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Is bariatric surgery helpful in chronic kidney disease?In a study in Annals of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente researchers and colleagues share new findings that bariatric surgery is linked to lower death risk in persons with chronic kidney disease and obesity.
bariatric surgery, obesity, weight loss, chronic kidney disease, CKD, dialysis
2021-06-09
How infrastructure projects can better accommodate health and equityA new brief spotlights health impact assessments as a process to improve planning for major developments.
CCHE, community health, RWJF, equity, health impact assessment, infrastructure, urban planning, Pew Charitable Trusts
2021-06-01
Built environment doesn’t play expected role in weight gainNew research suggests fast food and other aspects of built environments don’t affect weight, contrary to earlier findings.
obesity, built environment, urban density, weight gain
2021-05-28
New NIA grant of over $55M to boost ambitious Alzheimer’s, dementia studyKaiser Permanente Washington, University of Washington, and University of California-San Diego will lead an expanded ACT Program to better understand the aging brain.
aging, ACT study, dementia, brain, Alzheimer’s, geriatric, Adult Changes in Thought
2021-05-20
Electronic health records study offers insights on medical cannabis useNew research, led by KPWHRI investigators, examines providers’ notes to understand patients’ cannabis use and health conditions.
electronic health records, cannabis, EHR, medical marijuana
2021-05-07
Mentoring and funding support researcher diversityKayne Mettert reflects on lived experience — and his drive to reduce stigma around mental health disorders.
mentoring, clinical psychology, research career, diversity supplement
2021-05-04
Study examines racial inequity in suicide prediction modelsKaiser Permanente researchers stress need to test how prediction models perform in all racial, ethnic groups.
health disparities, suicide, equity, Prediction models, Gregory Simon, Yates Coley
2021-04-28
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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.