Located near Overlake Hospital, the new 80,000-square-foot facility will house more than 15 pediatric specialty clinics, two operating rooms, urgent care, radiology and a sports therapy gym.
Students will learn about topics related to ethics, medicine, and biomedical research that are of special relevance to young people.
By Carol Ann Campbell August 13, 2009 NEWARK, N.J. – Fourteen-year-old Prince Jackson made a fist and banged his hand on his head, again and again. “It was like this,” he said, trying to describe the blinding pain from the tumor growing inside his head. “It hurt so much. It wouldn’t stop.” Jackson could not [...]
How can you find out if a medication has been tested for safety in children? What’s the right dose? Are over-the-counter medicines safe? In this Q & A, Dr. Dianne Murphy, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, answers those and other questions you might have about giving a medication to [...]
Stillbirth and prematurity are responsible for more deaths of children under age 5 than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
Seattle Children’s has produced a video and a tip sheet for parents about swine flu. The video features Dr. Danielle Zerr, medical director, Infection Control, Seattle Children’s Hospital. Additional information is available on Seattle Children’s swine flu information page. Message from Seattle Children’s: There are suspected cases of swine flu in the state of Washington. As [...]
The University of Washington School of Medicine has been ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In the speciality categories, UW ranked: 1st in primary care, family medicine, and rural medicine 5th in women’s health 6th in pediatric and geriatric medicine 8th in internal medicine. To learn more: Go to the U.S. [...]
Swedish Medical Center has opened a new 27-room pediatric specialty care unit in its First Hill facility. All but one of the rooms will be private. One double room will be used for twins or siblings. Each room has a built-in daybed for parents who which to stay overnight. Every room will have advanced cardiac, [...]
Seattle Children’s is on track to become on of the nation’s leading pediatric research center, but first it must meet formidable challenges caused by the current economic downturn, the hospital’s CEO Dr. Thomas Hansen said Thursday. Dr. Hansen, a neonatologist who specializes in chronic lung diseases in newborns, made the comments today at an address [...]
The “Ashley” case will be discussed in an open forum sponsored by Seattle Children’s Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics on Friday, Jan. 23. In 2006, doctors from Seattle Children’s reported in the journal Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine the case of a six-year old girl with profound disabilities whose parents asked doctors to [...]
Dr. Catherine Wilfert developed the idea that it was possible to prevent the AIDS virus from spreading from an infected mother to her uninfected newborn by giving an anti-HIV drug to the mother just before and to the child right after delivery. The approach can cut mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 80% and is credited [...]
More U.S. children are taking prescription drugs for the treatment of asthma, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and other chronic diseases, according to a new study.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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