11/15/2023
Type: YouTube
Given how eagerly children search for holiday gifts and treats, adults should be mindful to keep medications and recreational drugs safely out of the reach.
“[Kids] are very curious. If they find...
10/30/2023
Type: YouTube
The risk of child pedestrians (ages 4-8) being killed in a traffic accident is ten times higher on Halloween, according to a 2019 study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. Beth Ebel, a pediatrician and...
09/21/2023
Type: YouTube
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Helen Chu anticipates the upcoming viral season will include a jump in illnesses caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the flu, and COVID-19.
“We expect that...
09/19/2023
Type: YouTube
Ruikang “Ricky” Wang’s inventive work helped usher in a new era of eye imaging. Now the UW Medicine researcher is testing ways people can identify healthcare concerns with their smartphones.
“The...
08/21/2023
Type: YouTube
Parents should be especially mindful to protect young children from exposure to wildfire smoke when air quality plummets to unhealthy levels.
"Kids breathe more, they breathe faster, and they take in...
08/18/2023
Type: YouTube
With the start of the school year approaching, adolescent medicine expert Dr. Yolanda Evans says this season of change is a key time for parents to be attuned to changes in their children’s mental...
02/09/2023
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine neuroscientist Larry Zweifel says the human brain is fast at work whenever we meet someone new, and if the moving chemicals in our mind react just right, the result makes us gush with...
02/06/2023
Type: YouTube
More than 3 in 10 injuries admitted to U.S. burn centers are a result of scald burns from hot water or other liquids, or steam. American Burn Association data shows that 61% of scald burn victims are...
10/26/2022
Type: YouTube
As of Oct. 26, the UW Medicine Virology Lab had detected nearly 90 cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in samples from throughout the Puget Sound region.
Sparrow Helland, a registered nurse...
09/01/2022
Type: YouTube
As students return to classrooms, pediatrician Dr. Beth Ebel says this is a sensible time for children to receive a booster COVID-19 vaccination, if they’re eligible.
“Getting this (current) third...