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The tea party and the politics of paranoia
(University of Washington) Tea party members claim the movement reflects basic American conservative principles such as limited government and fiscal responsibility. But new research by University of Washington political scientist Christopher Parker argues that the tea party ideology owes more to the paranoid politics associated with the John Birch Society -- and even the infamous Ku Klux Klan -- than to traditional American conservatism. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Disaster Summit: Report
By Emily Glenn, Seattle BioMed On March 26, 2013, Disaster Summit: Magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest was held at Seattle BioMed in Seattle, WA. The event was made possible by a Regional Symposium award from NN/LM PNR. Image: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. The goals of the symposium were to familiarize attendees with disaster issues and resources specific to the Pacific Northwest; share best practices in disaster information management; facilitate communication and cooperation among librarians and emergency planners; increase librarian attendees’ knowledge of a range of potential information ...
Source: Dragonfly - May 20, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Patricia Devine Tags: Emergency Preparedness Funding News from Network Members Source Type: news

Best Doctors — Matthew Arneson
Wichita Surgical Specialists Education: MD, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Wash. Employment History: Wichita Surgical Specialists 2006-current. WHY DID YOU BECOME A DOCTOR? I was first introduced to the medical community at age 12 when my father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. The way physicians can influence patients and their families lives was profound. HOW DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR AREA OF PRACTICE? Cardiothoracic surgery is one of a few fields in medicine that requires… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 17, 2013 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: research

Engineered Biomaterial Could Eliminate The Body's Negative Reaction To Medical Implants
It's a familiar scenario - a patient receives a medical implant and days later, the body attacks the artificial valve or device, causing complications to an already compromised system. Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body's natural response to attack something in the tissue that appears foreign. Now, University of Washington engineers have demonstrated in mice a way to prevent this sort of response. Their findings were published online this week in the journal Nature Biotechnology... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news

Jekyll into Hyde: Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'
Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries. In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that causes inflammation, leading to hardening of the arteries, according to the research team, which included scientists from UCLA and other institutions. The findings of this early study, done in mice, are available in...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 15, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
(University of Washington) Expensive, state-of-the-art medical devices and surgeries often are thwarted by the body's natural response to attack something in the tissue that appears foreign. Now, University of Washington engineers have demonstrated in mice a way to prevent this sort of response. Their findings were published online this week in the journal Nature Biotechnology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Congratulations to Network Member Vicki Croft
From Tania Bardyn, Director University of Washington Health Sciences Library and NN/LM PNR: Congratulations to Vicki Croft on receiving the International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists Award at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. We could not be more proud that someone from the Pacific Northwest Region was so key to creating the organization and being a strong voice for medical librarians in the State of Washington and on the West Coast! (Source: Dragonfly)
Source: Dragonfly - May 13, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gail Kouame Tags: News from Network Members News From NN/LM PNR Source Type: news

During Formation Of Treatment-Resistant Colonies, 'Lucky' Bacteria Strike It Rich
In biology, we often think of natural selection and survival of the fittest. What about survival of the luckiest? Like pioneers in search of a better life, bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities, known as biofilms. It turns out that a lucky few bacteria become the elite cells that start the colonies, and they organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to the distribution of wealth in the U.S. economy, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, Northwestern University and the University of Washington... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Identification Of Immune Cells That Suppress Genital Herpes Infections Has Implications For Vaccine Development
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington scientists have identified a class of immune cells that reside long-term in the genital skin and mucosa and are believed to be responsible for suppressing recurring outbreaks of genital herpes. These immune cells also play a role in suppressing symptoms of genital herpes, which is why most sufferers of the disease are asymptomatic when viral reactivations occur... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news

