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...
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...
Depression and type 2 diabetes were each associated with an increased risk for dementia. The risk was even greater among individuals diagnosed with both depression and diabetes, according to work led...
Western Washington is known for moderate summer temperatures, but two just-published studies make clear the peril of King County's hottest days.
“As climate change increases the intensity and...
Heroin deaths in the Seattle-King County area rose 58 percent from 2013 to 2014, according to an annual report published today by the University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute.
“The...
Overdoses of opioid pain medications frequently occur in people who are prescribed low doses and who aren’t chronic users, according to a University of Washington-led study in the August issue of...