Three-Quarters of Sexual Assault Survivors Have PTSD
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 4, 2021 -- Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common and severe following sexual assault, according to a review published online July 19 in Trauma, Violence,& Abuse.
Emily R. Dworkin, Ph.D., from University of Washington in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 4, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
To Save A Huge, 24-Armed Sea Creature, Scientists Become Loving Foster Parents
A mysterious disease is killing off the West Coast's enormous sunflower sea star, so researchers have launched an ambitious effort to breed this species in captivity.(Image credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - August 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nell Greenfieldboyce Source Type: news
Small increases in air pollution from tiny toxic particles can raise the risk of dementia
A small increase in fine particle air pollution raises dementia risk by 16%, University of Washington researchers found using decades' worth of data on air quality and neurological symptoms. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts predict that worldwide dementia cases will TRIPLE by 2050 to 152.8 million
Cases of dementia worldwide are expected to increase by 166% over the next 30 years, University of Washington researchers found. Dementia is primarily caused by Alzheimer's. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dementia cases will nearly triple 'to more than 152 million by 2050'
The highest increase in dementia prevalence is projected to be in eastern sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, report experts at the University of Washington in Seattle. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 27, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Up to 60% of COVID-19 cases in the US may have gone undetected, study finds
Up to 60 percent of total COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have not been detected, according to a study by University of Washington researchers. Idaho was the worst state at detecting cases. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists model 'true prevalence' of COVID-19 throughout pandemic
(University of Washington) University of Washington scientists have developed a statistical framework that incorporates key COVID-19 data -- such as case counts and deaths due to COVID-19 -- to model the true prevalence of this disease in the United States and individual states. Their approach projects that in the U.S. as many as 60% of COVID-19 cases went undetected as of March 7, 2021, the last date for which the dataset they employed is available. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 26, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Christopher Murray wins IADR Honorary Membership Award
(International& American Associations for Dental Research) The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced Christopher Murray, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, as the 2021 recipient of the IADR Honorary Membership Award. Murray was recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the virtual 99th General Session& Exhibition of the IADR, held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), on July 21-24, 2021. (Source: EurekAl...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 21, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
75% of sexual assault survivors have PTSD one month later
(University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine) Researchers want sexual assault survivors to know that it's normal to feel awful right after the assault, but that many will feel better within three months. They created a timeline for recovery based on meta-analysis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Screening often misses endometrial cancer in Black women
In this study using a simulated cohort, TVUS endometrial thickness screening missed over four times more cases of endometrial cancer among Black women versus White women owing to the greater prevalence of fibroids and non-endometrioid histology type that occurs among Black women. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - July 15, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
How Climate Change Science Has Changed Due to COVID-19 Restrictions
In late 2019, expeditioners and guides Hilde Falun and Sunniva Sorby went to Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to complete a long-term goal of being the first female team to over winter in the Arctic. But the pair’s planned return home to mainland Norway coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and pretty quickly they found themselves stranded. There had been plans for a ship carrying friends and family to come and collect them as the ice began to melt in March, but travel restrictions got in the way, and they couldn’t come home until September.
So instead, they spent the winter and much of sp...
Source: TIME: Health - July 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Duggan Tags: Uncategorized climate change COVID-19 Source Type: news
How Climate Change Science Has Changed Due to COVID-19 Restrictions
In late 2019, expeditioners and guides Hilde Falun and Sunniva Sorby went to Norway’s remote Svalbard archipelago to complete a long-term goal of being the first female team to over winter in the Arctic. But the pair’s planned return home to mainland Norway coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and pretty quickly they found themselves stranded. There had been plans for a ship carrying friends and family to come and collect them as the ice began to melt in March, but travel restrictions got in the way, and they couldn’t come home until September.
So instead, they spent the winter and much of sp...
Source: TIME: Science - July 14, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jennifer Duggan Tags: Uncategorized climate change COVID-19 Source Type: news
From 'distress' to 'unscathed' -- mental health of UW students during spring 2020
(University of Washington) To understand how the University of Washington's transition to online-only classes affected college students' mental health in the spring of 2020, UW researchers surveyed 147 UW undergraduates over the 2020 spring quarter. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Study model explores impact of police action on population health
(University of Washington) The authors of a new UW-led study write that because law enforcement directly interacts with a large number of people, " policing may be a conspicuous yet not-well understood driver of population health. " (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
City Heat is Worse if You ’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of historically preserved art deco and Mediterranean-style single-family homes. Abundant trees shade the streets and a bay breeze cools residents when they leave their air conditioned cars and homes. “I live in a place of privilege and it’s a beautiful area,” says Gilbert, 58, over Zoom in early June, shortly after beginning her job as the world’s first chief heat officer, in Miami Dade county. “But you don’t have to go far to see t...
Source: TIME: Science - July 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature Londontime Source Type: news