Eating peppers twice a week could reduce the risk of Parkinson's Disease by a THIRD
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle, U.S., found that foods that contain an edible form of nicotine give some protection against the condition. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study finds that bacteria organize according to 'rich-get-richer' principle
Bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out that they organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to many economies, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA, Northwestern University and the University of Washington. The study, published online May 8 in the journal Nature, is the first to identify the strategy by which bacteria form the micro-colonies that become biofilms, which can cause lethal infections. The research may have significant implications for battling stubborn bacterial infections that do not respond to antibiotics. ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 9, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Study finds that bacteria organize according to 'rich-get-richer' principle
(University of California - Los Angeles) Like pioneers in search of a better life, bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities, known as biofilms. It turns out that a lucky few bacteria become the elite cells that start the colonies, and they organize in a rich-get-richer pattern similar to the distribution of wealth in the US economy, according to a new study in Nature by researchers at UCLA, Northwestern University and the University of Washington. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Nicotine from edible Solanaceae and risk of Parkinson disease
ObjectiveTo test whether risk of Parkinson disease (PD) is associated with consumption of nicotine‐containing edibles from the same botanical family as tobacco, Solanaceae, including peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes. MethodsIn a population‐based study with 490 newly diagnosed idiopathic PD cases diagnosed during 1992–2008 at the University of Washington Neurology Clinic or Group Health Cooperative in western Washington State and 644 unrelated, neurologically normal controls, we examined whether PD was associated with self‐reported typical frequency of consumption of peppers, tomatoes, tomato juice, and potatoes duri...
Source: Annals of Neurology - May 9, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Susan Searles Nielsen, Gary M. Franklin, W. T. Longstreth, Phillip D. Swanson, Harvey Checkoway Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Immune cells that suppress genital herpes infections identified
(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington scientists have identified a class of immune cells that reside long-term in the genital skin and mucosa and are believed to be responsible for suppressing recurring outbreaks of genital herpes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New device can extract human DNA with full genetic data in minutes
(University of Washington) University of Washington engineers and NanoFacture, a Bellevue, Wash., company, have created a device that can extract human DNA from fluid samples in a simpler, more efficient and environmentally friendly way than conventional methods. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 6, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Exercise May Lower Older Women's Kidney Stone Risk
Exercise may lower older women's risk for kidney stones, according to a new study. The research was conducted by experts from the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, Georgetown University, and University of Washington School of Medicine who gathered and examined data from over 85,000 postmenopausal women in the U.S. All subjects were aged 50 and older and took part in the Women's Health Initiative study. They were given an exam to measure their weight and height so doctors could determine their BMI (body mass index)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news

Vascularized free forearm flap versus free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps for reconstruction in patients with head and neck cancer: Assessment of quality of life
ConclusionsUsing either radial forearm free flaps or free anterolateral thigh perforator flaps for reconstruction of head and neck defects after cancer resection significantly influences a patient's quality of life. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2013 (Source: Head and Neck)
Source: Head and Neck - May 3, 2013 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Wenlu Li, Zhongfei Xu, Fayu Liu, Shaohui Huang, Wei Dai, Changfu Sun Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Tactics of new Middle East virus suggest treating by altering lung cells' response to infection
(University of Washington) The deadly Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, is revealing its stronghold tactics. The virus dysregulates 207 lung cell genes to turn RNA levels up and down. The dysregulation makes it harder for cells to recognize the virus and also creates an environment for the virus to multiply. Currently available drugs are predicted to treat the infection by altering the infected cells' response, rather than killing the virus directly. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Grocery delivery service is greener than driving to the store
(University of Washington) University of Washington engineers have found that using a grocery delivery service can cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least half when compared with individual household trips to the store. Trucks filled to capacity that deliver to customers clustered in neighborhoods produced the most savings in carbon dioxide emissions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 29, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Link Between Air Pollution And Hardening Of The Arteries, Heart Disease, Stroke
Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," according to a University of Michigan public health researcher and colleagues from across the U.S. Sara Adar, the John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the U-M School of Public Health, and Joel Kaufman, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and medicine at the University of Washington, led the study that found that higher concentrations of fine particulate air pollution (PM2... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

Keeping beverages cool in summer: It's not just the heat, it's the humidity
(University of Washington) Those drops on the outside of your drink don't just make the can slippery. Experiments show that in hot, humid weather, condensation heats a drink more than the surrounding air. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 25, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UW Medicine receives $500,000 Purple Heart Service Foundation grant
(University of Washington - Health Sciences/UW News, Community Relations & Marketing) The Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation, a membership organization comprised of combat-wounded veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart, has awarded the Division of Pain Medicine at UW Medicine in Seattle a five-year $500,000 grant to develop leading-edge technologies that will help improve care for our veterans suffering from chronic pain, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Air Pollution Linked To Heart Disease Through Increased Hardening Of The Arteries
Long term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries", according to a study by U.S. researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The researchers, led by Sara Adar, John Searle Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, and Joel Kaufman, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, found that higher concentrations of fine particulate air pollution (PM2... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

University of Washington (UW) Medicine Research Complex, Seattle
The new medical research complex at University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in South Lake, Seattle was completed in March 2013. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - April 22, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Mixed Results From Study Of Mammogram Tool
A costly and widely used mammography add-on increases detection of noninvasive and early-stage invasive breast cancer but also makes more mistakes than mammography alone, researchers from UC Davis and the University of Washington have found. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study of women enrolled in Medicare is the largest comparison of clinical outcomes of routine screening mammography with and without computer-assisted detection (CAD) - software developed to enhance the detection of breast cancer during screening mammography... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

