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Intensive screening, infection control can contain C. auris
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (721+ words) When Harborview Medical Center in Seattle detected its first case of Candidozyma auris (C. auris, also known as Candida auris), it launched an intensive screening and infection- control effort that halted the spread of the deadly fungus before it caused broad…...
Outdoor workers at greater risk from wildfire smoke
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (209+ words) UW Medicine | Newsroom Outdoor workers at greater risk from wildfire smoke Media Contact: Susan Gregg - [email protected], 206-390-3226 More than 2.9 million acres have burned across Washington and Oregon this year. As the Pacific Northwest continues to experience historic wildfires, health risks increase…...
CT scan radiation doses fell substantially in past decade
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (486+ words) Radiation doses in common adult CT scans in the United States dropped substantially between 2014 and 2025, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. CT, or computed tomography, uses ionizing radiation to generate cross-sectional images of internal organs and other…...
HPV self-testing expands cervical cancer screening
1+ week, 4+ day ago (435+ words) Media Contact: Vishva Nalamalapu - [email protected] Offering human papilloma virus (HPV) self-testing at an opioid treatment program increased cervical cancer screening among patients who often go without it, according to research published in July's JAMA Network Open. Expanded screening could help…...
Healthcare workers reflect on COVID-19 stigma
1+ week, 6+ day ago (387+ words) A qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic found that stigma surrounding this infectious disease affected both patients and clinicians. Feelings of blame or inadequacy changed as the pandemic evolved and may…...
Map reveals wiring in the human eye for best vision
1+ week, 6+ day ago (595+ words) A new study provides an exquisitely detailed map of the circuitry of the fovea, the minute structure in the eye’s retina essential for seeing fine detail and discerning colors. The map, called a connectome, describes the location of all the…...
New funding to expand Global Burden of Disease study
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (312+ words) UW Medicine | Newsroom New funding to expand Global Burden of Disease study Media Contact: Susan Gregg - [email protected], 206-390-3226 The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an independent research organization at the University of Washington, has received a landmark 10-year grant…...
Screening and treatment key to fracture prevention
2+ week, 4+ day ago (219+ words) The majority of adults in the United States age 50 and older either have osteoporosis or are at increased risk of developing it, but many do not learn they have the disease until they suffer a broken bone. Dr. Susan Ott,…...
Over 50? You can take steps to reduce osteoporosis risk
2+ week, 4+ day ago (790+ words) More than half of all U.S. adults 50 and older either live with osteoporosis or have an increased risk of developing it. The condition causes the bones to become thinner, weaker and more likely to fracture. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation,…...
???Death by organ donation??? idea is nonviable, ethicist says
2+ week, 6+ day ago (704+ words) A recent essay in the New England Journal of Medicine posed an audacious idea: In countries where voluntary euthanasia is legal, terminally ill people who want to donate their organs should have the right to request “death by organ donation....