12/07/2019
Judith Tsui, a UW Medicine clinician specializing in addiction treatment, was seeing more and more patients she was treating for opioid-use disorder also using methamphetamines, a powerful, highly...
09/05/2019
With a huge push to reduce opioid prescribing, little is known about the real-world benefits or risks to patients of stopping these pain medications.
A study published Aug. 29 in the Journal of...
08/05/2019
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Following a deadly weekend, there are nationwide calls to address these mass shootings. However, firearm violence happens every day.
"I think it’s important to recognize that mass shootings represent...
07/16/2019
A $4.2 million grant to UW Medicine’s Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC) will support projects focused on prescription-opioid abuse, suicide, older adult falls, and pediatric...
07/09/2019
In rural, disadvantaged populations, the opioid epidemic has taken its most devastating toll.
“Opioids tend to be prescribed more liberally in rural places than in cities and suburbs,” said Michael...
04/01/2019
More than 60 percent of 1,025 parents surveyed in the United States reported they would support age restrictions for tackling in youth football, similar to limits in soccer and hockey. An analysis of...
01/08/2019
Many of the medications UW Medicine anesthesiologist Jacob Sunshine administers to patients have profound effects on breathing, similar to the effect of taking illicit opioids outside of a hospital...
01/04/2019
Many researchers realize that mice and rats are social and chatty. They spend all day talking to each other, but what are they really saying? Not only are many rodent vocalizations unable to be...
01/04/2019
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Many researchers realize that mice and rats are social and chatty. They spend all day talking to each other, but what are they really saying? Not only are many rodent vocalizations unable to be...
11/20/2018
Benzodiazepines, a class of prescription drugs to treat anxiety and insomnia, are often taken with pain-relieving opioids.
Now, researchers at UW Medicine and the UW School of Pharmacy want to see if...