Ferroelectricity In Body's Connective Tissues May Be Impaired By High Glucose Levels
High sugar levels in the body come at a cost to health. New research suggests that more sugar in the body could damage the elastic proteins that help us breathe and pump blood. The findings could have health implications for diabetics, who have high blood-glucose levels. Researchers at the University of Washington and Boston University have discovered that a certain type of protein found in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract - such as the heart and lungs - is the source for a favorable electrical property that could help build and support healthy connective tissues... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

Researchers Aiming To Cut Costs On Household Products, Pharmaceuticals
Sometimes cost saving comes in nanoscale packages. A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for soap products that depend on certain molecules to effectively deal with grease and dirt. Researchers at the University of Washington published their findings online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read the back of most shampoos and dishwashing detergents and you'll find the word "surfactant" in the list of active ingredients... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Source Type: news

What's Behind The Split Identity Of Cell-Destroyer That Both Fights And Promotes TB?
Tumor necrosis factor - normally an infection-fighting substance produced by the body - can actually heighten susceptibility to tuberculosis if its levels are too high. University of Washington TB researchers unravel this conundrum in a report in Cell. Their study shows how excess production of this disease-cell destroyer at first acts as a TB germ killer. But later the opposite occurs: too much tumor necrosis factor encourages TB pathogens to multiply in the body... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: news

High glucose levels could impair ferroelectricity in body's connective tissues
(University of Washington) New research suggests that more sugar in the body could damage the elastic proteins that help us breathe and pump blood. The findings could have health implications for diabetics, who have high blood-glucose levels. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Mammogram tool improves some breast cancer detection but also increases false alarms
(University of California - Davis Health System) A costly and widely used mammography add-on increases detection of noninvasive and early-stage invasive breast cancer but also makes more mistakes than mammography alone, researchers from UC Davis and the University of Washington have found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - April 15, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Discriminant validity of the University of Washington quality of life questionnaire in the Brazilian context
CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaire has discriminant validity, because its scores are specifically more reduced among cancer patients. The use of the questionnaire for monitoring the treatment of cancer patients is reinforced, and the assessment of factors that may impact in its results is recommended. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia - April 14, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research

New device could cut costs on household products, pharmaceuticals
(University of Washington) A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for soap products that depend on certain molecules to effectively deal with grease and dirt. Researchers at the University of Washington published their findings online April 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Cell-destroyer that fights and promotes TB reveals what's behind its split identity
(University of Washington) TB can be a disease not only of failed immunity but also of excessive immune response. Tumor necrosis factor -- normally an infection-fighting substance produced by the body -- can actually heighten susceptibility to tuberculosis if its levels are too high. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Restoring paretic hand function via an artificial neural connection bridging spinal cord injury
(National Institute for Physiological Sciences) Yukio Nishimura, Associate Professor of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan, and Eberhard Fetz, Professor and Steve Perlmuter, Research Associate Professor at the University of Washington, United States investigated the effects of introducing a novel artificial neural connection which bridged a spinal cord lesion in a paretic monkey. This allowed the monkey to electrically stimulate the spinal cord through volitionally controlled brain activity and thereby to restore volitional control of the paretic hand. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 11, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Hydrology: More rain for the Central Plains
Nature 496, 7444 (2013). doi:10.1038/496141d Climate change has altered the water cycle in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, producing rainier summers that send more runoff into the river (pictured).Chris Frans at the University of Washington in Seattle and his team studied data from 1918 to 2007 and (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - April 10, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: research

Rising Blood Pressure Rates Seen Across US Counties
New data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation show variations among communities, genders and ethnic groups in treatment and control of high blood pressure One in five Americans are completely unaware that they are at risk for the second leading cause of premature death: high blood pressure. In the first ever analysis of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension for every county, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington revealed significant differences across the US... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hypertension Source Type: news

Offensive Weapons Used By Bacteria Against Each Other
A new study which was performed jointly at Umea University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane. This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight bacteria using their own weapons. (NATURE, 2013). During the infection of a host organism, pathogenic bacteria can excrete toxins that cause damage to host cells and tissue. Interestingly, bacteria also use similar mechanisms in competition with one another... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

The 2012 Don Bloch Award: Presented by the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association to Larry Mauksch, MEd, October 5, 2012.
The Don Bloch Award is presented annually by the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) to a person who has made singular contributions to forwarding the cause of collaborative family health care. At the 2012 conference in Austin, Texas, the award was presented to Larry Mauksch of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington. Three nominating talks given at that occasion and Larry’s acceptance remarks are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Families, Systems, and Health)
Source: Families, Systems, and Health - April 8, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jacobs, Barry; Reitz, Randall; Ross, Valerie Source Type: research

