01/11/2021
As Americans come to grip with a mental health crisis worsened by the pandemic, smartphone and other digital-health applications are getting more scrutiny. Researchers welcome the advent of...
12/23/2020
The question of whether pregnant women should receive the COVID-19 vaccine is a rather basic one for Dr. Linda Eckert, an UW Medicine obstetrician and gynecologist and an infectious disease expert. ...
12/23/2020
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Is it safe for pregnant people to get the COVID-19 vaccine? As of right now, Dr. Linda Eckert, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Washington School of Medicine, says it's an...
12/21/2020
A broken heart is often harder to heal than a broken leg. Now researchers say that a broken heart can contribute to lasting chronic pain.
In a reflections column published Dec. 21 in the Annals of...
12/16/2020
More and more evidence is coming out that people with COVID-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue.
And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, like...
12/02/2020
Young adults ages 18 to 34, known as "Gen Z," have reported the greatest declines in their mental health since the pandemic began.
In a survey of 3,409 adults for the American Psychological...
11/02/2020
In the United States, more than half of people living with a mental health disorder do not receive treatment, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, which is why primary-care clinics...
11/02/2020
Eleven ideas to significantly help brain health were selected for funding by the UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. A $1 million award will be divided among the recipient...
10/28/2020
A major scientific effort is underway to characterize the proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid to improve diagnostics and clinical monitoring assays, and discover potential therapies, for Alzheimer’s...
10/27/2020
As flu season gets underway, researchers hope that thousands will reach for their smartphones to share helpful data.
One app is recruiting 25,000 people across the United States to monitor health,...