02/09/2021
Black and Hispanic people with COVID-19 and Type 1 diabetes are more likely than Caucasians to die or have serious complications, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical...
02/05/2021
In late December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a despairing fact: 81,230 Americans had succumbed to drug overdoses in the year that ended in May 2020. It marked the highest...
02/01/2021
The recent recognition of new SARS-CoV-2, variants, first detected in South Africa (B.1.135, 501Y.V2), Brazil (P1) and the UK (B.1.1.7) has become an urgent global concern. UWARN (United World...
01/05/2021
Diabetes continues to be the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults in the United States. But the current shortage of eye-care providers would make it impossible to keep up with demand...
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...
10/16/2020
Most comprehensive global study—analysing 286 causes of death, 369 diseases and injuries, and 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories—reveals how well the world’s population were prepared...
10/14/2020
UW Medicine scientists are driving a bold, multi-partner experiment to stimulate the repair and regeneration of human kidney cells. A favorable outcome could jump-start a new therapy model for 850...
10/02/2020
In 2012, investigators at the Kidney Research Institute (KRI) started work on a concept: Develop a portable, miniature environment – a dish or a “chip” – in which human cells could be grown into...
09/30/2020
A new treatment guideline published today aims to improve the care of people everywhere who have diabetes and also face chronic kidney disease. This guideline breaks ground with past efforts by...
09/25/2020
Ground was broken this week for a new hub for medical and health education, research and innovation to be anchored by the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Health...