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Northwest doctors improve their practices—and patients’ heart healthHealthy Hearts Northwest is part of major national effort to help small medical practices to prevent heart disease, our biggest killer.
heart disease, primary care, Healthy Hearts Northwest
2016-02-16
Lingering Neandertal DNA may raise risk for some diseasesNational study by eMERGE researchers—including Drs. David Carrell and Eric B. Larson—compares genetic data to electronic health records.
genetics, electronic health records, DNA
2016-02-12
Patients power SIMBA research on breast cancer, mammograms, breast MRIsA new video shows how patient engagement takes center stage in Dr. Karen Wernli’s study of breast cancer imaging for women who’ve had the disease before.
breast cancer, screening, MRI, mammogram
2016-02-10
10 ways to stay sharp as you ageGHRI’s executive director Dr. Eric B. Larson says that brain function doesn’t have to decline with age. There are steps you can take to maintain your thinking power.
2016-02-05
Bariatric surgery pros & cons—Why Group Health research mattersDr. David Arterburn talks about his studies with Kaiser and other systems to help a rapidly increasing population with severe obesity.
2016-02-04
Tough conversations: How can we help patients get off risky drugs?Dr. Sascha Dublin describes a Group Health-UW finding that benzodiazepines probably don’t cause dementia. But she cautions that they’re still bad for you.
Alzheimer's, dementia, benzodiazepine
2016-02-03
Is a picture worth 1,000 words if patients don’t understand it?Graphic data displays, like on a Fitbit app, are meant to motivate patients to change behavior and understand their care. But do they work?
2016-01-28
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.