Medicine
September 11, 2020
For our health
The UW is putting its combined brainpower into population health, improving lives around the world.
May 15, 2020
Hands off the soap, briefly
Hot water and soap is keeping us healthy, but it can wear down our skin. We ask a UW Medicine dermatologist for help.
August 6, 2018
Diabetes nation
We talk about the state of diabetes with Ira Hirsch, the UW’s Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair.
June 4, 2018
Drug price isn't right
There’s a new blockbuster drug that could save the lives of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
April 5, 2018
Genetic fortune telling
Thanks to services such as 23andMe, genetics has gone mainstream. But should you believe the hype?
March 5, 2018
Stop the bleed
It only takes a few minutes to bleed to death, but bystanders with a little knowledge can save lives.
January 9, 2018
Rural rescue
Connecting UW Medicine research to primary care clinics around the region.
December 15, 2017
The puzzle of aging
Building on decades of research and outreach, UW experts are piecing together new ways to live longer and better.
June 15, 2017
'If we don't, who will?'
A family eager to help their son has helped make the UW a leader in facing down an insidious disease.
Cancer calamity
Disparities in health care access hit communities of color hard—particularly when it comes to cancer.
February 28, 2017
Failure to grow
About 162 million children worldwide under the age of five are considered too short for their age—a growth failure called stunting.
March 1, 2016
Test driven
Here, we present the tales of two clinical trials of technology that one day could alleviate suffering and improve lives for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering from severe heart problems and kidney failure.
June 1, 2015
Blood stancher
An injectable polymer could keep soldiers and trauma patients from bleeding to death.
Mindfulness
Whether it’s coping with college or taming an addiction, mindfulness has real medical and practical benefits, and it’s something UW researchers have been exploring for decades.
Hazy on the law
More than two years after Washington legalized marijuana, parents and teens may be hazy on the specifics of the law.
March 1, 2015
Brain discovery
A couple of years ago a scientist looking at dozens of MRI scans of human brains noticed something surprising: a large fiber pathway that seemed to be part of the network of connections that process visual information.