Only relatively recently, in 2002, was it proven that the retina can sense light in its role to help synchronize our body clocks to Earth’s cycle of light and darkness.
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In the aftermath of the slayings of nine people at Umpqua College in Oregon, Doug Zatzick shares advice on how to cope with tragedy and talk with family members about it.
Zatzick is a professor of...
UW Medicine researchers are leading a large, multicenter study to see whether joint-replacement surgery is better than fusion for patients with severe ankle arthritis.
“More and more patients are...
The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has collected information on genetic differences from the DNA maps of more than 2,500 people, representing 26 population groups from around the globe.
The result...
A $10 million investment from the Washington Research Foundation will enable UW Medicine scientists to begin clinical trials of a treatment that has the potential to restore heart tissue in people...
Reports that levels of Vitamin D vary by race are being re-examined. Some population studies had shown that blacks were much more likely than whites to have had lab readings that suggest a Vitamin D...
Drs. Richard Ellenbogen and Stanley Herring, two top sports-injury experts at the University of Washington, commented on recent traumatic injuries to high school football players, one of whom died....
A University of Washington-led study found that race, ethnicity and sociocultural factors were significantly associated with adults’ performance on cognitive tests. Researchers, however, urged...
A deceptively simple bacterium that survives in many types of environments has a sophisticated strategy to get rid of its competitors. Reporting this week in the journal Cell, a University of...
Offering restaurant workers flu shots at work nearly doubled the percentage of immunizations among them, according to a small study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington School of...