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Mashup Score: 9Seattle hospital puts patients under without overheating the planet - 1 month(s) ago
The gases that are used to sedate patients also heat up the climate in a big way.
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You make this possible. Support our independent, nonprofit newsroom today. It started when she ran into two of her former goalkeepers at University Village, an outdoor mall in northeast Seattle. The two young women had grown up playing soccer in the same Seattle neighborhoods, on the same fields. When Griffin saw them at University Village, they had another thing in common: Both were bald from undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma. After working with goalkeepers for decades (and playing in goal
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Does playing soccer on artificial turf increase cancer risk, especially in kids? Time to protect our children! https://t.co/CeBDQpnfGV
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Hundreds of people who have been patients at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have received threatening emails following a cyberattack on the institution’s networks in November.
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Hundreds of patients receive threatening emails after @fredhutch (Cancer Treatment Center) part of @UWMedicine in Seattle cyberattack that may have impacted 800,000 patients #healthprivacy https://t.co/0jFaMIxg7o
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Mashup Score: 0Hot take on Seattle schools social media lawsuit: 'Moral panic' - 1 year(s) ago
Every other week, we bring you a segment called “Sound it Out,” to broadcast your thoughts about the show and answer questions about stories we’ve covered. So we’re circling back to a segment we did earlier this week about social media and Seattle Public Schools’ new lawsuit.
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Should #SoMe be held liable for students mental health? Are they a platform or do their algorithms change the game? Seattle school districts (+ large law firm) sue for purposely designing #soMe to exploit neurophysiology of adolescents brain’s https://t.co/OHTIIUKHBO
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Mashup Score: 1Health officials say it is time to mask up - 1 year(s) ago
If you’ve been a little lax with masking over the past few months, health officials in Washington state are urging a change in behavior. Dozens of hospital leaders and county health officers from around the state are urging people to once again become diligent about masking in public indoor spaces.
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https://t.co/wGexpdoxiW Hospital leaders & county health officers from around the state are urging people to once again become diligent about masking in public indoor spaces @NicoleKuderer @double_whammied @PergamIC @IDSA @fredhutch @UWMedicine
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‘Everyone is susceptible to misinformation. As individuals, we have a tendency to believe that others can be biased, but we ourselves are not.’
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Why #misinformation is 'sticky' https://t.co/CT9EKmXUPX via @KimOnKUOW @npr @uwcip @MaddyJalbert: "The illusory truth effect refers to the phenomenon that merely repeating information makes it seem more true." "...all of us are susceptible to misinformation." #ScienceUpFirst!
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Mashup Score: 0Washington lawmakers are considering criminalizing fertility fraud — but what exactly is that? - 2 year(s) ago
Consumer DNA testing kits like 23andMe or Ancestry have opened up a new world of information for children conceived using sperm or egg donors. This can bring knowledge about medical history or half siblings – connections that enrich donor-conceived children’s lives. In some instances, though, the revelations are painful and open up new questions about truth and consent in fertility medicine.
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When DNA testing reveals that fertility doctors used their own genetic material to impregnate their patients, there are few options to hold them accountable. A new bill in WA state would change that by making fertility fraud a crime. @libdenk @sarahleibz https://t.co/BRnpG26qYN
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Mashup Score: 1A device to 'cleanse' the brain and enhance sleep: UW researchers have started human trials - 2 year(s) ago
Feeling drowsy? Maybe you just need to sleep more … but maybe science can help. UW researchers are trying to enhance what the brain does when it sleeps.
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Researchers @UW want to see if they can enhance the glymphatic process with an electronic headband that would stimulate your brain in order to get better brain cleaning with less #sleep, or even get some of that benefit while we’re awake. https://t.co/1Lmdk9S3ao #DigitalHealth
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As health care workers face increased pandemic burnout, some states — particularly in underserved areas — have had challenges retaining existing staff and recruiting new clinicians.
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Federal Government via @HHSgov pledges $100 million to address health care workers shortages in underserved communities. ^We know about the stress and burnout on physicians but an under-reported challenge is stress on low-paid LTC workers. https://t.co/LkYWwlqAjh
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Mashup Score: 0Common cancer screening methods are less accurate for Black women. A UW doctor has made it her mission to change that - 3 year(s) ago
“I want Black women to know that it’s okay to want to know what’s going on with their body.”
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NPR interview with SGO member Kemi Doll, MD: https://t.co/5eZiF5SDHy
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Today's theme for #NPHW24 is Climate Change. Doctors at @SeattleChildren's have managed to tame one of their hospital's biggest environmental impacts by 87% over the last five years: anesthetic gases. Learn more: https://t.co/N48Z0BNKIR