Inspired by one of the simplest, most-used household items ever, a UW cardiologist has created a lifesaver. In the next year, Dr. David Linker expects his invention, which detects dangerous abnormal...
Faculty members from the UW School of Pharmacy and the UW School of Medicine have secured a $4.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to study drug disposition during pregnancy. Disposition...
A risky surgical lung biopsy might not be needed to confirm idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in patients suspected of having the deadly disorder, but whose lung scans don’t readily reveal a telltale...
Fifty-seven percent of physicians correctly assessed female patients’ risk for ovarian cancer and 62 percent correctly assessed their risk for colon cancer in a study published recently in the...
In a major advance, researchers at the University of Washington have successfully restored damaged heart muscle of monkeys using heart cells created from human embryonic stem cells.
The results of...
Women who received collaborative care for depression at two UW Medicine obstetrics and gynecology clinics showed fewer symptoms after treatment than women receiving usual depression care in the same...
Current health-screening recommendations for student athletes comprise an oral history and physical exam, but these indicators are not as effective as an electrocardiogram (ECG) at detecting students...
They began as physicians’ assistants, so to speak – searchable, cross-referenced databases of drugs, drug interactions and prices, pill identifiers, dose information and the like.
Increasingly,...
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death among athletes, but the incidence of such deaths has only been estimated, to date, because reporting has not been mandatory.
A new study by...
Sperm can change their swimming behavior and even team up with other sperm in ways that may enhance their chances of reaching and fertilizing the egg, a new study suggests.
“We found that sperm have...