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Bariatric surgery for teens coming into mainstream
UW Medicine | Newsroom | August 27, 2019 A recent study found that the teens lost just as much weight as adults, and saw complications such as diabetes disappear or retreat. [Editor’s note: The patient, who is…
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Tap know-how to prevent firearm deaths
The Seattle Times | Editorials | August 14, 2019 By The Seattle Times editorial board This month’s heartbreaking mass shootings have re-energized calls for Congress to strengthen gun control and regulation. Dishearteningly, proposals for…
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UW Medicine milestone: 1,000 lung-transplant recipients
UW Medicine | Newsroom | August 7, 2019 UW Medical Center is the 11th U.S. hospital to achieve that volume, and the only such provider in the Pacific Northwest. UW Medicine’s lung-transplant team, the…
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Douglas E. Wood MD, FACS, FRCSEd
The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chair
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