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Emotions are powerful to our health, as a heart attack-mimicking condition that’s become known as “broken heart” syndrome continues to prove.

'Broken heart syndrome' is real, not to be ignored
02/11/2022
Type: YouTube
Emotions powerfully affect our health. Witness a heart attack-mimicking condition that’s become known as “broken heart syndrome." UW Medicine Heart Institute cardiologist April Stempien-Otero sees a...
According to a UW Medicine neurosurgeon, the severity of a brain injury often doesn’t match what’s visible on the outside of someone’s head.

Seemingly minor head injuries can turn critical
02/10/2022
Type: YouTube
Head injuries are the focus of many conversations this week, with Bob Saget’s family announcing the cause of the late actor and comedian’s death as accidental head trauma. UW Medicine Dr. Randall...
A customer considers medication choices at a pharmacy.

Home remedies for respiratory illness
02/09/2022
Type: YouTube
Even as the omicron variant loosens its grip in Washington state, transmission of COVID-19 remains much higher than last winter. Moreover, several other respiratory viruses usually reach peak...
Learning new skills can help fend off the burnout of pandemic fatigue, according to the University of Washington Medical Schools Assistant Dean of Well-Being.

Pandemic fatigue? Your calendar can be an ally
02/07/2022
Type: YouTube
As the two-year anniverary of Washington state's stay-at-home order approaches, the COVID-19 pandemic has beome a marathon of caution and accommodation.  People understandably feel worn down by its...
Artificial snow is made at a ski resort.

Artificial snow at Olympics may mean increased injury risk
02/03/2022
Type: YouTube
Nearly all the snow at this month’s Winter Olympics in and around Beijing is artificial, according to a recent report. Manufactured snow is far more likely to affect competitors' safety, says a UW...
picture of COVID-19 test site

2 COVID-19 swab-test sites reopen
01/31/2022
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine has 15 COVID-19 testing locations in the Puget Sound region. Sites in Ballard and at Lake Sammamish State Park reopen today, Jan. 31, after being temporarily closed on Jan. 4 due to test ...
Dr. Alex Greninger, of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory.

Virologists closely monitor emerging omicron variant
01/26/2022
Type: YouTube
A new subvariant of omicron called BA.2 is closely being watched by scientists around the world. Dr. Alex Greninger of the UW Medicine Clinical Virology Laboratory says the original omicron strain (...
The blood transfusion service at Harborview Medical Center distributes blood for patients across the hospital.

Risky scenario for hospitals amid blood shortage
01/25/2022
Type: YouTube
Healthcare workers working to keep up with the ongoing surge of the omicron variant at full hospitals are juggling another type of emergency: an unprecedented blood shortage. “We have moved to crisis...
Pregnant woman receives vaccination

Logging on to promote vaccination in pregnancies
01/24/2022
Type: YouTube
Social media is the next frontier for providing expecting families with medically accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines, through the "One Vax, Two Lives" campaign founded in part by UW...
A crew of 10 National Guard members is expected to begin operating the Harborview Medical Center COVID-19 testing site this weekend.

National Guard members arrive at Harborview testing site
01/21/2022
Type: YouTube
Ten National Guard members are training to begin staffing Harborview Medical Center's existing COVID-19 testing site this weekend. "Our strategy is to use the National Guard personnel to assume the...

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