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A psychiatrist takes notes during a therapy session with an adolescent child.

Study tracks gender-affirming care for transgender teens
03/11/2022
Type: YouTube
[April 8, 2022: Editor's note: Language has been updated below to more directly reflect the findings as reported in the study.] UW researchers recently found that gender-affirming care for...
UW Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle.

COVID-19 cautions still observed at hospitals, clinics
03/04/2022
Type: YouTube
UW Medicine's clinical facilities will continue to require visitors to wear a surgical mask, undergo COVID-19 screening, and provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test beyond...
The armed conflict in Ukraine is forcing refugees westward.

War is ‘worst disaster,’ says disaster-response specialist
03/03/2022
Type: YouTube
As war is waged across Ukraine, a UW Medicine specialist with international disaster-response experience says the conflict creates a healthcare scarcity that reverberates far beyond front lines. “War...
Mask guidelines are quickly changing at the federal, state and local levels.

Confused about COVID-19 masking guidelines?
02/25/2022
Type: YouTube
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new community level guidelines on Friday, which include calling for easing of indoor masking in locations where COVID-19 transmission is low....
Children of UW Medicine employees received their initial COVID-19 vaccinations at an event in Shoreline, WA on Nov. 3, 2021.

Vaccines can keep kids in school after mask mandate lifts
02/25/2022
Type: YouTube
As COVID-19 restrictions start to lift in Washington state, the latest data reveals that many children still need to be vaccinated. According to the Washington State Department of Health, less than...
New pain-treatment guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include eliminating recommended dose limits for some patients who suffer from chronic pain. The guidelines also encourage non-opioid treatments as a first option, when possible.

Understanding CDC’s proposed pain treatment guidelines
02/23/2022
Type: YouTube
New pain-treatment guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include eliminating recommended dose limits for some patients who suffer from chronic pain. The guidelines...
A man rides a bicycle while wearing a helmet.

Pediatrician responds to repeal of bike-helmet law
02/18/2022
Type: YouTube
The King County Board of Health this week repealed a longstanding law requiring bicycle riders to wear a helmet. The panel based its decision on data that showed enforcement of the law to be racist...
Entrance to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Hospitals brim even as COVID-19 cases plummet
02/16/2022
Type: YouTube
Today fewer than 50 inpatients are being treated for COVID-19 across UW Medicine’s four hospital campuses. This is down from a pandemic high of 204 in January. Yet hospitals are brimming with...
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...

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