03/29/2023
Type: YouTube
When UW Medicine microbiologist E. Peter Greenberg began studying how bacteria communicate to organize themselves into communities and complete tasks, many scientific peers were incredulous....
03/29/2023
Type: YouTube
Narcan, a brand-name prescription nasal spray effective at reversing opioid overdoses, can be sold over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration decided today. Narcan’s active agent is naloxone...
03/23/2023
Type: YouTube
An updated mandate from the Food and Drug Administration compels U.S. mammography centers to provide breast-density information to all patients. Dr. Christoph Lee, a professor of radiology at the...
03/22/2023
Type: YouTube
The term “eye doctor” can apply to both optometrists and ophthalmologists, says UW Medicine Dr. Courtney Francis, but these two types of eye experts differ in their training and the treatments they...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...