All parents want what’s best for their children. But not every parent knows how to provide their child with the tools to be successful, or how to help them avoid the biggest adolescent behavior...
Concussions are common among middle-school girls who play soccer, and most continue to play with symptoms, according to a study by John W. O’ Kane, M.D., of the University of Washington Sports...
Men who used a weapon against their female partners were more likely to commit a follow-up act of violence, according to a new study from the University of Washington School of Public Health and...
Joining a gang in adolescence has significant social consequences in adulthood beyond criminal behavior, even after a person leaves the gang.
The research, published in the American Journal of Public...
Current health-screening recommendations for student athletes comprise an oral history and physical exam, but these indicators are not as effective as an electrocardiogram (ECG) at detecting students...
The number of concussions reported by coaches in Seattle public high schools has more than doubled since the Zackery Lystedt Law came into effect in 2009, University of Washington researchers report...
People hospitalized with a firearm injury are 30 times more likely to return to the hospital with another firearm injury than people hospitalized for other reasons. And they’re 11 times more likely...
Drug-caused deaths and heroin use among young adults increased in 2013, according to the annual King County Drug Trends report.
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Forty-one percent of teens who live in a home where a firearm is kept reported having easy access to it. Teens with additional risk factors for suicide are just as likely to have such access as those...
An often-effective treatment exists for people who want to stop abusing prescription opioid painkillers or escape heroin addiction, but that treatment is unavailable in U.S. counties where more than...