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Dementia risk isn’t higher in people who take proton pump inhibitorsDr. Sascha Dublin explores what this reassuring finding from the Kaiser Permanente-UW ACT study means for patients with acid reflux.
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, proton pump inhibitor, acid reflux
2017-11-14
Bariatric surgery may lower cancer risk in people with severe obesityDr. David Arterburn and colleagues report encouraging findings about how weight loss surgery may affect cancer development—particularly in women.
cancer, bariatric surgery, obesity
2017-11-10
Flucasting: How KPWHRI is learning to predict each year’s flu severityThroughout this flu season, Dr. Mike Jackson, infectious disease researcher, will provide updates on his research team's experimental influenza predictor.
2017-11-08
Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction — Required reading for…A science journalist living with addiction says it may be a learning disorder. Virginia Immanuel reviews Maia Szalavitz’ book about comprehensive addiction solutions.
2017-11-06
Patients may not be telling their doctors what matters to them mostOur VITAL study discovers 6 domains that people with chronic illness too rarely discuss with their care providers.
diabetes, chronic illness, patient care, arthritis
2017-11-02
Video: Moving to HealthWhere you live can affect your health, and a $2.67-million NIDDK-funded UW/KPWHRI project explores how.
2017-11-01
SIRC 4th Biennial Conference: We opened Pandora’s Box of implementation questionsDr. Cara Lewis and Callie Walsh-Bailey describe a meeting that generated as many questions as answers — and why that’s a good thing.
2017-10-31
