WWAMI’s effort is vital because Alaska needs more physicians, particularly those that specialize in primary care and psychiatry.
A new family medical residency training program in Coeur d’Alene is one step to try to help address Idaho's anticipated shortage of physicians.
What does it take to become a physician assistant? During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, students learn in class how to take a medical history and perform an exam, and then apply those lessons...
University of Washington researchers have created a line of human embryonic stem cells with the ability to develop into a far broader range of tissues than most existing cell lines.
“These cells...
Two proteins that control how cells break down glucose play a key role in forming human stem cells, University of Washington researchers have found. The finding has implications for future work in...
It was a whirlwind of celebration and tears, most of them joyous. On March 21, 222 students graduating from the University of Washington's School of Medicine simultaneously learned, with thousands of...
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...
Some men who take high doses of selenium and vitamin E supplements could increase their risk of aggressive prostate cancer, according to a recent study led by Dr. Alan Kristal, professor of...
University of Washington medical school students, family members and friends converged May 16 on the Seattle campus for a ceremony in which the students received their white physician coats.
Med-...
American society has lavished attention for decades on the expansive “boomer” population – its dreams, careers, families, habits, midlife crises and now its retirement. Many millions of research...