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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
Implementation scientists to meet in Seattle Sept. 12-14The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration’s 5th Biennial Conference will explore the intersection of research, policy, and practice.
2019-08-27
Accountable Communities of Health have made stridesWith a new multi-sector collaboration model, Erin Hertel led CCHE’s evaluation showing ACHs can help make a Healthier Washington.
social determinants of health, accountable communities, Healthy Washington
2019-08-19
The House of God at 40We can still learn from a 1970s novel based on real-life doctors, Dr. Eric B. Larson writes, recalling his internship time with them.
overdiagnosis, medical training, residency, overtreatment
2019-08-14
Healthy Hearts Northwest helps smaller primary care clinics improve careNew study shows how a little supplemental support can result in big gains—especially in blood pressure care
primary care, MacColl Center, Healthy Hearts Northwest, blood pressure
2019-08-12
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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.