Medicine

December 1, 1990

Sick & tired

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, unfairly labeled "yuppie disease," is no joke. The mysterious malady can attack anyone from 5 to 75, UW researchers warn.


June 1, 1990

Collage artwork featuring a silhouette of a person's head made of various scraps of colorful paper

Why me, doc?

The University of Washington is home to the nation’s first concentrated research effort in the budding field of ecogenetics.


March 1, 1990

Our aching backs

A UW team received a $5 million grant to study the diagnosis and treatment of back problems.


September 1, 1989

Birth control breakthrough?

UW professors are testing an injectable contraceptive that gives men the same kind of contraceptive freedom—and responsibility—now generally available only to women.


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