health
March 1, 2016
How does baby learn?
Researchers with the UW's I-LABS break new ground with their discoveries of how young minds develop.
June 1, 2015
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.
A startling find
Since she was a student in pharmacy school, Shelly Gray has felt a strong connection to the situation many elderly patients find themselves in: “I was struck by how many different medications older adults are taking, as well as their struggle with trying to keep those medications straight,” she recalls.
Hazy on the law
More than two years after Washington legalized marijuana, parents and teens may be hazy on the specifics of the law.
December 1, 2014
New dawn of dialysis
At the UW, the birthplace of kidney dialysis, a clinical trial has been approved to test the safety and effectiveness of a wearable artificial kidney. Not counting preliminary studies, it is the first human trial of its kind in the United States.
September 1, 2014
UW Tacoma on a mission
Cleaning up pollution. Delivering health care. Improving education. Just a routine day at UW Tacoma.
Beloved Linda
None of us knows what adversities life will bring. It was more than fifteen years ago, in 1999, when I first discovered that my wife, Linda, was having serious problems with short-term memory loss. It was the first stage of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
June 1, 2014
Cosmetic enhancement
Millions of people each year remove wrinkles, soften creases and plump up their lips by having a physician inject a gel-like material into their facial tissue. These cosmetic procedures are sometimes called “liquid facelifts” and are said to be minimally invasive. It’s rare, but sometimes things go wrong.
December 1, 2013
Healthy tech
Julie Kientz's sense of discovery spawned a career predicated on using technology to help others and improve their health.
June 1, 2013
Probing DNA
The University of Washington Adult Medical Genetics Clinic is not only well-established—both UW and Johns Hopkins started the first genetics programs in 1957—but is widely considered the best in the world.
March 1, 2013
Solving IBS
The cause and treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are complex problems that researchers at the UW School of Nursing are systematically addressing.
December 1, 2012
Smarter on asthma
Researchers at the UW and Seattle Children’s have developed a smartphone app that gives an accurate reading of lung function.
Fibbing on fat
When it comes to reporting whether we’ve lost or gained weight over the previous year, we may not be lying exactly but many of us are guilty of wishful thinking.
December 1, 2011
Team transplant
Team Transplant is made up of dozens of transplant recipients, their spouses, parents, children and friends. They represent the importance of organ donation, and what it means to truly be alive.
March 1, 2011
The science of gaming
UW faculty, students and alumni are using computer-game technology to solve some of humankind's most vexing problems.
September 1, 2010
Food junked
The UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition got in on the fat-busting act, pioneering new research into the relationship between convenient, cheap food and our nation’s ever-growing waistlines.
December 1, 2009
New prescription
The practice of pharmacy is changing these days, thanks in large part to the innovations developed by the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, a national leader in health-care research and in meeting the needs of the community.
September 1, 2008
Sick from cleaning
According to a study by Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs, many of today’s top-selling dryer sheets, detergents and plug-in deodorizers contain toxic chemicals.
March 1, 2008
Trouble in mind
UW researchers are trying to untangle the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease before it reaches epidemic proportions.
December 1, 2007
Strong medicine
Some governments may shun his straight talk, but Chris Murray's prescriptions for global health could ultimately help all of us live better and longer.