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UW Medical Center hosts reunion
for in-vitro fertilization children
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On Saturday, March 8, more than 200 parents and 150 children, conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization at the UW Medical Center's Fertility and Endocrine Center, attended a reunion at the Seattle Center Children's Museum.(In photo) Michael Soules (left), professor of obstetrics, and Nancy Klein, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, address the guests.
Photo by Pam Sowers
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Center for Excellence in Biomedical Computing planned
The UW Departments of Biological Structure and of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics have received a $1.8 million grant from the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, to plan for a National Center of Excellence in Biomedical Computing. (Full Story)
End-of-Life-Care program to begin at Harborview
The UW Schools of Medicine and Nursing have received $375,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to set up a program to improve the quality of palliative care for all patients and their families in distinct intensive care units -- medical trauma, neurosurgical, burn, surgical, coronary and pediatric. (Full Story)
WWAMI-Alaska physician honored with national teaching award
Harold Johnston, clinical associate professor of family medicine in Anchorage, Alaska, has received the Parker J. Palmer "Courage to Teach" award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. (Full Story)
Prazosin reduces symptoms of post-traumatic stress
A study at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System found that the drug Prazosin decreases symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat veterans. (Full Story)
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March 14, 2003