Justin Bieber may have to wait MONTHS for his facial paralysis to heal, doctors say
Dr Nina Lu, a facial paralysis expert at the University of Washington, said the paralysis was unlikely to be permanent. But she warned he could be suffering hearing loss. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Freezing points of salty liquid oceans on icy moons of distant planets
Scientists at the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley, combined geoscience and engineering to study watery oceans on the icy moons of distant planets. The research, partially supported by funding from the U.S. National … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - June 7, 2022 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
New Data Show Patients Treated with First-in-Class TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Achieve Durable Efficacy Across Joint and Axial Symptoms of Active Psoriatic Arthritis Through Two Years
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, June 1, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new data from Phase 3 studies demonstrating patients treated with TREMFYA® (guselkumab) achieved consistent, long-term efficacy through two years across the domains of active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) – including joint, skin, enthesitis,a dactylitis,b spinal pain and disease severityc endpoints – irrespective of baseline characteristics.1 Further analyses showed TREMFYA also provided patients with sustained improvements in measures of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), including fatigue, pain...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - June 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Inside the Effort to Promote Abortion Pills For a Post-Roe America
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade this summer, as a leaked draft opinion suggests it may, abortion will likely be banned or severely restricted in about half of the United States. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the country will return to a world before 1973, when the landmark Supreme Court case enshrined a constitutional right to abortion.
Abortion pills, which can be ordered online and delivered by mail, have already fundamentally changed reproductive rights in America. The regimen of two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, can in theory be safely taken anywhere, including in the privacy of people&rsquo...
Source: TIME: Health - May 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams and Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized abortion feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Decentralizing PrEP Offers a Roadmap for Retention Decentralizing PrEP Offers a Roadmap for Retention
University of Washington researchers tested a de-medicalized PrEP model at a sexual health clinic to increase PrEP initiation and retention.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - May 10, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news
University of Washington Researchers Develop Home Blood Clotting Clinical Laboratory Test That Uses a Smartphone and a Single Drop of Blood
UW scientists believe their at-home test could help more people on anticoagulants monitor their clotting levels and avoid blood clots In a proof-of-concept study,researchers at the University of Washington (UW) are developing a new smartphone-based technology/application designed to enable people on anticoagulants such as warfarin to monitor their clotting levels from the comfort of their […]
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Source: Dark Daily - May 9, 2022 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: Digital Pathology Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Precision Medicine anatomic pathology anticoagulants blood clot smartphone test clinical laborat Source Type: news
Nearly 15 Million Deaths Are Linked to COVID-19, World Health Organization Says
(London) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. Most of the fatalities were in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas.
In a report Thursday, the U.N. agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the figure as “sobering,” saying it should prompt countries to invest more in their capacities to quell future health emergencies.
Scientists tasked by WHO with calculating the actual number of COVID-19 deaths b...
Source: TIME: Health - May 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Cheng / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 News Desk wire Source Type: news
Why Doctors Are Prescribing Nature Walks
In early April 2022, about two dozen children and their families gathered beneath the redwoods in a regional park near Oakland, Calif. They sat with a physician, Dr. Nooshin Razani, beneath the branches of the ancient giants, breathing the fresh air and discussing the phenomenon of fairy rings—when a mama tree is cut down, the baby trees grow up in a circle surrounding the stump of the parent tree.
These families are taking part in a program Razani runs at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. (Marc and Lynne Benioff, who are philanthropic supporters of UCSF Benioff Chi...
Source: TIME: Health - April 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jillian Mock Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
UW Medicine CEO Paul Ramsey to retire after 25 years
The University of Washington announced the move in a letter to supporters. Ramsey's retirement is effective July 31. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 14, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joey Thompson Source Type: news
New COVID-19 nasal spray outperforms current antibody treatments in mice
A new protein-based antiviral nasal spray developed by researchers at Northwestern University, University of Washington and Washington University at St. Louis is being advanced toward Phase I human clinical trials to treat COVID-19.
Designed computationally and refined in the laboratory, the new protein therapies thwarted infection by interfering with the virus' ability to enter cells. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - April 13, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Health Care Employee Turnover Recovering
MONDAY, April 11, 2022 -- Turnover rates are returning to prepandemic levels across most groups of health care workers, according to a study published online April 8 in JAMA Health Forum.
Bianca K. Frogner, Ph.D., from the University of Washington... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 11, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The Human Genome Is Finally Fully Sequenced
The first human genome was mapped in 2001 as part of the Human Genome Project, but researchers knew it was neither complete nor completely accurate. Now, scientists have produced the most completely sequenced human genome to date, filling in gaps and correcting mistakes in the previous version.
The sequence is the most complete reference genome for any mammal so far. The findings from six new papers describing the genome, which were published in Science, should lead to a deeper understanding of human evolution and potentially reveal new targets for addressing a host of diseases.
A more precise human genome
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Source: TIME: Science - March 31, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Genetics healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Life sciences, biotech research draw big bucks to Washington
The University of Washington alone received more than half a billion dollars from the National Institutes of Health in 2021, according to a new economic impact report. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joey Thompson Source Type: news
A New Report Shows the True COVID-19 Death Toll May Be Three Times Higher Than We Thought
More than 6 million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide, according to official counts. But the more comprehensive toll, tallying deaths directly or indirectly attributable to COVID-19, may be three times higher, according to a new study published in the Lancet.
“We can confidently say that the pandemic has killed an extra 18.2 million people,” says Dr. Chris Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics at the University of Washington and a co-author of the paper.
Those 18.2 million people represent what epidemiologists refer to as “excess deaths,” or the additional number of people who...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
AI-designed protein awakens silenced genes, one by one
By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence (AI), it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical “off switches” that silence them. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle describe this finding in the journal Cell Reports. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - March 7, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
