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...
03/09/2018
The rash of school shootings has people questioning. What is happening with teen-age boys? Do they have more anger and depression than teens of the past?
Dr. Henry Berman, clinical professor of...
03/21/2018
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting an estimated 540 million people at any time. And too many patients being treated for back pain receive the wrong care, according...
03/21/2018
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan today announced that she and Councilwoman M. Lorena Gonzalez will propose legislation within the next month to require safe storage of all firearms in the city.
“We know...
10/19/2018
The battles against child mortality and HIV/AIDS have seen some gains in the last five years, but the fight to combat less fashionable health issues, such as tuberculosis and non-communicable...
01/01/2019
‘Tis the season of declaring the most newsworthy developments in science and medicine for 2018. Several journals, academic associations and news organizations annually prepare lists of the year’s...
07/26/2019
A new program at UW Medicine’s Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center seeks to answer urgent questions around firearm risks, injuries, policies and programs in Washington state.
The State...
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...