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  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES: Keeping kidney stones at bay during space flights

    Technology
    Press release submission | Jul 20, 2018

    A new, painless, non-invasive procedure that harnesses ultrasound technology to reposition kidney stones will undergo testing in emergency patients.

  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES: Youth need different approach to diabetes treatment

    People
    Press release submission | Jul 2, 2018

    A major study has found that medicines used to treat diabetes in adults are not effective on youth.

  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES: Medicare patients on hemodialysis face poor hospice access

    People
    Press release submission | Jun 6, 2018

    In their last year of life, Medicare patients on chronic kidney dialysis generally follow one of four trajectories of healthcare expense and intensity, new research suggests.

  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES: Tip sheet helps docs, patients broach end-of-life discussion

    People
    Press release submission | Jun 6, 2018

    Patients really do want to talk about end-of-life care.

  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES: Phone app effectively treats mental illness, study shows

    Technology
    Press release submission | May 29, 2018

    A smartphone program was just as effective as a clinical intervention in treating people with serious mental illnesses – and it had a significantly better rate of treatment engagement, according to a study published today in the journal Psychiatric Services.

  • NEWSBEAT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SERVICES: Most cardiac patients forgo highly beneficial exercise therapy

    People
    Press release submission | May 8, 2018

    Among more than 230,000 cardiac patients who had sustained a heart attack or undergone one of two common heart procedures, only 16 percent participated in a formal exercise program after their hospitalization – despite the program’s demonstrated benefits to health.

  • Astellas Pharma, Seattle Genetics begin clinical trial for bladder cancer treatment

    Breakthrough
    Marian Johns | Oct 19, 2017

    Astellas Pharma, and Seattle Genetics recently began dosing the first patient in a registrational, phase two clinical trial of enfortumab vedotin for patients with certain forms of urothelial bladder cancer.

  • Research team suggests effort to explore nature’s impact on health

    Community
    Carol Ostrow | Sep 13, 2017

    To discover potential correlations between contact with nature and health conditions, researchers at Seattle’s University of Washington (UW) recently posed the question “how do you measure a ‘dose’ of nature?” with a focus on lifestyle and environmental planning.

  • Cardiac arrest victims less likely to aided by bystanders in black neighborhoods, study finds

    Community
    Kacie Whaley | Sep 13, 2017

    A study published in JAMA Cardiology found that people who live in predominately black neighborhoods are less likely than those in white areas to receive CPR or defibrillation from a bystander when suffering from cardiac arrest, which leads to a higher risk of death, an article in University of Washington-Harborview (UW) Heath Sciences Newsbeat said.

  • 'Designer’ stem cells could open door to cancer treatments

    Breakthrough
    Carol Ostrow | Sep 7, 2017

    Using computer-generated protein inserted into stem cells, scientists at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle recently found they could change the cells’ epigenetic (non-genetically sourced) memory, potentially leading to progress in the treatment of cancer and aging-related issues.

  • Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group forms cell lineage center

    Technology
    Nicholas Gueguen | Jul 27, 2017

    The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group is forming a center at the University of Washington that will map cell development in organisms.

  • SCI Solutions upgrades its cloud-based Schedule Maximizer

    Technology
    Ruth de Jauregui | Jun 21, 2017

    SCI Solutions said in a release it has upgraded its health care scheduling solution, Schedule Maximizer. The cloud-based enterprise health care scheduling platform provides a seamless system for health providers.

  • UW, Seattle genomics center researchers identify disease proteins

    Breakthrough
    Carol Ostrow | Jun 18, 2017

    University of Washington (UW) researchers are closer to unlocking remedies for some primary infectious diseases after identifying protein structures in 70 organisms.

  • Two $1.5 million grants to fund heart disease research

    Breakthrough
    Erianne Leatherman | May 7, 2017

    The American Heart Association said it is partnering with The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group to offer two $1.5 million grants to fund heart disease research as part of the AHA-Allen Distinguished Investigator awards.

  • Committee chair: Senate Democrats ready to work with Republicans on ACA reform

    Public Policy
    John Breslin | Feb 2, 2017

    A substantial number of Democrats in the Senate want to work with Republicans over likely changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the chairman of the committee that oversees health issues has revealed.

  • Alder releases positive results for migraine treatment

    People
    Amanda Rupp | Mar 29, 2016

    Alder BioPharmaceuticals Inc. recently released the positive top-line data results from two of its clinical trials, which assessed ALD403, a proprietary monoclonal antibody product candidate to prevent migraines.

  • Senators target looming Medicare Part B spike in premiums, deductibles

    People
    Jamie Barrand | Oct 16, 2015

    U.S. Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with   other Democratic senators, unveiled legislation recently to protect Medicare beneficiaries and states from a spike in Part B premiums and deductibles in 2016.



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