11/07/2017
A provocative study and accompanying commentary in The Lancet last week is drawing fierce rebuttals from cardiologists.
The study was the first randomized trial to compare two groups of people with a...
04/18/2018
Two University of Washington clinician-researchers are part of a newly created consortium whose aim is to reduce firearm injury and death among children.
Drs. Fred Rivara and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar will...
05/08/2018
You’d think you’d know if your heart were quivering instead beating normally, but many people who have atrial fibrillation – a serious form of irregular heartbeat or palpitations – don’t feel...
05/29/2018
Ed Ward, a retiree living in Twisp, Washington, is the Pacific Northwest’s first recipient of a collar-like device implanted in the heart to improve its pumping efficiency. He was at UW Medical...
05/22/2019
Current treatments can slow progression of heart failure, but do not address the underlying issues, including specific problems that cause systolic heart failure. In this condition, the heart doesn’...
08/19/2019
All 10 patients experienced enduring relief from symptoms in a test of a novel, non-invasive approach to custom-tailored treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that...
04/02/2020
Communication between patients and caregivers has long fascinated Dr. Anthony Back, an oncologist and palliative-care specialist at UW Medicine in Seattle. A few weeks ago, he realized that...
04/23/2020
As treasures go, this may not rival Apple’s market capitalization or even the immeasurable riches of “It’s a Wonderful Life” hero George Bailey. But MRI scans of 4,796 patients’ knees have become a...
08/06/2020
Momentum is building to research how to reduce gun deaths in our country. One of the big information gaps is now being funded -- the circumstances of nonfatal firearm injuries.
The National...
01/08/2021
Amid the rise of infections and deaths from COVID-19, other health issues have been overshadowed. In the United States, the problem of firearm injuries and fatalities has continued.
A Viewpoint...