10/24/2017
An estimated 3 million adult American handgun owners carry a firearm loaded and on their person on a daily basis; 9 million do so on a monthly basis, new research indicates.
The study results were...
12/22/2017
Researchers are working on the vexing problem of a virus that shape shifts from one year to the next. UW Medicine research at the Fuller Lab into a “universal” flu vaccine uses a cutting-edge...
01/30/2018
What kind of medical care would you want if you developed Alzheimer's or dementia later in life? It's an uncomfortable, but meaningful question worth considering.
UW Medicine internist Barak Gaster...
02/28/2018
A pioneering genome scientist from the University of Washington School of Medicine believes all women older than 30 should consider an at-home cancer risk test, despite some national experts who say ...
04/30/2018
A large study offers more evidence of a link between traumatic brain injuries and dementia later in life, with repeated injuries and severe ones posing the greatest danger.
Researchers analyzed 36...
04/20/2018
Many children hospitalized in the U.S. for brain injuries don't receive all the rehabilitation services needed for them to potentially make a full recovery, a new study suggests.
Researchers...
05/23/2018
Dr. Mary-Claire King was recently on the Indiana University campus to receive the Hermann J. Muller award, and to give this year’s Muller Lecture on genetics and genomics. While she was there, she...
08/09/2018
Several media outlets covered the finding a significant link between three degenerative eye diseases – age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma – and Alzheimer’s disease....
08/21/2018
This KING5 video looks at a free home genetic test for women who are at risk for ovarian cancer is available through MAGENTA, which s short for MAking GENetic Testing Accessible. Women who are age 30...
09/14/2018
An analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit people undergoing genetic testing for breast or ovarian cancer risk. The study was published...