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Diabetes is more common among minorities at lower weightsAt normal weight, Pacific Islanders are 3 times likelier than whites to have diabetes, Kaiser Permanente research finds
diabetes, weight, racial disparities
2019-09-19
How women are breaking academia’s glass ceilingDr. Amy Bonomi discusses her new book profiling 23 women who have risen to leadership positions in higher education and how they are changing their institutions.
woman leaders, academia, glass cliff
2019-09-16
Dr. Eric Larson to deliver Birnbaum Lecture Nov. 13‘The Affordability Imperative’ will address our nation’s need to reduce disparities, address social determinants, and promote value in health care systems.
Birnbaum Lecture, social determinants, disparities, value
2019-09-11
Opioids: Encouraging trends and new challengesKaiser Permanente Washington led in reducing opioids. We’re seeing benefits, but more work is needed, writes Dr. Michael Von Korff.
chronic pain, opioids, complementary and alternative medicine
2019-09-09
Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer heart attacks and deathsDeath and heart complications were 40 percent less common in people with obesity and diabetes when they had bariatric surgery
heart disease, diabetes, weight loss surgery
2019-09-04
Medical imaging rates keep rising despite push to reduce themPotential harms should be considered before scanning, conclude UC and Kaiser Permanente researchers.
children, CT scans, medical imaging
2019-09-03
The ACT study: Looking toward the futureAt 25 years, the Adult Changes in Thought study is committed to science, collaboration, and jokes, writes Erin Bowles.
2019-08-29
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.