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...
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...
08/23/2021
A year ago, evidence was emerging that SARS-CoV-2, known first for its injury to lungs, could create grave damage to the heart, as well. Dr. April Stempien-Otero, a cardiologist at UW Medicine’s...
01/19/2022
Cody Pickett, 41, had no reason to think his health and fitness were anything but top-notch. He’s stayed within 10 pounds of his playing weight of 220 while he quarterbacked the University of...
01/24/2022
Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf was tired of the misinformation she was seeing on social media, chat rooms and even the comments of her own patients.
“Social media has been full of disinformation, which...
01/24/2022
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Social media is the next frontier for providing expecting families with medically accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines, through the "One Vax, Two Lives" campaign founded in part by UW...
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...
10/05/2022
Type: YouTube
Only about 20% of Americans have “optimal” heart health, according to a recently published American Heart Association (AHA) study of more than 23,000 U.S. adults and children.
UW Medicine Heart...
09/13/2022
The COVID-19 booster shots are well tolerated by both pregnant and nursing women, a new study published Sept.8 in JAMA Network Open concluded.
The UW Medicine-led study with over 17,000 participants...
09/23/2022
On Aug. 11, LifeCenter Northwest, the Organ Procurement Organization for Washington, and UW Medicine’s heart transplant team together facilitated the Pacific Northwest’s first donation-after-...