University of Washington News

Victims of traumatic events sometimes get so hung up thinking about what happened to them that they can't let go of their torment.

Joe Miller contours a red-hot metal interpretation of a fern leaf at his studio, M-Space. Similar elements are incorporated in a finished piece, "Nurse Log: Pattern Decay," currently on display at the Fulcrum gallery for the "MetalUrge" celebration of South Sound metal artists.

For years, my travels have prompted me to think about religion. When I got my history degree at the University of Washington, one of my favorite classes was "History of the Christian Church." And for years, I've believed that anyone who enjoys getting close to God should pack their spirituality along with them in their travels.

Monroe: Watch out for bogus charity calls At least one person reported getting a call asking for donations to the Sky Valley Food Bank in Monroe.

Scientists are using DNA to trace illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants to its countries of origin in an effort to nab poachers.

An armed robbery near the University of Washington campus prompted UW officials to send a safety alert to students Friday -- the second safety alert sent this week.

A 27-year-old Seattle man was airlifted off Mount Hood Sunday afternoon after falling and breaking his leg near the Sandy Glacier area.

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As the recent death of Michael Jackson has shown, few patients in cardiac arrest survive even when given CPR by a trained health professional.

A University of Washington student from Everett was jailed Tuesday for investigation of allegations that he took photos up women's skirts and possessed child pornography.

The Galapagos Islands, today an arid place on the equator in the Eastern Pacific, had a wet climate four centuries ago, new research suggests.

An international committee of experts has endorsed the use of the hemoglobin A1c assay to diagnose diabetes, at a level of 6.5% or above.

Despite efforts to fine-tune the procedure for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, the survival rate for older people given CPR has not changed much in recent decades, new research has found.

Suzanne V. Arnold MD, MHA, John A. Spertus MD, MPH, Paul S. Ciechanowski MD, MPH, Laurie A. Soine MN, ARNP, Kier Jordan-Keith ARNP, James H. Caldwell MD, and Mark D. Sullivan MD, PhD* From Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute , Kansas City, Mo; Washington University in St.

A minor earthquake with a magnitude 3.0 occurred at 5:09 a.m. Wednesday under Whidbey Island.

Dr. Louis Philipson has already started fielding calls from worried diabetics after new studies of 300,000 patients released on Friday suggested the Sanofi-Aventis insulin drug Lantus might raise the risk of cancer.

With local liberals making rumbles, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Tuesday that a "public option" should be part of a package to reform the nation's health care system, but was vague about what form it should take.

The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt. Now it's time for the stomp test.

More than 1,700 cyclists rode through Bellingham during the first Ride to Conquer Cancer on June 20.

A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV Anomaly.