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How do you measure your health? WHI comes up with two potent indicators

How do you measure your health? WHI comes up with two potent indicators

New studies using Women’s Health Initiative data highlight new ‘biomarkers’ to predict mortality risk and guide providers' care
Hutch NewsJuly 08, 2025
A misbehaving master mitochondrial regulator causes diabetes in mice

A misbehaving master mitochondrial regulator causes diabetes in mice

From The Hockenbery Lab, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division
Science SpotlightSeptember 18, 2024
The importance of household food security in Diabetes management

The importance of household food security in Diabetes management

From the Mendoza research group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightMay 22, 2024
The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

The new weight-loss drugs and cancer

What patients and doctors need to know when it comes to the popular new injections and pills
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 2024
Fred Hutch eyes the future of weight loss

Fred Hutch eyes the future of weight loss

Successful pilot study uses acceptance and commitment phone therapy to help people lose weight; new $3.7M grant will launch full-scale trial
Hutch NewsMarch 31, 2021
Daily eating occasions and risk of type 2 diabetes

Daily eating occasions and risk of type 2 diabetes

From the Neuhouser Group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightSeptember 21, 2020
When COVID-19 crosses paths with HIV

When COVID-19 crosses paths with HIV

Survivors of one pandemic now brace for a new one
Hutch NewsMay 08, 2020
Are we doing diet and nutrition research wrong?

Are we doing diet and nutrition research wrong?

A Q&A with public health researcher Dr. Ross Prentice on how to assess and improve studies of diet and chronic disease
Hutch NewsJanuary 28, 2020
Blood micronutrients as biomarkers for major diseases

Blood micronutrients as biomarkers for major diseases

From the Nutrition and Physical Activity Assessment group, Public Health Sciences Divisions
Science SpotlightMay 20, 2019
How to boost cancer clinical trial participation

How to boost cancer clinical trial participation

New study suggests loosening strict comorbidity criteria would open trials to thousands of previously exempt patients
Hutch NewsJanuary 10, 2019
Top 10 tips to cut your cancer risk

Top 10 tips to cut your cancer risk

Vegetables and exercise may not be glamorous, but they could save your life, expert report confirms
Hutch NewsMay 24, 2018
Dietary modification puts the brakes on diabetes progression

Dietary modification puts the brakes on diabetes progression

From the WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightFebruary 19, 2018
Fruit fly study IDs missing links in fat-signaling system

Fruit fly study IDs missing links in fat-signaling system

Hormone alerts brain to fat-storage status, but its packaging system goes awry in obesity
Hutch NewsOctober 09, 2017
Healthy, affordable food hacks for holidays - and beyond

Healthy, affordable food hacks for holidays - and beyond

Public health studies show access to fruits and vegetables, nourishing recipes, nutritional nudges help us eat better for less
Hutch NewsNovember 22, 2016
A nutrition and exercise expert and her science writer daughter discuss the motivation to stay healthy

A nutrition and exercise expert and her science writer daughter discuss the motivation to stay healthy

A nutrition and exercise expert and her science writer daughter sit down for a conversation on motivation
Hutch NewsAugust 31, 2016
Low-glycemic-load foods may reduce inflammation in overweight adults

Low-glycemic-load foods may reduce inflammation in overweight adults

'Not all carbohydrates are created equal'; study led by Marian Neuhouser and Johanna Lampe finds a 'slow carb' diet may reduce heart disease, cancer risk
Hutch NewsJanuary 17, 2012
Study finds a diet rich in slowly digested carbs reduces markers of inflammation in overweight and obese adults

Study finds a diet rich in slowly digested carbs reduces markers of inflammation in overweight and obese adults

Such a diet also increases a hormone that helps regulate metabolism of fat and sugar
News ReleasesJanuary 11, 2012
When it comes to the immune system, we're all more alike than previously thought, study finds

When it comes to the immune system, we're all more alike than previously thought, study finds

Finding may lead to new ways to detect, diagnose, and treat cancer and other diseases
News ReleasesSeptember 01, 2010
Risk of second breast cancer may be higher in diabetics

Risk of second breast cancer may be higher in diabetics

Li study finds first-ever link between diabetes and two-fold increased risk of contralateral breast cancer
Hutch NewsAugust 02, 2010