05/10/2022
The UW Medicine Heart Institute in Seattle is the nation’s newest Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center, becoming the only such site in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Gabriel Aldea directs mitral-valve...
03/16/2022
Student athletes ages 14-25 who experience COVID-19 infections need not undergo diagnostic testing for myocarditis in the absence of cardiac symptoms, according to guidance published today by the...
11/05/2021
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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...
08/18/2021
It’s not uncommon for a woman to receive maternity care at the same hospital where she was born. But for Charity Lincoln Gutierrez-Vazquez, 21, giving birth to her daughter Aug. 12 was the second...
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...
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
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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...
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...