The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement April 17 that discourages surgeons from performing a common gynecological procedure because it poses a risk of spreading undetected cancerous...
The UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement – protecting the environment, prioritizing community members' health, and...
April 25 is World Malaria Day. Last year, 97 countries and territories reported transmission of the disease, represented by 207 million cases, according to the World Health Organization. On the basis...
In a major advance, researchers at the University of Washington have successfully restored damaged heart muscle of monkeys using heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells.
The results of...
A UW Medicine neonatalogist is the lead investigator of a clinical trial to determine whether the hormone erythropoietin, known commonly as EPO, can help premature infants against the threat of...
Katie Rose Fischer-Price, a senior in the UW School of Nursing, had only five years to get to know her dad before he died while climbing Mount Everest. His lasting gift to her, though, was motivation...
Roger Roffman, a UW professor emeritus of social work, has studied marijuana dependence interventions for 30 years. He sponsored legislation to get recreational marijuana legalized in Washington....
UW's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences hosted a memorial on April 25 to observe Workers' Memorial Day, honoring 64 workers who died in 2013 from a work-related illness or...
Parents want their children to be healthy. Immunization is one of the best ways you can protect your baby from a range of serious childhood illnesses and the health complications they can cause...
Some men who take high doses of selenium and vitamin E supplements could increase their risk of aggressive prostate cancer, according to a recent study led by Dr. Alan Kristal, professor of...