11/07/2017
A provocative study and accompanying commentary in The Lancet last week is drawing fierce rebuttals from cardiologists.
The study was the first randomized trial to compare two groups of people with a...
12/08/2018
If you’ve endured a colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer, the following may surprise you.
Researchers in Michigan surveyed 308 veterans – all over age 50 and deemed at normal risk for...
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...
05/03/2019
Almost half (48%) of injuries to commuters on rental scooters involve a head trauma, and 15% are traumatic brain injuries, according to a report issued this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
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...
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....