An experimental treatment for people with neuroblastoma, an often-fatal nerve-cell disease, is being heralded as a "game-changer." The national study was led by Dr. Julie Park, professor of...
Researchers studying the science of aging cringe at the terms 'anti-aging' and 'Fountain of Youth'. And when they are quoted in the media with tantalizing headlines like “Chasing immortality” and “...
Living with childhood injuries and persistent medical problems, Ismail Jatta cultivated patience that has served him well as a caregiver.
Now close to graduation from physician assistant training at...
I did my best to make small talk with the Uber driver even though the pain in my gut was making it difficult. It occurred to me it may be a bit rude to task a total stranger with getting me to the...
For many high school students, graduation can feel like entry into a world of endless possibilities. For Tucker Jack of Woodinville, Wash., it was a gateway to limbo.
Like the 50,000 or so people...
The molecular-level events that take place when a flu virus fuses itself to a host cell and starts a new infection were recently revealed in stark resolution by University of Washington researchers...
Dr. Jeff Sung first felt the anguish and guilt of losing a patient to suicide when he was a UW resident training in psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
“I had just seen the person the previous day...
Clinicians have known for years that people who start drinking as adolescents are prone to develop alcohol problems and make riskier decisions as adults. But scientists have been unable to say why,...
The UW School of Dentistry was rated No. 5 in the United States and No. 15 in the world in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
The University of Hong Kong dental school...
All four UW Medicine hospitals are flying rainbow flags to honor the people who were killed in the June 12 shooting at Pulse, an Orlando, Florida, nightclub. The venue was a popular spot for lesbian...