[Editors’ note: This is the last in a series of seven articles about bioethics. Q&A’s include UW experts discussing the beginning of life, end of life/futility, clinical consultation, pain care, ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement April 17 that discourages surgeons from performing a common gynecological procedure because it poses a risk of spreading undetected cancerous...
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...
Roger Roffman, a UW professor emeritus of social work, has studied marijuana dependence interventions for 30 years. He sponsored legislation to get recreational marijuana legalized in Washington....
Women who received collaborative care for depression at two UW Medicine obstetrics and gynecology clinics showed fewer symptoms after treatment than women receiving usual depression care in the same...
Current health-screening recommendations for student athletes comprise an oral history and physical exam, but these indicators are not as effective as an electrocardiogram (ECG) at detecting students...
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-...
Catheter-based technology is making mitral-valve repair available to people who cannot undergo heart surgery. Dero Murphy, 89, a recent recipient of the MitraClip, called the procedure's effects "a...
The number of concussions reported by coaches in Seattle public high schools has more than doubled since the Zackery Lystedt Law came into effect in 2009, University of Washington researchers report...
Very few areas in the United States are as well positioned as Washington state to become national research centers. That was the message of University of Washington President Michael K. Young in an...