A collaboration of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, UW Medicine and Group Health has expanded online resources on aging, dementia and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The brain-map.org website ...
In his eight short years, Ayden has lived in nearly every corner of this country: Texas, Connecticut, Alaska, and now Washington.
Meghan Behrmann, a University of Washington third-year...
Bariatric surgery should be considered a standard option for many patients with type 2 diabetes who continue to have poorly controlled blood glucose levels despite changing their diets, increasing...
An experimental treatment for people with neuroblastoma, an often-fatal nerve-cell disease, is being heralded as a "game-changer." The national study was led by Dr. Julie Park, professor of...
Clinicians have known for years that people who start drinking as adolescents are prone to develop alcohol problems and make riskier decisions as adults. But scientists have been unable to say why,...
Researchers have discovered a brain-cell network that drives a respiratory phase important for the control of exhalation.
This phase, also called postinspiration, occurs after air is inhaled.
Within...
Patients with intermittent claudication, a form of peripheral arterial disease, who had circulation-restoring procedures called revascularization had better quality of life and fewer symptoms a year...
The University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Bartell Drugs and QFC Pharmacy will partner with Washington State Health Care Authority in a unique project to increase pharmacy-based immunizations....
Surgical residents learn their craft mostly in the operating room, watching and assisting mentors with patient procedures until their skills and poise suffice to fly solo.
Such on-the-job training...
Media contact: Leila Gray, 206.685.0381, leilag@uw.edu
For the first time, abnormal brain development following a Zika infection during pregnancy has been documented experimentally in the offspring...