09/01/2017
UW Medicine researchers recently lead a successful effort to create "designer" stem cells that might lead to advances in cancer and aging, they say.
In a paper published in the journal PNAS, the ...
05/08/2018
You’d think you’d know if your heart were quivering instead beating normally, but many people who have atrial fibrillation – a serious form of irregular heartbeat or palpitations – don’t feel...
05/29/2018
Ed Ward, a retiree living in Twisp, Washington, is the Pacific Northwest’s first recipient of a collar-like device implanted in the heart to improve its pumping efficiency. He was at UW Medical...
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...
03/14/2019
When it comes to treating addiction, why not ask the people using the substance what would be most helpful? That was the premise behind a study of 168 homeless people in Seattle who struggle with...
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...
09/26/2019
In the margin of his thesis at his medical school in Greece in the 1950s, his advisor wrote “young dreamer.” The comment was directed at his hopes for treating inherited blood disorders affecting...
11/21/2019
What does it take to get evidence-based mental health treatment to people in need? That’s a question researchers sought to answer in a newly published study in Implementation Science.
Evidence-based...
04/23/2020
As treasures go, this may not rival Apple’s market capitalization or even the immeasurable riches of “It’s a Wonderful Life” hero George Bailey. But MRI scans of 4,796 patients’ knees have become a...
10/27/2020
As flu season gets underway, researchers hope that thousands will reach for their smartphones to share helpful data.
One app is recruiting 25,000 people across the United States to monitor health,...