All Articles on Cardiovascular

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  New research identifies flaws in hypertension diagnoses

  KPWHRI investigator’s recent AHA presentations highlight problems in blood pressure readings.
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  Heart health researcher Laura B. Harrington joins KPWHRI

  KPWHRI gains an expert in studying cardiovascular diseases, including venous blood clots, especially in women and older adults
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  Northwest doctors improve their practices—and patients’ heart health

  Healthy Hearts Northwest is part of major national effort to help small medical practices to prevent heart disease, our biggest killer.
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  How well does bariatric surgery work?

  The number of bariatric surgeries done each year in the United States has ballooned. Now, in an August 27 state-of-the-art review in The BMJ and a September 3 editorial in JAMA, David Arterburn, MD, MPH, weighs the evidence on the benefits and risks of the various types of this surgery.
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  New online care from dietitians helps control weight

  Overweight Group Health patients with hypertension benefit from ‘pocket dietitian’
• Group Health and UW scientist Bruce M. Psaty, MD, PhD, named to Institute of Medicine

  The Institute of Medicine (IOM) announced today, Oct. 21, that Bruce M. Psaty, MD, PhD, has been newly elected into its membership ranks, one of the most prestigious honors in the fields health and medicine.
• Less blood clot risk is linked to estradiol than to Premarin pills

  In an observational study of comparative safety, use of estradiol was associated with less risk of developing blood clots in leg veins (deep vein thrombosis) and clots in the lungs (pulmonary emboli) than was use of conjugated equine estrogens.