Free WESTPAS Training Coming to Olympia, WA
Mark your calendar now and register for a free 2-part disaster preparedness and response workshop, “Protecting Cultural Collections”, sponsored by the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). This workshop is part of a coordinated regional approach to raising awareness about disaster planning for collecting institutions throughout the Western United States. This 2-part training is free to participants who will: Complete a disaster response and collection salvage plan for their collections by the end of Part 2; Learn how to train staff to implement the plan effectively; Set pre...
Source: Dragonfly - April 5, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gail Kouame Tags: Emergency Preparedness Training & Education Source Type: news

Still Space Available: Free WESTPAS Training Coming to Olympia, WA
Space is still available in this free WESTPAS workshop, but registration is required (see below). Mark your calendar now and register for a free 2-part disaster preparedness and response workshop, “Protecting Cultural Collections”, sponsored by the Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS). This workshop is part of a coordinated regional approach to raising awareness about disaster planning for collecting institutions throughout the Western United States. This 2-part training is free to participants who will: Complete a disaster response and collection salvage plan for their col...
Source: Dragonfly - April 5, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Gail Kouame Tags: Emergency Preparedness Training & Education Source Type: news

Huge disparities in hypertension seen across US counties
(Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) In the first ever analysis of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension for every county, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington revealed significant differences across the US. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other
(Umea University) A new study which was performed jointly at Umeå University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane. This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight bacteria using their own weapons. (NATURE, 2013). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Adults With Diabetes And Limited Health Literacy Less Likely To Adhere To Prescribed Antidepressants
In this study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the University of Washington School of Medicine, 72 percent of the 1,366 study participants had limited health literacy, and had significantly poorer adherence to newly prescribed antidepressants, compared to patients with no limitations... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Depression Source Type: news

Two Servings Of Fatty Fish Per Week Associated With Lower Risk Of Dying Among Older Adults
Older adults who have higher levels of blood omega-3 levels - fatty acids found almost exclusively in fatty fish and seafood - may be able to lower their overall mortality risk by as much as 27% and their mortality risk from heart disease by about 35%, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of Washington. Researchers found that older adults who had the highest blood levels of the fatty acids found in fish lived, on average, 2.2 years longer than those with lower levels... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news

Diversity programs give illusion of corporate fairness, study shows
(University of Washington) Diversity training programs lead people to believe that work environments are fair even when given evidence of hiring, promotion or salary inequities, according to new findings by psychologists at the University of Washington and other universities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Validity and Reliability of a Smartphone Application for the Assessment of Penile Deformity in Peyronie's Disease
Conclusions.The performance of UWPEN is comparable with and highly correlated with angle measurements obtained from the goniometer and protractor as well as with girth narrowing measurements obtained from a ruler. Measurements are reproducible among different observers. UWPEN may provide a noninvasive, accurate, reliable, and widely accessible method to characterize and track PD over time. (Source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine)
Source: The Journal of Sexual Medicine - April 3, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Ryan S. Hsi, James M. Hotaling, Andrea L. Hartzler, Sarah K. Holt, Thomas J. Walsh Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Gene Evolution Accelerated By Head-On Collisions Between DNA-Code Reading Machineries
Bacteria appear to speed up their evolution by positioning specific genes along the route of expected traffic jams in DNA encoding. Certain genes are in prime collision paths for the moving molecular machineries that read the DNA code, as University of Washington scientists explain in the journal Nature... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news

Potential Therapeutic Treatment For Restoring Heart Function Following Heart Attack
In an animal study, researchers at the University of Washington show that it was possible to use gene therapy to boost heart muscle function. The finding suggests that it might be possible to use this approach to treat patients whose hearts have been weakened by heart attacks and other heart conditions. Led by University of Washington (UW) Professor and Vice Chair of Bioengineering Michael Regnier and Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Head-on collisions between DNA-code reading machineries accelerate gene evolution
(University of Washington) The bacteria Bacillus subtilis places some of their genes in prime collision paths for the moving molecular machineries that read the DNA code. This spatial-organization tactic to evolve and adapt might be imitated in harmful Gram-positive bacteria to strengthen their virulence. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Sudden Unexplained Death In Epilepsy
Dravet syndrome (DS) is a form of infantile-onset, treatment-resistant epilepsy that is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding a voltage-gated sodium channel, SCN1A. DS patients have a 30-fold increased risk of dying from sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) compared to patients with other forms of pediatric-onset epilepsy. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Franck Kalume and colleagues at the University of Washington characterized SUDEP in a mouse model of DS... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Epilepsy Source Type: news