05/24/2017
UW Medicine’s Regional Heart Center is enrolling patients in a clinical trial that may be the final threshold to a new standard of care for aortic-valve replacement.
It is the only trial site in...
06/06/2017
As the number of bike crashes increases, Consumer Reports looks at the role of bike helmets in protecting against debilitating injury or death.
They spoke with Dr. Fred Rivara, professor and vice...
05/24/2017
When West Seattle resident Joel Eggert, 46, died last December in a motorcycle accident, his decision to be an organ donor became a life-saving gift.
Months later, Jennie Lawrence of Anchorage,...
Inspired by one of the simplest, most-used household items ever, a UW cardiologist has created a lifesaver. In the next year, Dr. David Linker expects his invention, which detects dangerous abnormal...
Primatologists like Lisa Jones-Engel at the UW National Primate Research Center can only speculate about why HIV became a human-to-human virus, but they want to prevent another such devastating...
If your primary care physician asked whether there’s a gun in your home, how would you feel? Astounded? Spitting mad? Freshly aware of the potential risk? Unsure?
Pam Pentin, a family physician at...
Heart attacks and strokes, combined, kill one in three Americans. In November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new guidelines and a calculator...
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...
Saloni Parikh combines a passion for public health with talent for computer programming. As an undergraduate in the interdisciplinary honors program, she's already making an impact. For a global...
As the repression of sexual minorities in many nations around the world becomes visible, the call for social justice and equality is also gaining strength.
"Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality & Social...