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,...
08/08/2017
About 61 percent of firearm owners in the U.S. have received formal training in handling their guns, but only one in seven say it included prevention of suicide - the number one cause of gun deaths,...
08/31/2017
People whose digestive tract harbors a bacteria called c. Difficile can suffer from diarrhea for weeks or months, and in some cases, years. Antibiotics can resolve most such infections, but when...
09/22/2017
Kristel Hallsson, 37, was serving in Afghanistan when the deaths of two comrades made her recast her career path. Now she's a first-year student at UW-Spokane.
“Ultimately, I want to be the person...
10/09/2017
The key to reducing firearm deaths in the United States is to understand and reduce exposure to the cause, just like in any epidemic, and in this case that is guns.
Dr. Fred Rivara, UW Medicine chief...
12/22/2017
Researchers are working on the vexing problem of a virus that shape shifts from one year to the next. UW Medicine research at the Fuller Lab into a “universal” flu vaccine uses a cutting-edge...
01/30/2018
What kind of medical care would you want if you developed Alzheimer's or dementia later in life? It's an uncomfortable, but meaningful question worth considering.
UW Medicine internist Barak Gaster...
02/27/2018
Usually that means I prepare a mug of tea, add a spoonful of honey kept solely for such occasions, and add a dash of lemon juice. This elixir, I've been told, will soothe my sore throat and coax my...
05/25/2018
Q-13 highlights a solution to help people living with dementia and their families.
It's called Momentia--a grassroots movement empowering people with memory loss and their loved ones to remain...
06/06/2018
In April, Ed Ward, 74, became the first patient on the West Coast to receive a test device implanted in his heart to reduce the symptoms of heart failure. Dr. Creighton Don, Ward's cardiologist at...