10/13/2020
Updated coronavirus guidelines issued by Gov. Jay Inslee's office eased restrictions on youth sports. That doesn't mean, however, that youth football or soccer practices or games will resume this...
10/08/2018
"Even if the flu vaccine works only half the time, it still means that you can protect half the kids in your family or your classroom,” Dr. Fred Rivara, professor of pediatrics at the UW School of...
10/05/2018
Dr. Elizabeth Phelan, director of the Fall Prevention Clinic at UW Medicine Harborview, spoke to Molly Shen with KOMO-TV on the importance of exercise as we age.
"Even in late life, people can...
10/03/2018
Young people might think everyone drinks alcohol. But that's far from the truth, said Mary Larimer, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and psychology, and director of the Center for the...
08/02/2018
In this op-ed, Dr. Jonathan Drezner, talks about the importance of having an AED at a sports event, in case one of the students suffers sudden cardiac arrest. In 2013, notes Drezner, the state...
06/11/2018
Quan, an expert on the prevention and treatment of childhood drownings, told The New York Times that parents should never expect that any child will be “drown-proof,” even if that child is on the...
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...
05/01/2018
There are two places where romaine lettuce comes from in the United States: Arizona and California. Marguerite Pappaioanou, an affiliate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at...
02/14/2018
An ambitious new program focused on pediatric oral health training will involve practitioners and students in several schools at the University of Washington and external partners including Eastern...
12/14/2017
Ordering a beverage or meal in that distinct shade of grey or black is especially popular among millennial customers.
But does eating small amounts of activated charcoal give the consumer any real...