The age-old joke about physicians’ bad handwriting is no laughing matter. An illegible prescription can have dire consequences. Electronic health records reduce those effects by taking handwriting...
Editor's note: The headline and story have been corrected and clarified to convey that the study's measure was the proportion of head injuries among all bicycle-related injuries in the cities studied...
The pain of losing a cousin who mixed methadone with alcohol inspired pharmacist Ryan Oftebro to turn his attention to preventing others from suffering the same fate. Oftebro, a graduate of the...
Developing next-generation technologies to restore memory is the goal of a new, multi-center $22.5 million, four-year effort. The project, which is in support of President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain...
U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 edition of Best Hospitals was released online July 15. University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center ranked in the top 3 in the Seattle...
Our brain’s response to the sight of food appears driven more by our blood sugar level at the moment than our upbringing or genetics, research from the University of Washington suggests.
“The...
For the first time, two Seattle powerhouses in brain research are collaborating to teach the next generation of neuroscientists.
The University of Washington's Computational Neuroscience program and...
Americans, on average, undergo nine surgeries during their lifetimes. If you face surgery in the next few months, prepare by taking care of yourself.
UW Medicine surgeons David Flum and Tom Varghese...
[12 p.m. 8.20: Update noting that the guidelines were updated and republished in 2012]
Children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) do better when medics and hospital teams adhere to evidence-...
The Woodland Park Zoo staff and its 425-pound gorilla, Vip, all are breathing easier today, thanks to successful sinus surgery performed on the animal by a UW Medicine specialist.
The gorilla had...