02/12/2021
Type: YouTube
New dietary guidelines state that children under age 2 should consume no food that has added sugars. Eliza Lagerquist, dietitian at UW Medical Center – Montlake's neonatal intensive care unit, says...
02/11/2021
You know how great it feels when someone makes a pie or cake just for you? UW Medicine head and neck surgeons have been feeling that kind of love lately, and on Feb. 5 they shared the first slice,...
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...
12/30/2020
Not unexpectedly, UW Medicine Newsroom viewers in 2020 were most interested in news about coronavirus research and developments in the care of pandemic COVID-19 patients. The dozen most views...
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...
12/03/2020
The Pacific Northwest’s drizzly, gray winters sometimes leave even then the most upbeat among us feeling down.
This year, the added stressors of a global pandemic, a contentious election, and...
12/03/2020
Type: YouTube
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a common form of depression that happens with a change in the seasons. This winter is proving to be even tougher with the coronavirus and cultural and economic...
11/30/2020
Harborview Medical Center has been designated a Foster Care Center of Excellence by Coordinated Care, the managed care provider for the Apple Health Foster Care program. With this designation,...
11/17/2020
The current U.S. marketplace for sex robots is geared to fulfilling the needs of young, white, able-bodied, heterosexual males – a population perhaps least in need of such assistance – and...
11/17/2020
Type: YouTube
The idea of robot companions for older adults is considered "unseemly and unthinkable," says Nancy Jecker, a professor of bioethics and humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine...