06/08/2017
Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen, a professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, was principal investigator of the first U.S. longitudinal study of health and well-being of LGBTQ midlife...
06/13/2017
High levels of air pollution over time appear to impede a good night’s sleep, according to study findings presented recently.
“These findings suggest that commonly experienced
levels of air pollution...
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...
The child displays hallmark behaviors – fidgety, impulsive, irritable, inattentive – and has been diagnosed with ADHD. Pediatric neurologist Kevin Joseph isn’t stepping through a DSM-IV screening,...
CAN you help my teenager with his sleep? This is a question we frequently encounter at the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center and Seattle Children’s Sleep Disorders Clinic. We are often...
Brian Wansink has spent much of his life thinking about food and wondering about Americans’ relationship to it.
“I grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. Like a lot of people in the Midwest, I spent a lot of...
This is the year you’ve vowed to finally shed that extra weight. But you might be making poor choices without even knowing it. UW Medicine clinical dietitian Judy Simon discusses food choices that...
A genetic study of adult twins and a community-based study of adolescents both report novel links between sleep duration and depression. The studies were published Feb. 1 issue in the journal Sleep,...
Men who used a weapon against their female partners were more likely to commit a follow-up act of violence, according to a new study from the University of Washington School of Public Health and...
Joining a gang in adolescence has significant social consequences in adulthood beyond criminal behavior, even after a person leaves the gang.
The research, published in the American Journal of Public...