05/08/2019
Barely half of U.S. obstetrics-gynecology residency programs offer instruction about transgender medicine, according to UW Medicine research published recently in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Among 100...
02/01/2019
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It's still flu season, and Washington state is also now facing a measles outbreak.
Kristina Adams Waldorf, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine,...
01/28/2019
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Washington state is under a state of emergency as there are 35 reported cases of measles as of Jan. 27. Most of those identified cases involve children, 30 of whom were not immunized against the...
12/21/2018
First things first, says Natalia Groat, a UW Medicine clinical nutritionist. Don’t go on a diet during the holidays.
“I would avoid diets,” said Groat, who works at Harborview Medical Center. “They...
12/21/2018
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Most holiday parties have a lot of food, and it's usually a lot of rich, heavy food. If you're worried about what you're eating, nutritionists say you don't necessarily have to have a fat-free...
11/08/2018
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A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. That’s why every second counts when someone is injured in a disaster or a mass shooting, especially because emergency services...
09/28/2018
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It's National Coffee Day on September 29, but before you order that pumpkin spice latte or another seasonal coffee drink, consider the ingredients. A grande pumpkin spice latte from a certain coffee...
03/16/2018
When it comes to vegetables, Americans don’t even come close to eating enough.
Only 9 percent of Americans are eating the recommended two to three servings per day, according to a 2015 report from...
02/14/2018
An ambitious new program focused on pediatric oral health training will involve practitioners and students in several schools at the University of Washington and external partners including Eastern...
06/23/2017
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Medical students work on an infant mannequin at the WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare at UW Medical Center in Seattle.
Credit: Clare McLean