The Whole U was thrilled to celebrate the incredible nurses at UW Medicine alongside our partners and AT&T during Nurses Week, which is celebrated annually from May 6-12. Every second of every day, nurses across the UW Medicine healthcare system provide life-saving care. During Nurses Week, we recognized and celebrated our nurses with the following [...]

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Neither snow, nor sleet, nor slush will keep the Valentine’s Day mail at UW Medical Center. On Thursday, more than 650 Valentine’s will be delivered to inpatients—each card handcrafted by a member of the UW community. Plaza Café staff will be putting a Valentine on every patient’s meal tray on the 14th—what UWMC Art Program [...]

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There’s more than one way to save a life after yours is over. Organ donation might get all the buzz, but it’s not the only place to bequeath your body. A vital alternative: give it to science. Every year, around 200 people who pass away in Washington become donors to UW’s Willed Body Program. Their [...]

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The third week of June is Men’s Health Week to increase the awareness of preventable health problems and to encourage early detection and treatment of disease. The good news for men is that they’re genetically predisposed to some qualities that make attaining a healthy body easier than it is for women. For starters, their skin [...]

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2015 marks the 41st year of the Seattle Pride Parade and UW is representing! University of Washington faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to march at the Seattle Pride Parade. LGBTQ or ally, all are welcome: Sunday, June 28, noon Downtown: UW is contingent #157 and will be staging at Republic Parking lot at 6th Ave [...]

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Allergies affect up to 20% of the population to some degree. Seasonal symptoms include a runny nose, fits of sneezing, watery eyes, extreme fatigue, and generally feeling awful. These symptoms can be particularly vexing in June, the peak of the grass pollen season. Some people also suffer from asthma experience wheezing and difficulty breathing. Symptoms [...]

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Have you seen the latest video from UW Medicine? It features Dr. Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine, gliding through the Montlake Cut and reflecting on the similarities between rowing crew and being part of UW Medicine. “The essence of what matters in rowing and what makes the final [...]

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The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays can lead to skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States, as well as wrinkles and blotchy skin. UW Dermatologist Dr. Andrea Kalus kindly provided these 9 tips for minimizing sun damage: Sunscreen should be the last defense. The first defenses are covering up with clothing [...]

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