News Releases

December 20, 2018

UW Medicine and Fred Hutch had key roles in clinical trial of immunotherapy option for often-lethal Merkel cell cancer.

December 19, 2018

Globally, lifetime stroke risk seen at one in four among adults age 25; young adults urged to adopt healthy lifestyle and diet.

December 13, 2018

On-field trainers captured injuries data, showing higher incidence than previous studies have reported.

December 5, 2018

Drug response screening of leukemia stem cells offers clues to relapse and suggests ways to improve patient-specific therapies.

December 4, 2018

'Alzheimer's, like breast cancer, is not one disease,' says UW Medicine dementia expert Shubhabrata Mukherjee.

December 3, 2018

Screening of healthy adults for genes that might heighten disease risk must be pursued cautiously, concludes a U.S. panel whose authors include a UW bioethicist.

November 28, 2018

Couples to enroll in yearlong study of pregnancy prevention; UW School of Medicine is one of 3 U.S. clinical sites.

November 19, 2018

Children living with an adult gun owner who misuses alcohol are at increased risk of self-harm and interpersonal violence. 

November 15, 2018

Findings point to possibility of new 'anti-evolution drugs' to keep hard-to-treat pathogens from arising.

November 1, 2018

A class of drugs called angiotensin-II receptor blockers was associated with benefit for black women and white women and men.

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