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  Heart(rate) on your sleeve: Activity trackers aid health research

  Kaiser Permanente researchers are asking: Can fitness trackers change health as well as activity?
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  From Mad Men to smartphone apps: 50 years of tobacco control

  In the run-up to the Great American Smokeout, Dr. Jennifer McClure reflects on society’s progress to reduce tobacco use—and Kaiser Permanente’s impact on these lifesaving efforts. Still, she says, much work lies ahead.
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  How can radiologists detect breast cancer more accurately?

  Research suggests having radiologists do diagnostic workups of some of their own recalled cases can help improve accuracy.
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  Medical Care special issue features Safety Net Medical Home Initiative

  Progress report on landmark initiative to improve care for vulnerable populations.
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  Lemonade from lemons: Breast cancer group gains momentum

  Group Health believes women with breast cancer need their own support group. Thanks to a grant from the Group Health Foundation’s Partnership for Innovation, the Lemonade group was born.
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  Getting to Goldilocks: ‘Just right’ breast screening

  For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dr. Diana Buist tells how Kaiser Permanente research helps women and their doctors decide if, when, and how to screen.
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  Wall Street Journal shines light on our patient researchers

  As patients assume their groundbreaking role in breast cancer research at KPWHRI, the national press takes notice.