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The Heart Failure Continuum: An Overview of Contemporary Practice
Claudius Mahr, DO, gives an overview of acute heart failure and the risk stratification in chronic heart failure. Dr. Mahr also discusses new therapeutic options available today.
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Controlling DBS Devices with Thought
Dr. Andrew Ko and Professor Howard Chizeck are working with software engineers in the UW Department of Electrical Engineering to make it possible to control implanted stimulators
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Thyroid Cancer: Incidence, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Nicole Zern, MD discusses papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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Charlotte Gistelinck, PhD, Ronald Kwon, PhD, David Eyre, PhD, and Mary Ann Weis worked with researchers from Ghent University in Belgium to assess the extent to which human type 1 collagenopathies are repeated in mutant zebrafish.
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Q&A Opioid Epidemic's Upside? More Donor Organs
UW Medicine's transplant chief discusses the historical reluctance to use organs from overdose victims.
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Burns 202: Overview of Stretches
This video is intended for medical providers, therapists and burn patients. It provides an overview of activity goals and stretches to help prevent common post-burn complications. These include edema, scarring and contractures.
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International Criteria for Electrocardiographic Interpretation in Athletes: Consensus Statement
This consensus statement represents an international consensus for ECG interpretation in athletes and provides expert opinion-based recommendations linking specific ECG abnormalities and the secondary evaluation for conditions associated with SCD.
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NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network expands to Pacific Northwest
A new, regional clinical site at UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s will serve Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and Oregon patients with rare or puzzling disorders.
Transplant-linked cancer deaths pose questions about safety
Cancer transmission is less than 1 percent across all cases. UW Medicine transplant chief describes precautionary measures.
Amplifying farmworkers' voices for healthcare equity
The University of Washington is working with laborers in Whatcom and Skagit counties, Washington, to change the status quo.
