The respective proteins which cause Parkinson’s disease and inherited forms of Huntington’s disease are regulated by different sets of genes and cellular pathways, according to researchers at the UW and elsewhere. (Full Story)
UW School of Medicine implements new clinical skills exams
The School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics is now annually administering two required Objectively Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). (Full Story)
Global health ethics to be discussed at Hogness Symposium
World health ethics will be the topic of the 2003 John R. Hogness Symposium on Health Care. (Full Story)
Task force recommends screening adults for obesity
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends that physicians screen all adults for obesity and offer counseling and other consultation to promote weight control. (Full Story)
Medical alumni purchase stethoscopes for first-year students
The financial burden of medical school is steadily increasing, and the medical school alumni are taking a small but significant step in offsetting that burden for incoming students. (Full Story)
Grant renewed for MS research and training center
The National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research has renewed a five-year, $4 million grant to fund the UW’s Multiple Sclerosis Research and Training Center. (Full Story)
December 5, 2003