#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
McCarthy: Decide for Yourself
When, if ever, should you get your knees replaced? Michael McCarthy talks with an 88-year-old Seattle woman with arthritis about her decision, which she made with the help of a DVD describing her treatment choices. McCarthy wrote about the effect of decision aids on...
Aronwald: What’s Up With Teens?
Rhonda Aronwald has one, so she asked an expert: why are teens so wacky and what do we do with them until they grow out of it? (Or as Rhonda more elegantly puts it, “How can parents help them learn to spread their wings without falling to the ground?”) Learn four...
SOSEA: e-Life After Death
Liz Neeley, Brian Glanz and other online, tech-savvy, e-genuises from ScienceOnlineSeattle (#sosea) recently discussed “What happens to your data, research, and online identity after you die?” If you missed the live September event it is immortalized as an archived...
James: Business in Our Genes
Personalized medicine based on our genomic data is coming, but when? Sally James looks at six Seattle companies in the competitive genetic testing market, in her latest for Seattle Business Magazine. Sally was in North Carolina at the NASW conference...
Ressmeyer: Space, Science, Celebrities
Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Wozniak, and the Mir Space Station don’t appear together often. But space, science, and celebrities are all on display on Roger Ressmeyer’s website. Roger is the PhotoMedia 2012 Photography Person of the Year, and his documentary film on...