GreyZone Health

At GreyZone, we are passionate about accurate diagnoses. Are you an LGBTQ+ person that has experienced difficulties with getting an accurate or timely explanation of a health problem (a diagnosis)?

Our friends at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health reached out to us as they are seeking to understand how a patient's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression can impact their ability to receive a diagnosis.

They are recruiting patients and family members to discuss their experiences with diagnostic difficulties. Your participation is completely voluntary and will involve 1-2 hours over Zoom at a time that works best for you.

Please pass this along and consider participating! If you are interested or have any questions about the study, you can complete the following form:

Exploring and Addressing Diagnostic Disparities (Johns Hopkins IRB00252985) Sent on behalf of Dr. Kathryn McDonald, Principal Investigator – Exploring and Addressing Diagnostic Disparities Dear Potential Research Participant, I would like to invite you to participate in a research study about difficulties getting a timely explanation of a health problem (a diagnosis). For...

Did you buy UV-wands to help disinfect objects from COVID and other viruses? Your eyesight and skin might be at risk if you are not careful!

FDA MedWatch - Risk of Exposure to Unsafe Levels of Radiation with Safe-T-Lite UV WAND: FDA MedWatch - Risk of Exposure to Unsafe Levels of Radiation with Safe-T-Lite UV WAND: U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent this bulletin at 09/29/2021 02:54 PM EDT If your email program has trouble displaying this email, view as a webpage. MedWatch - The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event....

Communication between providers and patients is key contributor to patient safety. Take the time on to review your providers notes on OpenNotes for accuracy.

notice errors in their own notes, and find some that their doctors feel are serious. Correcting errors helps make the record more accurate and can improve patient safety.

Read more in the link below.

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For anyone in wanting a vaccine.

We are hosting student and family vaccinations days at Lumen Field this week with Swedish. We have updated hours to better serve families and special Seattle Seahawks programming for kids and families. No appointments required, walk-ins welcome!

Walk-ins available on: Wednesday, May 19, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. & Saturday, May 22, 11:15 a.m. – 5:45 p.m

Did you know more people have Celiac disease than Alzheimer's?

Are you on a medication? Check your brand. Acella Pharmaceuticals is recalling certain lots of NP Thyroid® because they contain less medication than usual.

Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Certain Lots of NP Thyroid® (Thyroid Tablets, USP) Due to Sub Potency Acella Pharmaceuticals, LLC, is voluntarily recalling certain lots listed in the Tables 1 and 2 below of 15-mg, 30-mg, 60-mg, 90-mg and 120-mg NP Thyroid®, Thyroid Tablets, USP [levothyroxine (T4) and liothyronine (T3)] to the consumer level. The products are being recalled because routine testing ...