06/15/2017
Sue McNeely of Bothell, Washington, hasn't driven since February 10, when she had a stroke in rush-hour traffic on Interstate 405.
A state trooper responded and recognized the emergency. McNeely was...
02/06/2018
If you were diagnosed with glioblastoma — a brain cancer that, with conventional chemotherapy and radiation treatment, is usually fatal within 12 to 15 months — would you try a novel therapy that...
02/07/2018
The Seattle Times chronicles the chain of events in two cases in which trauma patients' lives were saved with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines.
Harborview Medical Center employs the...
06/18/2018
Just 42 and in peak health, successful businesswoman Keri Andrews had just been married when she sustained a stroke in 2017. Nine months later she receives daily speech, physical and occupational...
07/20/2018
Anyone walking through the doors of Harborview Medical Center will come across a story. Bear attacks, skateboard accidents, car crashes, bike collisions, shootings and burns are among the...
09/24/2018
UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s will be part of the expansion of the National Institutes of Health Undiagnosed Diseases Network, the NIH announced today, Sept 24. The two Seattle institutions...
10/24/2018
Doctors and patients should do a better job of talking to each other about cognitive problems and the potential diagnosis of dementia, says Barak Gaster, a primary-care physician at UW Medicine and...
12/28/2018
Eating well and exercising before surgery can improve surgical outcomes in the context of standardized care pathways, even among patients who have extremely serious procedures, according to a study...
12/27/2018
In a policy statement this month, the American Academy of Pediatrics urged pediatric healthcare providers to watch for signs of perinatal depression in the mothers of their infant patients. The...
02/07/2019
Is it true that vaccinations increase antibodies and provide herd immunity?
Vaccinations work by training the body’s immune system and increasing protective antibodies. Vaccines teach the immune...