A variation in the CHD8 gene has a strong likelihood of leading to a type of autism accompanied by digestive problems, a larger head and wide-set eyes.
“We finally got a clear-cut case of an autism-...
People hospitalized with a firearm injury are 30 times more likely to return to the hospital with another firearm injury than people hospitalized for other reasons. And they’re 11 times more likely...
Drug-caused deaths and heroin use among young adults increased in 2013, according to the annual King County Drug Trends report.
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Caleb Banta-Green is...
Two new tools – a system to improve the process of water-sampling and a simplified diagnostic for people – may soon strengthen global efforts to detect and eradicate poliovirus. Researchers at 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...
A Weight Loss Management Program opened today, July 15, at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt in Seattle. The program is a relocation of the former Bariatric Surgery Clinic and an expansion of services to...
Parents who refused to immunize their children also tended to turn down fluoride treatments for them, according to a study from the University of Washington School of Public Health.
The study,...
A new journal publication co-authored by Dr. Richard Darveau of the UW School of Dentistry has shed further light on how the bacterium that causes periodontal disease can evade the body’s immune...
Jeanne Marrazzo, a UW professor of medicine, wants people to know that there are tools to prevent HIV but they are not being used like they should.
Marrazzo, was one of the three co-chairs of an...