05/24/2017
UW Medicine’s Regional Heart Center is enrolling patients in a clinical trial that may be the final threshold to a new standard of care for aortic-valve replacement.
It is the only trial site in...
Inspired by one of the simplest, most-used household items ever, a UW cardiologist has created a lifesaver. In the next year, Dr. David Linker expects his invention, which detects dangerous abnormal...
It is not uncommon for a woman to flee, with her child, from an abusive spouse, hoping to start fresh elsewhere. Some even seek refuge in a new country.
Often, though, problems aren’t so easily...
Heart attacks and strokes, combined, kill one in three Americans. In November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new guidelines and a calculator...
Kevin Haggerty graduated from high school in 1977 – among the foggiest, Cheech-and-Chongiest years ever in terms of U.S. teens smoking marijuana, government data says. For more than 25 years, he has...
Zack Lystedt's long road back from a 2006 head injury included moments of bliss this past weekend. Not only did he watch his beloved Seahawks win the Super Bowl, but he and his parents were at the...
Zac Vawter of Seattle lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. Harborview Medical Center orthopedic surgeon Doug Smith redirected nerves in Vawter's leg, enabling him to use a new model of prosthesis...
A well-known class of drugs used to treat anxiety and epileptic seizures might provide a new therapeutic approach to managing autism. This prediction is based on mouse studies reported in the March...
Suicide prevention in Washington state took a significant step forward March 27 when Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 2315, a bill that requires basic training in suicide assessment, treatment, and...
In a major advance, researchers at the University of Washington have successfully restored damaged heart muscle of monkeys using heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells.
The results of...