Kaiser Permanente Washington Research News Archive
NOVEMBER – dECEMBER 2024
- A single question helps identify patients at higher risk of cannabis use disorder
- Suicide attempts decreased after adding suicide care to primary care
- ACT Study contributes to understanding Alzheimer’s disease in brain cells
- Supporting young adults through cancer and beyond
- Researchers begin trial for high-dose flu vaccine
- First 2 scholars selected for program training early-career scientists
September – OCTOBER 2024
July – August 2024
- Understanding adoption of Lock to Live, a decision aid supporting suicide prevention
- Neighborhood density connected to changes in body mass index for children
- Alzheimer’s vision study improved with home testing
- Identifying patients in need of social support services
- Treating depression in adults
- Filling evidence gaps on obesity treatment
- Increasing access to cervical cancer screening in low-resource health care settings
June 2024
- COVID risks not meaningfully greater with estrogen-containing medications
- Researchers connect for ACT Symposium, advancing science on dementia, aging
- Long-term study offers clues for healthy aging
- Center for Community Health and Evaluation launches CCHE.org
- Virtual patient engagement: ‘A safe place’ to be ourselves
- 2023 KPWHRI mentorship awards go to Claire Allen and Karen Wernli
May 2024
- Study finds bariatric surgery linked to substantially lower risk of blood clots long-term
- A medication that can relieve symptoms of psychosis is underused
- Study sheds light on needs of young people with cancer
- Analysis supports new recommendation to begin mammogram screening at 40
- Predicting breast cancer risk after a high-risk benign lesion diagnosis
- EID: Our 2023 highlights
April 2024
- Changing sitting habits shows meaningful impact
- KPWHRI research highlighted at 2024 HCSRN conference
- How Jennifer Bobb solves statistical problems to improve health care
- Celebrating 40 years: 1983 to 2023
March 2024
- When is Paxlovid right for COVID-19 treatment?
- KPWHRI contributes to new flu vaccine effectiveness results
- Making a difference at the Seattle/King County Clinic
- Highlighting the influential research of women at KPWHRI
February 2024
January 2024
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