New rules limiting the shifts first-year medical residents can work in hospitals take effect today, but they won’t end the debate over the pros and cons of 24-hour workdays.
Consumers often find it easier to get time with a pharmacist than a doctor, so drug stores are offering more outreach programs about chronic health problems.
Thousands of people came to this year’s Life Sciences Research Weekend at Pacific Science Center to meet 250 researchers and staff from 26 Northwest organizations.
Even highly educated people can have trouble understanding difficult health care information.
Dean of the UW School of Nursing blogs on the Future of Nursing
Students are encouraged to apply by Jan. 10.
Teachers more likely to spank disabled children More than 200,000 U.S. schoolchildren are spanked, paddled or subjected to some other form of corporal punishment each year with disabled children receiving a disproportionate share of such punishments, according to a report prepared by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). “At least 41,972 [...]
The University of Washington’s video channel UWTV is now on YouTube. UWTV presents a wide variety of programs covering science, medicine and the humanities. UWTV is already broadcast on cable and online at www.uwtv.org, but the new YouTube channel will make it easier for users to search for programs and to view with mobile devices, [...]
UW graduate nursing students protest tuition rise Students enrolled in the University of Washington’s doctoral program for family nurse practitioners are protesting administrative changes that will boost their tuition 43 percent, Nick Perry reports in today’s Seattle Times. The changes also mean some students who work at UW programs will lose tuition subsidies they have [...]
Next June, UWTV will add six new lectures to its psychology lecture series. The talks, which will be broadcast and podcast, will include two talks each on addiction and the mind, social networks, and language and the brain. The series, the Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures, is made possible by a bequest from Professor Edwards. You can [...]
The Washington Public Health Association is holding an “Equity” town hall meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 8, where health experts and local government officials will discuss how social inequities affect health in Seattle. Poor housing, inadequate education, low-paying jobs and other social factors are associated with poor health, research suggests. In Seattle, for instance, a resident [...]
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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