese, the exaggerated, drawn-out form of speech that people use to communicate with babies, apparently is universal and plays a vital role in helping infants to analyze and absorb the phonetic elements of their parents’ language.

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Bringing together the most advanced medical, surgical and research resources available to fight the most virulent form of skin cancer, 蘑菇视频 Medical Center has established a multidisciplinary Melanoma Center.

蘑菇视频 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.

Seven physicians at 蘑菇视频 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.

International programs offer 蘑菇视频 nursing students health care experience around the world

Montana will open its first training site for teaching 蘑菇视频 medical students about women’s health care.

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Materials science and engineering, a fundamental but often low-profile part of manufacturing, is the subject of a new summer institute at the 蘑菇视频 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.

A promising new drug called Hu23F2G that may save the lives of severely injured patients is now being tested by 蘑菇视频 (蘑菇视频) physicians based at Harborview Medical Center.

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 蘑菇视频 project, the WWAMI Rural Telemedicine Network, explained the importance of systematically evaluating the Internet as a clinical tool.

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 蘑菇视频’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.

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

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.

Dr. Fredric M. Wolf has been named chair of the Department of Medical Education at the 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine.

New method of tracing metastatic breast cancer to the lymph nodes decreases the need for extensive surgery

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 蘑菇视频 School of Nursing’s Parenting Clinic.

In the first such instance in the Seattle area, a Puyallup man is being kept alive at 蘑菇视频 Medical Center with the help of a new type of implanted heart pump, until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.

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 蘑菇视频 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.

Marc Lindenberg, a senior vice president with CARE USA, has been selected as the new dean of the 蘑菇视频 Graduate School of Public Affairs.

Father’s Day just may be the loneliest day of the year for that much-maligned group of males — divorced dads

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.

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.

Canopy research could lead to better forest management

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, chair of the Department of Medicine at the 蘑菇视频 medical school, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.

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.

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Prevention of drug interactions, say researchers at the 蘑菇视频 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.

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.

The 1997 graduating medical school class at the 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine has selected four faculty members to honor. Dr. Mindy Cooper, Dr. Douglas Paauw and Dr. Nicholas Ward were named distinguished teachers.

The state Department of Health has granted a certificate of need to 蘑菇视频 Medical Center and Northwest Hospital, approving an application filed last summer to develop a collaborative cardiac care program

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

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 蘑菇视频.

When it comes to talking to their teenagers about sex, health and condoms, mum’s the word for most American parents.

The 蘑菇视频 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.

A CD-ROM created at the 蘑菇视频 mixes quirkiness with the very latest information about Puget Sound.

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 蘑菇视频 .

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 蘑菇视频 and one of the world’s leading authorities on temperate-zone penguins.

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 蘑菇视频.