05/19/2020
The repercussions from COVID-19 are being felt across all segments of society, and now thousands of surgeons worldwide have assessed the impact to canceled surgeries.
The CovidSurg Collaborative...
02/07/2020
Radiation oncologists face cancer’s grim adversity every day. They use cold data to plan treatments that kill patients’ tumor cells and do the least collateral damage to healthy tissue.
Dr. Jing...
10/10/2019
A new program delving into how viruses and bacteria attack the fetus, and how the body fights back, has been created at UW Medicine. The research program was made possible after two UW Medicine...
09/18/2019
In 2016, 2-year-old Teagan Fettig was diagnosed with a brain tumor at Seattle Children's hospital. As she began chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Teagan's parents were confronted with the...
09/12/2019
Fluoride varnish has become a popular anti-cavity treatment for children, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s relatively easy to apply, and not just for dentists or dental hygienists. Pediatricians...
05/03/2019
Almost half (48%) of injuries to commuters on rental scooters involve a head trauma, and 15% are traumatic brain injuries, according to a report issued this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
10/11/2018
The newly appointed chair of the UW School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics will also serve as the associate dean of the UW medical school and as senior vice president/chief academic officer...
10/03/2018
Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the nervous system, is known for widely variable symptoms and severity. A person may be totally asymptomatic or have a mildly annoying case...
08/16/2018
People with pulmonary hypertension – high blood pressure in the vessels that carry blood to the lungs – have higher risks for complications after any surgery. Because pulmonary hypertension is...
06/20/2018
UW Medicine’s radiology team last month created a novel imaging agent and, in an expansive team effort, performed a first-in-human PET/CT imaging study to observe how a statin drug distributes and...