LocalHealthGuide - Part 171

August 20, 2019 Hospitals

#HelloMyNameIs: A simple act to improve patients’ experiences of care

The social media #HelloMyNameIs campaign is an effort to get health-care providers to introduce themselves each time they visit a patient.

August 20, 2019 Rabies

A brush with a notorious cat, a rabies education and a big Bill

The experience left her with a modestly increased immunity, little understanding of how medical bills are calculated and a new fear of outdoor cats.

August 19, 2019 Biotechnology / Diabetes

DIY Tech Gives People More Freedom In Managing Diabetes

Using instructions freely available online, do-it-yourselfers ― who belong to what’s known as the “open-source community” ― close the loop between an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor.

August 19, 2019 Pregnancy / Women's Health

Can midwives reduce rural maternal mortality?

The U.S. maternal mortality rate is higher than in Canada, Japan, or any Western European country — even higher than the rate in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.

August 19, 2019 Dialysis

What The Trump Home Dialysis Plan Would Really Look Like

Home dialysis isn’t right for everyone. Seniors with bad eyesight, poor fine-motor coordination, or cognitive impairment generally can’t undertake this therapy.

August 16, 2019 Hepatitis

Hepatitis A case closes Lynnwood restaurant

Patrons of Ashiya Teriyaki located at 1233 164th St SW in Lynnwoodare encouraged to contact healthcare provider for vaccine

August 15, 2019 Biotechnology / Research

Despite Failed Promises, Stem Cell Advocates Again Want Taxpayers To Pony Up Billions

In 2004, Californians voted to shell out billions in taxpayer money to fund stem cell research. But 15 years later, some are asking ‘Where are the cures?”

August 14, 2019 Blood Pressure

There is no great salt debate: we should be consuming less

A gradual decrease in salt intake across the whole population remains an achievable, affordable, and effective strategy to prevent premature death worldwide.

August 13, 2019 Environmental Health

Air pollution can be as bad as pack a day of cigarettes for your lungs, UW study

“We were surprised to see how strong air pollution’s impact was on the progression of emphysema on lung scans,” said UW’s Dr. Joel Kaufman.

August 13, 2019 Marijuana / Opioids

Where Doctors Can Recommend Marijuana to Replace Opioids

Colorado, Illinois and New York now allow health professionals to recommend marijuana instead of addictive, potentially deadly opioid pain pills.

August 13, 2019 Dementia

Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life

Can’t remember what you came for? Don’t worry – you probably have a lot going on.

August 13, 2019 Hepatitis

Hepatitis A Outbreaks Race Across The Country

Since 2016, the virus has spawned outbreaks in at least 29 state, sickened more than 23,600 people, sent the majority to the hospital. and killed more than 230.

August 12, 2019 Mental Health

One-Third of Mass Shootings Committed by People With Mental Illness, Study Says

One-third of acts of mass violence–crimes in which four or more people were killed– since the 1990s were committed by people with a serious mental illness.

August 12, 2019 Health Costs / Joint Replacement Surgery / Surgery

To Save Money, American Patients And Surgeons Meet In Cancun

US hospital costs are so high it makes sense for an orthopedic surgeon from Milwaukee and a patient from Mississippi to go to Mexican hospital for the surgery.

August 11, 2019 Health Insurance

UW Medicine leaders say ACA critical to continuing mission

Harborview could lose up to $80 million a year should the ACA be struck down as a result of a lawsuit filed by Republican attorneys general now in the courts.