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Kaiser Permanente researchers explore patients’ marijuana useRoutinely asking about cannabis use can better serve patients by helping clinicians start conversations about risks and benefits.
2017-11-27
Flucasting week 3: Predicting influenza severityThroughout this flu season, Dr. Mike Jackson, infectious disease researcher, will provide updates on his research team's experimental influenza predictor.
2017-11-22
KP Washington reduces use of antibiotics for upper respiratory infectionsDr. Angie Sparks describes key strategies of peer-comparison reporting and leaders supporting a learning community.
2017-11-21
Flucasting week 2: Predicting influenza severityThroughout this flu season, Dr. Mike Jackson, infectious disease researcher, will provide updates on his research team's experimental influenza predictor.
2017-11-15
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
