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Researchers gain insights into the brain’s ‘dimmer switch’

Andrew Luskin in a lab at Rockefeller University where he is now a postdoc

The findings advance the understanding of how our brains regulate arousal, attention and responses to stress and fear.

News Releases

UW Medicine pharmacology fellow Sean C. Piantadosi developed the device in collaboration with colleagues at UW and Northwestern University.

Device reveals how drugs affect brain activity in real time

Research with the device may help develop new treatments for neurological diseases and mental health disorders.

Walking speed, a common measure of function in older people, is one of several metrics to assess biological age.

New health assessment tool gauges body’s biological age

The tool uses medical history and routine lab results to gauge body and organ age and to predict risk of disability and death.

Woman looking thoughtfully at computer.

GI cancer rates don’t easily represent diverse groups

The incidence of several cancers varies among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities, a study finds.

picture of patient Bob Pringle receiving a donanemab infusion at Harborview Medical Center

UW Medicine offers second drug for early Alzheimer’s

Donanemab, an infusion, has been shown to slow progression of cognitive decline in patients with early signs of the disease.

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Caution advised toward ‘cuffless’ devices’ BP readings

Watches, rings and other devices claim to monitor blood pressure, but lack the validation of an inflatable-cuff measurement in clinic, a study warns.

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