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  High-dose vaccine may protect seniors better

  Thanks to a new flu vaccine being distributed this flu season, seniors are getting more protection against serious seasonal flu viruses.
• People & Programs—September 2014

  Dr. Nelson named GHRI Director of Biostatistics. Dr. Michael Parchman hosts Australian Harkness Fellow. GHRI Affiliate Investigator Dr. Bonomi speaks on adolescent dating violence. Group Health physician researchers are among Seattle's best docs. Dr. Mroz joins the University of Washington School of Medicine faculty.
• Scientific Highlights—September 2014

  Does your grandpa hit the gym? Patient hopes are modest for alternative back-pain treatments. Vaccine Safety Datalink tracks safety, with successes and challenges. Group Health specialist finds new way to treat TMJ. Cognitive behavioral therapy eases depression after traumatic brain injury. Can text messaging help working women stay physically active?
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  Why sex matters in health research

  How do fundamental biological and social differences between men and women cause them to experience health states differently? What are the implications of these differences when it comes to screening, prevention, and treatment of various conditions? And how do health care and policy need to be designed to meet men and women’s unique differences?
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  Bringing diabetes self-care support to Eastern Washington’s Latino communities

  Regular doctor visits are important for controlling diabetes, but so is daily self-monitoring of diet, activity, and blood sugar. An effective way for people with diabetes to learn these everyday skills is the Diabetes Self-Management Program, developed and tested in Spanish and English at Stanford University.
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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.
• Collaborative care improves depression in teens

  How best to care for the many adolescents who have depression? In a collaborative care intervention, a care manager continually reached out to teens—delivering and following up on treatment in a primary-care setting (the office of a pediatrician or family doctor, not a psychiatrist or psychologist) at Group Health Cooperative. Depression outcomes after a year were significantly better with this approach than with usual care, according to a randomized controlled trial published in JAMA.