Connecting UW Medicine research to primary care clinics around the region

January 9, 2018

Rural rescue

Connecting UW Medicine research to primary care clinics around the region.

December 7, 2017

The opioid boom

The prevailing practice for treating addiction to painkillers led to the worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history.

September 28, 2017

Kidney on a chip

A NASA rocket will blast off for the International Space Station carrying a UW research project called “kidney-on-a-chip.”

September 13, 2017

Transplants on the double

UW Medicine’s innovation could yield better results for kidney patients.

December 13, 2016

On the mend

No matter the fate of the Affordable Care Act, UW faculty and alumni continue to seek remedies for our health care system.

September 1, 2016

While classroom instruction is crucial for learning the scientific foundations of medicine, there is no substitute for firsthand clinical experience. That’s why the UW School of Medicine launched a new curriculum last year that puts an earlier and greater emphasis on clinical training.

June 1, 2016

Dying with dignity

Columns staff writer Julie Garner talks to two men facing death, and the people who care for them.

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.

December 1, 2015

The silent stroke

If a stroke should occur, the unparalleled care at UW Medicine's Harborview Medical Center will give you your best shot.

September 1, 2015

Relationships first

Genetic ethicist Wylie Burke keeps people in mind as she studies advances in medicine and public health.

December 1, 2014

Can't weight

Obesity-associated insulin resistance is a major risk factor for Type 2 diabetes. UW researchers are now looking at obesity and its interdependent relationship to the disease.

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.

June 1, 2014

Spokane solution

Expanding medical education in Eastern Washington’s largest city will address a key problem: increasing the number of primary care physicians in rural and underserved areas.

December 1, 2013

Immortal life

The cover of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks succinctly proclaims the book’s storyline: “Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than 20 years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.”

June 1, 2013