What does it take to become a physician assistant? During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, students learn in class how to take a medical history and perform an exam, and then apply those lessons...
"He opens people's eyes to the possibilities of what a pharmacist can do," a University of Washington student says about clinical professor Don Downing.
Downing, a pharmacist and teacher, also has...
The UW School of Nursing has re-opened enrollment to its adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track of the doctor of nursing practice, or D.N.P., degree program. This decision once again...
At our local pharmacies, we expect that prescribed medications will be in stock and that the well-educated pharmacist staff will clear up any uncertainties we have. Those norms don't exist everywhere...
A Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center is being established at the University of Washington to increase the expertise of primary-care providers, trainees and others in caring for older...
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As the 2016 winter sports season swings into high gear, the UW Medicine Sports Health and Safety Institute (SHSI) today, Dec...
The School of Pharmacy’s Class of 2016 distinguished themselves with the nation's highest rate of members passing the licensure examon their first try: 99 percent.
In the first six to 12 months after...
08/24/2017
Dr. Eric B. Larson, 70, knows about aging well. He rides his bike to work (16 miles round-trip). He plays piano and belongs to a book club. Mostly he co-leads the Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study...
08/23/2017
Type: MediaAMP
(Downloadable video, script) Dr. Nathaniel Watson talks about how parents can help elementary-age kids and teenagers reset sleep schedules. Children ages 6-12, he said, need nine to 12 hours of...
10/23/2018
Type: YouTube
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with “the beginning stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s.”
Currently no cure exists for the slow-...