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Post-concussion care is focus of school program
03/16/2023
Type: YouTube
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) is working to increase awareness of youth concussions with the "Return to Learn" program for ...
A woman feeling ill rests on a couch.

What to know about norovirus, Shigella outbreaks
03/10/2023
Type: YouTube
Outbreaks of norovirus and Shigella often make headlines due to how quickly they can spread in communities. UW Medicine's Dr. Ferric Fang says these separate infections can feel similar if you become...
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Obesity in children a 'public health crisis'
02/17/2023
Type: YouTube
Dr. Brian Johnston, chief of pediatrics at Harborview Medical Center, says more than 14 million children across the U.S. are now diagnosable as obese – or about 20% of all children in the country...
An ill man is treated by a masked doctor.

Studying long COVID among Wash. Latinos
02/16/2023
Type: YouTube
The Latino Center for Health at the University of Washington and partners are studying how long COVID effects Latino communities in Washington state. "We want to understand how prevalent long COVID...
A person administers chest compressions.

With cardiac arrest, bystanders can be lifeline
02/15/2023
Type: YouTube
Someone experiences cardiac arrest every 90 seconds in the United States, translating to about 360,000 cardiac arrests per year, says UW Medicine cardiologist Dr. Peter Kudenchuk. “Nationwide, 1 in...
A person breaks off a piece of chocolate from a bar with their hands.

Nutritionist advises moderation with dark chocolate
02/14/2023
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine dietitian-nutritionist Judy Simon is still enjoying a bit of dark chocolate this Valentine’s Day. She’s aware of a recent Consumer Reports study that found heavy metals lead and cadmium...
A couple embraces one another.

This is your brain on love
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...
A child reaches for a pan on a stovetop.

Kids are at highest risk for a scald burn
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...
A pregnant woman poses in front of a window.

Removing race adjustment from common prenatal test
02/03/2023
Type: YouTube
Dr. Shani Delaney, an associate professor of OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is a senior author of a study that found that results of a prenatal...
A man takes a breath test to measure his blood alcohol content.

Law proposed to lower blood alcohol level to drive
01/30/2023
Type: YouTube
A bill proposed in the Washington State Legislature, if passed, could make Washington state just the second in the United States to lower its legal blood alcohol content level to drive from .08 to ....

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