| May 03, 2012 | Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk |
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Dr. Katharine McGonigle explains the BRCA gene test and explores preventative steps for those at an increased risk. Her patient Jane, who tested positive for the gene mutation, joins the program to share her story and why she feels that the test results saved her life.
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| March 09, 2012 | Managing Diabetes During Pregnancy |
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Diabetes - whether existing or gestational - can cause complications during pregnancy. Dr. Zane Brown, director of UW Medicine’s Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, explains how close monitoring, nutrition and family counseling can help prevent dangerous complications and birth defects.
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| January 07, 2012 | Girl's 'Jewels of Hope' funds cancer research |
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A 14-year-old Poulsbo girl surprised herself and doctors at the UW Medical Center when she set a goal to fight cancer with "style." Greer Gates set out to raise $5,000 - by selling her "Jewels of Hope." In the process, she not only doubled her goal, she's created hope.
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| October 18, 2011 | The UW's next generation of infertility treatment |
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UW Medicine reproductive care specialists provide infertility care for both genders. Several new advances are now available to assist prospective parents unable to have children on their own.
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| September 30, 2011 | Money matters in more ways than one for families |
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A couple’s financial situation contributes significantly to their decision not to have more children, and requires the couple, especially the female partner, to pay more attention to contraception, according to a national survey.
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| September 29, 2011 | Should mammograms start at 40? |
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Should women start getting mammograms at age 40 or wait until they turn 50? The National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society recommend starting at 40; the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the evidence isn’t strong enough for a blanket recommendation.
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| September 01, 2011 | 14-year-old CEO fights cancer with style |
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Poulsbo's Greer Gates started a jewelry-making business with one purpose: to fund cancer research. And the 9th-grader has recently partnered with some of the country's top cancer fighters - researchers at the University of Washington.
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| July 07, 2011 | UW Medicine physicians at the 'top' |
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| July 01, 2011 | Top Docs '11: Maternal & Fetal Medicine |
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Seattle Magazine Top Doctors in 2011: Edith Cheng, Michael Gravett, Jane Hitti, and Thomas Benedetti.
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| April 13, 2011 | Genital herpes can be spread without symptoms, UW study finds |
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A new study from the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson finds that genital herpes is contagious between outbreaks--and even those who don't know that they have the virus can spread it.
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| March 18, 2011 | UW medical students make a Match with residency programs |
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Nearly 190 University of Washington medical students went through this year’s Match in events held in Seattle, Boise, Anchorage and Spokane.
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| January 01, 2010 | Our Neonatal Team |
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Neonatal team combines compassionate care, discovery to treat region’s most fragile babies
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| November 26, 2009 | Depression may up risk of a leaky bladder in women |
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Older women who suffer from major depression are at greater risk of developing urinary incontinence than women of the same age who are not depressed, new research shows. Since urinary incontinence and depression often occur together in women, Dr. Jennifer Melville from the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues set out to determine if a causal relationship exists between the two conditions.
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| June 01, 2009 | A break from hormone therapy doesn't improve mammograms |
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Some women take a short break from using postmenopausal hormone therapy before getting their breasts screened for cancer with mammography. They hope to lower their risk of being called back afterward for unnecessary extra breast imaging. But taking a short break from hormones doesn't actually work for this purpose, according to the first large-scale randomized controlled trial to address the question.
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| February 11, 2009 | March of Dimes provides $2.7 million in new funding for preterm birth research |
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Scientists intend to identify microbes that may cause preterm labor in some women, investigate the role of an enzyme in preventing uterine contractions and an early birth, and look at different groups of women to find genetic and environmental risk factors for prematurity.
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