10/11/2018
The newly appointed chair of the UW School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics will also serve as the associate dean of the UW medical school and as senior vice president/chief academic officer...
01/23/2019
Severe traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children leaving 61 percent of survivors with a lifelong disability, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
02/13/2019
In this digital age, would you expect people to consider undergoing psychotherapy sessions online? Turns out it depends.
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Rutgers...
05/22/2019
Current treatments can slow progression of heart failure, but do not address the underlying issues, including specific problems that cause systolic heart failure. In this condition, the heart doesn’...
08/19/2019
All 10 patients experienced enduring relief from symptoms in a test of a novel, non-invasive approach to custom-tailored treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that...
09/12/2019
Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s relatively easy to apply, and not just for dentists or dental hygienists. Pediatricians...
09/18/2019
In 2016, 2-year-old Teagan Fettig was diagnosed with a brain tumor at Seattle Children's hospital. As she began chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Teagan's parents were confronted with the...
10/10/2019
A new program delving into how viruses and bacteria attack the fetus, and how the body fights back, has been created at UW Medicine. The research program was made possible after two UW Medicine...
05/17/2019
When UW Medicine interventional radiologist Wayne Monsky first saw virtual reality’s vivid, 3D depiction of the inside of a phantom patient’s blood vessels, his jaw dropped in childlike wonder.
Dr....