05/20/2022
Type: YouTube
Children ages 5-11 are the latest group to become eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster shot, following approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 19. Kids within the age...
05/19/2022
Type: YouTube
Dr. Beth Ebel, a professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine, warns families against diluting dwindling supplies of baby formula. Instead, she suggests these ideas:
Contact your...
05/17/2022
Type: YouTube
Taking a daily low-dose aspirin, a common practice long believed to protect against heart attacks and strokes, is not always a healthy one, says the United States Preventive Services Taskforce....
05/16/2022
Type: YouTube
Researchers are keeping a close eye on a disorder that can develop out of heavy cannabis use, as adolescents gain access to highly potent forms of the drug.
According to the most recently published...
05/12/2022
Type: YouTube
President Biden reflected today on the sobering U.S. milestone of 1 million COVID-19 deaths. The CDC's official count has the U.S. on the cusp of that total, but UW Medicine infectious diseases...
05/05/2022
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A team of specialists serving the families of extremely preterm babies (22 to 25 weeks' gestation) is giving the earliest newborns across the Pacific Northwest a better shot at surviving.
"We’ve had...
05/04/2022
Type: YouTube
Most services for sexual assault survivors focus on the survivor. A UW Medicine researcher is studying a new program that instead focuses on survivors’ friends, family and other supporters.
The CARE...
05/02/2022
Type: YouTube
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. This time of year has a renewed meaning for Dorene Centioli-McTigue. The founder of Pagliacci Pizza at first did not recognize a subtle stroke warning sign a...
04/27/2022
Type: YouTube
Recent research reveals that microplastics may be prevalent in our daily lives For example, tiny particles of plastic have been discovered in human lungs and blood.
“The goal is not to get to zero...
04/26/2022
Type: YouTube
Testicular cancer affects young and middle-aged men more than other age groups, with 33 being the average age of diagnosis, but UW Medicine urologist Dr. Thomas Walsh says it is "imminently treatable...