Solutions
September 1, 1998
Extra pounds OK
Being overweight later in life does not pose a significant health risk, while unintended weight loss is unhealthy for those 65 and older, a recent UW study found.
March 1, 1998
Deafness gene
UW Postdoctoral Fellow Eric D. Lynch successfully cloned a gene which, when mutated, causes an inherited form of deafness.
Safer on streets?
Recent UW research shows life on the street may be an improvement over what many children face at home.
Smog travels east
A new UW study indicates that about 10 percent of the ozone and other pollutants that hang over West Coast cities comes from the industrialized nations of East Asia.
New age medicine
They swim; they walk; they even pump iron. Elderly Americans find a new lease on life, thanks to a UW research center.
December 1, 1997
Land on the move
What today are rainy British Columbia and chilly southern Alaska were once the sunny climes of Baja California, according to UW Paleontologist Peter Ward.
Obesity correlation
New UW research shows a child's chance of obesity in adulthood is greatly increased if he or she has at least one obese parent.
Research rising
The University of Washington received $510 million in research grants during 1996-97, passing the half-billion-dollar milestone for the first time.
Cool car
UW Professor Abe Hertzberg and his colleagues set out to create a better alternative to grandma's gas-guzzling Gremlin.
September 1, 1997
Reading the skies
UW professors track data that may reveal future droughts, bountiful harvests and even global warming.
Vitamins could help asthmatics, research finds
Simply taking antioxidant vitamins could help asthmatics exposed to polluted air breathe easier.
Nurse midwives keep cost, Caesarean rates lower, study finds
Low-risk women who choose nurse midwives for their deliveries have fewer Caesarean sections, a UW study found.
Dollars shouldn’t define divorced dads, professor says
Social Work Professor Pauline Erera says that it's time to understand dads beyond the issue of dollars.
Weight-loss idea
UW researchers created a mouse that can eat fat and still lose weight, but can the results be transferred to humans?
July 1, 1997
‘Imagination inflation’ makes childhood events seem real, study finds
The power of human imagination may be stronger than previously suspected, blurring the line between memory and imagination.
June 1, 1997
At research center, patients take on risk for the sake of a cure
From bone marrow transplants to cancer vaccines, patients in the Clinical Research Center opt for experiments that could save lives, maybe even their own.
Drugs, surgery show equal results for heart-attack patients in study
Heart attack patients show nearly identical survival rates, whether treated with powerful anti-clotting drugs or with balloon angioplasty, say UW researchers.
Hormones may place women at greater risk for facial pain
One reason why many more women than men suffer from problems with their jaws may be related to the role of female reproductive hormones.
March 1, 1997
Subliminal messages can affect cognition, researchers show
UW psychologists say there is some evidence that subliminal messages can affect human cognition.
Lab mice stay thin on a fast-food diet
UW scientists have produced a genetic mutation that keeps laboratory mice thin even on a very high-fat diet.