05/18/2018
Of households with guns in Washington, almost two-thirds keep the firearms lying around, possibly loaded, instead of locking them in a secure place — a problem University of Washington researchers...
05/20/2018
The patient in front of the doctor is breathing heavily, sweating and her heart is racing: classic signs of sepsis.
But the physician, perhaps attending to blood loss from the patient’s leg wound or...
05/17/2018
My patient, Jeanne (not her real name) was almost embarrassed to mention that her insulin cost $300 for a single vial that lasts about five days. That’s more than $21,000 a year. Did I have any ideas...
05/23/2018
Forefront is a program within the University of Washington's School of Social Work, and it has developed training that empowers teens to teach their peers about suicide prevention.
KING-TV gives 5...
06/05/2018
The idea behind an intervention isn’t to bully someone with a drug or alcohol problem into reforming, says Saxon in Men's Health. It’s a methodically planned-out meeting that's usually arranged as a...
06/14/2018
Why are suicide rates on the rise?
“That’s the question that’s at the front of everyone’s mind in suicide prevention,” said Christopher DeCou, senior fellow at Harborview Injury Prevention and...
06/20/2018
Leaders of 10 public health agencies and professional group announced plans to do more to prevent gun-related injuries and deaths, including asking patients whether they own guns and screening them...
06/25/2018
A major study has found that medicines used to treat diabetes in adults are not effective on youth. Researchers say the finding is disturbing because type 2 diabetes among youth is a growing problem...
06/28/2018
Reader's Digest reports that gaming disorder has to be evident for at least 12 months. It can’t just be a few hours or few days. Since it’s a clinical condition, the clinical diagnosis of a gaming...
08/10/2018
When tennis superstar, and mom, Serena Williams posted on her Instagram account this week about her struggle with depression 11 months after giving birth to her daughter, Olympia, social media jumped...