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A cardiologist examines a patient.

Specificity helps when describing heart symptoms
09/29/2022
Type: YouTube
A recent scientific statement from American Heart Association (AHA) focuses on heart health symptoms, detailing how knowledge, open-mindedness, and more comprehensive conversations can create better...
A patient is examined for oral cancer.

Saliva tests might mean earlier oral cancer detection
09/27/2022
Type: YouTube
Saliva testing is emerging as a potential option to detect oral cavity cancer – a condition often difficult to identify early and which usually becomes a painful ordeal for patients as it progresses...
Pills to be taken with a glass of water.

There’s now a pill prep for colonoscopies
09/22/2022
Type: YouTube
A new prep option for patients getting ready to go a colonoscopy calls for a regimen of pills, instead of drinking a liquid solution. “It's significantly less time and torture from drinking the...
A smoky day in Seattle, WA.

How smoky air can impact your health
09/21/2022
Type: YouTube
As wildfire smoke moved back into much of the Puget Sound region, UW Medicine pulmonologist Dr. Cora Sack said its health effects can range from bothersome to serious. "A lot of people might be...
Doctor examining pregnant woman's stomach.

Study: COVID impairs placenta's immune defense
09/19/2022
Type: YouTube
A new study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows a mother-to-be's COVID-19 infection can impair her placena's immune response, leaving it vulnerable to other...
(Vanessa Leroy/Bloomberg via Getty Images) US President Joe Biden speaks at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Biden's remarks on his administration's cancer moonshot, taking place on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot" speech, are aimed at the goal of ending cancer.

Expert on Biden’s cancer moonshot: ‘Now is the time'
09/14/2022
Type: YouTube
In an address this week, President Joe Biden appealed to Americans to make fighting cancer a “national purpose.” At the center of the effort is the White House’s goal to cut U.S. cancer fatalities by...
A pregnant woman receives a shot.

Updated COVID boosters recommended during pregnancy
09/13/2022
Type: YouTube
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends all pregnant and recently pregnant people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to now receive the updated booster dose, as...
picture of a Seattle couple walking on the sidewalk

Men shoulder birth-control responsibility in study

09/09/2022
Type: YouTube
A study that tests a hormonal gel contraceptive for men has enrolled more than 420 couples across the United States, Europe, Africa and South America — and is seeking additional couples to...
A girl receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Start the school year by getting your kids vaccinated
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...
A man with his pet dog and cat

Study to screen pets living with monkeypox-positive people
08/24/2022
Type: YouTube
A new study is inviting pet owners who test positive for monkeypox to also have their animals screened for the virus. The Monkeypox and Pets Study is accepting enrollees in King County. Owners of ...

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