06/19/2017
For once, she said, her dad didn’t have to check on her during the night.
Peyton Miller was reflecting on the biggest change posed by the new insulin pump that she’s worn for a month.
“He used to...
In the near future, your car will call 9-1-1 if it crashes.
Upon impact, a device called an event data recorder will send information to the local 9-1-1 call center. Dispatchers will be able to...
Clot device-Nathan White
McKenna Princing
Dr. Nathan White is an emergency-medicine specialist at Harborview.
Nathan White
A small, plastic-and-silicon card to...
After suffering a traumatic injury, many people are concerned about more than their physical well-being. Worries can mount about how the injury will affect their employment and financial security,...
In Washington state's first study to examine driver use of electronic devices, UW investigators saw that more drivers were engaging with such devices behind the wheel than previously estimated. Data...
[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...
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...
People hospitalized with a firearm injury are 30 times more likely to return to the hospital with another firearm injury than people hospitalized for other reasons. And they’re 11 times more likely...
[See original HSNewsBeat story, "Clot drug tested with suspected brain injuries" from July 1, 2014. The researchers are seeking public input on the study.]
Harborview Medical Center is one of 10...