10/23/2018
The Bozeman clinic, which began taking patients in January, is UW School of Medicine students’ first mental health project.
Roughly eight students rotate through Community Health Partners twice a...
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...
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,...
A University of Washington online education program aimed at helping healthcare providers more safely manage patients' chronic pain has received a nearly $800,000 grant. The funding to UW and its...
What does it take to become a physician assistant? During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, students learn in class how to take a medical history and perform an exam, and then apply those lessons...
The UW School of Nursing has re-opened enrollment to its adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner track of the doctor of nursing practice, or D.N.P., degree program. This decision once again...
An interactive “Polio Eradication Game,” played on a carpeted grid like a life-size chess board, may increase public interest in global health, according to a new study from the University of...
The state Department of Health was seeing more instances of surface-water plants having to shut down temporarily, and was seeking guidance about how to better safeguard Washington's watersheds and...
An overview of the U.S. food system and its impact on public health includes nuggets you may find hard to digest:
During 2013, an estimated 14.3 percent of American households were “food-insecure...