10/17/2017
Type: MediaAMP
Dr. Erin Dillon-Naftolin, a UW Medicine psychiatrist working at Seattle Children’s, discusses teen anxiety and depression—what’s behind it and the proven methods of treating it.
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08/17/2017
Type: MediaAMP
On July 17, 2017, a UW Medicine team performed the first-ever catheter-based surgical laceration to replace a failing artificial aortic valve. The patient, Myra Gaines of Kennewick, Washington, has a...
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...
09/13/2022
Type: YouTube
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends all pregnant and recently pregnant people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to now receive the updated booster dose, as...
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-...
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...
01/23/2023
Type: YouTube
Dr. Michael Gravett, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, encourages women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant to also consider...
03/23/2023
Type: YouTube
An updated mandate from the Food and Drug Administration compels U.S. mammography centers to provide breast-density information to all patients. Dr. Christoph Lee, a professor of radiology at the...
03/21/2023
Among six Pacific Northwest states, only Washington and Oregon have laws mandating that radiologists notify female patients whose mammograms indicate dense breast tissue, a risk factor for cancer...