Hernia: It’s something that happens to millions of Americans. A hernia is a condition in which an organ or internal tissue bulges through a weak spot in the muscle or connective tissue that surrounds...
When Heather Evans, a trauma surgeon at Harborview Medical Center, stepped into the operating room wearing an eyeglasses-like, Internet-connected device known as Google Glass, she quickly realized...
It’s a place no one wants to end up: the emergency room. But according to Dr. Gregory Schroedl, an emergency medicine physician and chief medical officer at Northwest Hospital & Medical Center,...
After suffering a traumatic injury, many people are concerned about more than their physical well-being. Worries can mount about how the injury will affect their employment and financial security,...
Instead of coasting toward graduation last spring, Kaitlin Poppe had a better plan: serving at-risk patients.
Poppe, who received her D.D.S. from UW in June, spent the spring at the Yakima Valley...
"If that mom is following all the rules of the narcotic treatment program, that baby has the best chance for having a stabilized pregnancy," says Micki Kedzierski, a pharmacist and consultant.
Katie McCabe, a grad student in UW’s School of Public Health, highlights the rationale for immunizing infants and children early in life.
Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in DNA and interpret mutations to make...
Fewer high school students across the U.S. started drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, committing crimes and engaging in violence before graduation when their towns used the Communities That Care ...
Heart attacks and strokes, combined, kill one in three Americans. In November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) issued new guidelines and a calculator...