Kevin Haggerty graduated from high school in 1977 – among the foggiest, Cheech-and-Chongiest years ever in terms of U.S. teens smoking marijuana, government data says. For more than 25 years, he has...
Dr. Gabor Maté, the renowned author on addictions, last week told more than 100 UW health-sciences students that the educational framework they are being taught is woefully inadequate because it...
In collaboration with three Native communities in the western United States, University of Washington researchers are embarking on one of the largest alcohol addiction-treatment trials ever conducted...
During Pride Week 2015, from Monday, June 22, to Sunday,June 28, all four UW Medicine hospitals are flying rainbow pride flags. The flags are flown to show support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
Dr. Norman E. Breslow, 74, who helped shape the modern field of biostatistics and had a nearly 50-year career at the University of Washington, died Dec. 9 after a long illness.
Brilliance and a sense...
[Noon Jan. 27 update: A service is planned noon Friday, Jan. 29, at Levine Chapel, 470 Harvard St., Brookline, Massachusetts, with a gathering afterward at a synagogue in nearby Wayland, Congregation...
Wendy Barrington is passionate about promoting health equity and credits her social justice orientation to her African-American and white background. Her experience living in different places – from...
Dr. Seymour Klebanoff, 89, a world leader in the study of how white blood cells kill bacteria, died in his sleep Aug. 31 at his Seattle home. During a long and distinguished career, he established...
04/27/2018
Opioids, powerful medications prescribed to reduce people's pain from acute injuries and chronic illnesses, have led to millions of addicted Americans and thousands of overdose deaths.
Dr. David...