11/12/2019
Pregnant patients with a low risk of birth problems who are cared for by a midwife will likely leave the hospital maternity unit having experienced fewer interventions and complications than if...
10/10/2019
A new program delving into how viruses and bacteria attack the fetus, and how the body fights back, has been created at UW Medicine. The research program was made possible after two UW Medicine...
05/29/2019
The composition of the vaginal microbiome is an indicator of whether a woman will experience preterm birth, or carry the fetus full term, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. The...
05/22/2019
Current treatments can slow progression of heart failure, but do not address the underlying issues, including specific problems that cause systolic heart failure. In this condition, the heart doesn’...
05/17/2019
UW Medicine interventional radiologist Wayne Monsky first saw virtual reality’s vivid, 3D depiction of the inside of a phantom patient’s blood vessels, his jaw dropped in childlike wonder.
Dr. Wayne...
05/08/2019
Barely half of U.S. obstetrics-gynecology residency programs offer instruction about transgender medicine, according to UW Medicine research published recently in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Among 100...
04/03/2019
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association just issued policy recommendations to reduce children's intake of sugary drinks, urging lawmakers at every level to implement...
02/26/2019
Kristina Katrel remembers her first pregnancy being relatively easy. As a marathoner and enthusiast of yoga and pilates, she bounced back quickly nine years ago and returned to her routine of work,...
01/24/2019
A study published this week in JAMA examines data from 13 clinical trials testing the effects of aspirin, and shows that people who took a daily aspirin had a lower risk of heart attacks but also had...
10/25/2018
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and accounts for 60 to 80 percent of all cases. In this article and video produced by KTVF Anchorage, Thomas Grabowski, director of UW Medicine...