Despite patients’ fears of adverse reactions, performing moderate aerobic exercise after receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is not only safe but significantly improves...
Washington state's student athletes gained a measure of safety today as Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Act (PDF of legislation).
About one in 250 young athletes...
Dr. Estell Williams walked around the tables and watched as each “student doctor” took their first attempt at applying a row of stitches to their “patient.” She stopped in front of Marlisa Hall, 15...
A small study by University of Washington researchers has found no sign that bone-marrow stem-cell injections stimulated repair in the damaged hearts of patients awaiting transplantation.
The results...
A Seattle allergy consortium today published new guidance that marks an about-face with the suggestion to give babies peanut products in the first year of life.
A study published in February showed...
A molecular switch that seems to be essential for embryonic heart cells to grow into more mature, adult-like heart cells has been discovered.
The discovery should help scientist better understand...
About 150 Seattle-area children will receive a year of fully subsidized dental care, starting with Dental Home Day, an event May 20 in Magnuson Park at The University of Washington Center for...
Every year, about 300,000 people undergo an appendectomy in the United States. An emerging trend in Europe is to treat the condition with antibiotics alone rather than with urgent surgery.
Dr. David...
“I’ve never played pro basketball, but I can tell the best player on the court by watching their performance.”
This notion led Dr. Thomas Lendvay and other researchers to explore whether a...
Technological leaps now enable older and sicker patients to receive a replacement heart valve without open surgery. The newest generation of replacement valves are akin to miniature umbrellas, and...