[See related Q&A with Dr. Eileen Bulger from July 28.]
Researchers at Harborview Medical Center are taking part in a national study to determine what role tranexamic acid plays in decreasing...
Patients who sustain mild traumatic brain injuries can benefit significantly from a 20-minute conversation with a social worker before being discharged from a hospital, according to a recent study...
University of Washington medical school students, family members and friends converged May 16 on the Seattle campus for a ceremony in which the students received their white physician coats.
Med-...
Catheter-based technology is making mitral-valve repair available to people who cannot undergo heart surgery. Dero Murphy, 89, a recent recipient of the MitraClip, called the procedure's effects "a...
American society has lavished attention for decades on the expansive “boomer” population – its dreams, careers, families, habits, midlife crises and now its retirement. Many millions of research...
Chronically homeless, alcohol-dependent individuals might benefit from a new intervention that does not require them to stop or even reduce drinking, according to the results of a preliminary study...
Fatigue was less and quality of life improved for people with multiple sclerosis who adopted a yearlong, plant-based diet low in saturated fat, according to recently presented research.
The...
From 2008 to 2012, health-care spending in the United States grew just 4.2 percent a year, the slowest growth the country has seen in five decades.
The slowdown has been cited by President Barack...
Timothy Thornton is using biostatistics to help identify genetic risk factors of the Hispanic population, which is much more diverse than the typically studied European populations.
Thornton, a UW...
In the first five months of 2014, measles cases reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have exceeded those reported in all of 2013.
Many of these cases were imported by...