UW co-authored a study of 26 families. At 2 years old; children who had heard baby talk in mostly one-on-one contexts had vocabularies more than twice as large, on average, than children whose...
They began as physicians’ assistants, so to speak – searchable, cross-referenced databases of drugs, drug interactions and prices, pill identifiers, dose information and the like.
Increasingly,...
[See related Q&A with Dr. Eileen Bulger from July 28.]
Researchers at Harborview Medical Center are taking part in a national study to determine what role tranexamic acid plays in decreasing...
Patients who sustain mild traumatic brain injuries can benefit significantly from a 20-minute conversation with a social worker before being discharged from a hospital, according to a recent study...
The age-old joke about physicians’ bad handwriting is no laughing matter. An illegible prescription can have dire consequences. Electronic health records reduce those effects by taking handwriting...
Editor's note: The headline and story have been corrected and clarified to convey that the study's measure was the proportion of head injuries among all bicycle-related injuries in the cities studied...
Developing next-generation technologies to restore memory is the goal of a new, multi-center $22.5 million, four-year effort. The project, which is in support of President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain...
Our brain’s response to the sight of food appears driven more by our blood sugar level at the moment than our upbringing or genetics, research from the University of Washington suggests.
“The...
[12 p.m. 8.20: Update noting that the guidelines were updated and republished in 2012]
Children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) do better when medics and hospital teams adhere to evidence-...
A large study links a significantly increased risk for developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, to taking commonly used medications with anticholinergic effects at higher doses or for a...