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April 04, 2009
The University of Washington Medical Center’s laryngology team is dedicated to providing patients with state-of-the-art multidisciplinary care in the management of voice, swallowing and airway ...
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April 04, 2009
When diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, a country music crooner turns to physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center. Laryngology specialist Dr. Albert Merati uses minimally invasive ...
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April 04, 2009
Quadriceps-sparing total knee replacement is a less invasive procedure for inserting knee replacement implants, involving a shorter incision and less recovery time than the traditional approach. ...
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April 04, 2009
This reviews advances in cardiac surgical procedures including new therapeutic approaches to treat valvular disease, heart failure/heart transplantation, and aortic disease. Discussion will ...
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April 04, 2009
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is usually thought of in the context of an acute injury event. With an increasingly aging population excessive narrowing of the spinal column (spinal stenosis) can lead to ...
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April 04, 2009
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Bone and Joint Surgery Center use state-of-the-art research and technology to expand treatment options for spine patients. Hear directly ...
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April 04, 2009
Timely identification of spinal injury is important to streamline treatment and optimize outcomes. Improved imaging techniques allow for unprecedented diagnosis of spine injures. Effective ...
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April 04, 2009
Dr. Jay Heinecke, professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Medicine, reveals how new research suggests HDL, the "good" cholesterol, may also have a harmful ...
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April 04, 2009
Physicians at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Bone and Joint Surgery Center use innovative and proven surgery techniques designed for quick recovery and optimal outcomes to treat ...
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April 04, 2009
The human cervical spine is a complex and relatively fragile structure, which is particularly exposed to trauma due to its exposed location and relatively poor ligamentous support mechanisms. ...
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April 04, 2009
With a cure of SCI still far from being available, a strong emphasis should rightfully be placed on injury prevention efforts, especially since so many of these injuries affect young patients ...
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April 04, 2009
Jonathan Young’s back pain affected his entire life.  He could barely walk, sit or drive a car. And his great love, sailing, was impossible. At UW Medicine Sports and Spine ...
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April 04, 2009
Acute spinal trauma with its potential to involve spinal cord injury (SCI) hopefully is recognized in a timely fashion to allow for protective and treatment measures to be implemented. In this ...
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April 04, 2009
Acute spinal trauma with its potential to involve spinal cord injury (SCI) hopefully is recognized in a timely fashion to allow for protective and treatment measures to be implemented. In this ...
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April 04, 2009
Cora Anderson’s brain aneurysm was in danger of rupturing, which would have had catastrophic results.  Surgeons at the UW Medicine Brain Aneurysm Center used a procedure called ...
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February 12, 2009
Thanks to the technical advances in molecular biology and immunology, we can now make vaccines with increased safety and prevent infectious diseases that till now could not be controlled by ...
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February 12, 2009
Despite decades of research, scientists have not closed in on developing a much-needed vaccine for HIV. A key challenge is how to address the rapid evolution of the virus within individuals, ...
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February 12, 2009
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life.  Closer to Truth ...
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February 12, 2009
Dr. Gerald Pollack, UW professor of bioengineering, has developed a theory of water that has been called revolutionary. The researcher has spent the past decade convincing worldwide audiences ...
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February 12, 2009
Katherine O’Hanlon, co-author of Natural Menopause: The Complete Guide to a Woman's Most Misunderstood Passage, talks about the treatment of cancer and a more humane approach to ...
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