09/06/2017
Hurricane Harvey left many people in need emergency health care in the Houston area.
Dr. Stephen Morris, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Washington School of...
01/19/2018
Dr. Barak Gaster, an internist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, had spent three years working with specialists in geriatrics, neurology, palliative care and psychiatry to come up...
01/25/2018
While most suicide intervention efforts have been focused on mental health and emergency room settings, professionals throughout all medical fields play a critical role in suicide prevention.
Now,...
05/01/2018
There are two places where romaine lettuce comes from in the United States: Arizona and California. Marguerite Pappaioanou, an affiliate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at...
05/09/2018
A Mother Jones investigation found that many federally required physician training programs on opioids, including those affiliated with prestigious universities and professional organizations such as...
06/11/2018
Quan, an expert on the prevention and treatment of childhood drownings, told The New York Times that parents should never expect that any child will be “drown-proof,” even if that child is on the...
08/02/2018
In this op-ed, Dr. Jonathan Drezner, talks about the importance of having an AED at a sports event, in case one of the students suffers sudden cardiac arrest. In 2013, notes Drezner, the state...
10/05/2018
Dr. Elizabeth Phelan, director of the Fall Prevention Clinic at UW Medicine Harborview, spoke to Molly Shen with KOMO-TV on the importance of exercise as we age.
"Even in late life, people can...