04/01/2022
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) Seattle Children’s and UW Medicine have completed the restructure of their longtime relationship and the formation of Fred...
02/10/2022
The United States could substantially reduce cancer deaths by closing gaps in its cancer screening programs, a presidential advisory group has concluded in a new report.
The report, “Closing the Gaps...
01/26/2022
During the past two years, as COVID-19 has stretched hospitals beyond thin, staff on every team have had to consider how patient care might be sped up without causing a hit to the quality of that...
11/05/2021
Type: YouTube
Evening will appear to fall earlier as clocks are set back an hour this weekend in most of the United States. People who experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), particularly in the Pacific...
06/03/2021
People who get the organ-donor designation on their driver’s license are making a decision to offer lifesaving gifts after they die. Put another way, most people will never decide whether to donate...
05/18/2021
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended in JAMA today, May 18, that colorectal cancer screenings begin for adults at age 45, instead of the previous standard of screenings beginning at...
04/29/2021
Drs. Keith Jerome and Alex Greninger were named Innovators of the Year 2020 by the University of Washington School of Medicine for their foresight and innovation in developing one of the first tests...
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,...
12/31/2020
Type: YouTube
The start of a new year often brings hope of better days. For Kris Anderson, 51, of Redmond, Washington, the future has rarely looked so bright. On Dec. 8, she received a lobe of liver from her...
12/31/2020
A Washington state woman is recovering after a landmark organ transplant that she hopes will end her nearly decade-long bout with cancer. Kris Anderson, 51, of Redmond, received a lobe of liver from...