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Earlier, Longer Allergy Seasons Can Cause Symptoms To Flare

“There's not only a longer allergy season, but also more overlap between, say, grass pollen season and tree pollen season,” said Dr. Jing Yi “Jenny” Sun, a UW Medicine allergy attending physician. “All of those things combined together can make allergies a little bit more difficult to bear.”

Women Fueled Pandemic Spike In ADHD Cases

The pandemic put strain on people, and this may have disproportionately affected women, leading them to be cognitively overwhelmed and seek help for that.

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UW Students Design Low-Cost IV Monitor For Newborn Care

Designed for use in low- and middle-income settings, the device is twice as accurate as similar commercial monitoring systems.

Removing Race Adjustment From Common Prenatal Test

Dr. Shani Delaney, an associate professor of OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is a senior author of a study that found that results of a prenatal test used for over five decades should not be adjusted based on a patient's race.

Dilemmas Seen In Diagnosing And Treating Long COVID

A study of veterans showed great uncertainty about whether to attribute symptoms to long COVID or to patients' other existing conditions.

Can Smoking Heroin Be Less Risky Than Injecting?

A study recently published in Harm Reduction Journal examined a Seattle-based organization’s efforts to introduce heroin pipes as a means to diminish harms associated with injection drug use.

Study To Screen Pets Living With Monkeypox-Positive People

A new study is inviting pet owners who test positive for monkeypox to also have their animals screened for the virus.

Stopping Meds To Reduce Falls In People With Dementia

Project explores whether simple interventions can lower use of medications that increase fall risk in this population.

Study: COVID Impairs Placenta's Immune Defense

A new study published today in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows a mother-to-be's COVID-19 infection can impair her placena's immune response, leaving it vulnerable to other viruses and infections during pregnancy.

Brain Overgrowth Seen In Babies Who Later Develop Autism

MRI demonstrate that the amygdala grows too rapidly between 6 and 12 months of age, before characteristics of autism fully emerge

Melting Ice Caps May Not Shut Down Ocean Current

Most simulations of our climate’s future may be overly sensitive to Arctic ice melt as a cause of abrupt changes in ocean circulation, according to new research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.