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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
Women’s Health Initiative: Research that keeps on giving

Women’s Health Initiative: Research that keeps on giving

Three decades in, longstanding ‘team science’ study continues to provide answers to health issues facing older women
Hutch NewsMay 29, 2025
Long COVID: key risk factors in postmenopausal women

Long COVID: key risk factors in postmenopausal women

From the Neuhouser research group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightOctober 16, 2024
International symposium shines a bright light on long-overlooked lobular

International symposium shines a bright light on long-overlooked lobular

Scientists, clinicians and patient advocates partner to improve the imaging, awareness and research gaps of ‘no-lump’ lobular breast cancer
Hutch NewsOctober 15, 2024
New study of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations gets $38.7M grant

New study of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations gets $38.7M grant

Fred Hutch will act as coordinating center for large study of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases in overlooked populations
Hutch NewsSeptember 14, 2023
Fred Hutch’s Dr. Ross Prentice retires

Fred Hutch’s Dr. Ross Prentice retires

Longtime scientist and statistician contributed to Women’s Health Initiative, cancer prevention research and much more
Hutch NewsJanuary 20, 2023
Do multivitamins and supplements like cocoa flavanols keep cancer, heart disease away?

Do multivitamins and supplements like cocoa flavanols keep cancer, heart disease away?

Scientists drill down into crucial Women’s Health Initiative data to get definitive answers on whether supplement use improves our health
Hutch NewsApril 06, 2022
Which recovery biomarker is the gold standard for estimating Na and K intake?

Which recovery biomarker is the gold standard for estimating Na and K intake?

From the Neuhouser Group, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightDecember 18, 2021
Women’s Health Initiative continues on at Fred Hutch

Women’s Health Initiative continues on at Fred Hutch

Nearly 30 years after its launch, the WHI and its data are still going strong, producing key findings
Hutch NewsFebruary 24, 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
A diet low in fat boosts breast cancer survival

A diet low in fat boosts breast cancer survival

From the WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, Public Health Sciences Division
Science SpotlightJuly 16, 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
The latest in gynecological cancer research from the Pacific Northwest

The latest in gynecological cancer research from the Pacific Northwest

Inaugural Northwest Gynecological Cancer Symposium brings together scientists studying ovarian, cervical and endometrial cancers
Hutch NewsDecember 06, 2017
Doubling down for cancer cures

Doubling down for cancer cures

Fred Hutch president urges twofold boost in US cancer-research funding
Hutch NewsMay 05, 2016
Low-fat diet reduces risk of breast cancer and subsequent death

Low-fat diet reduces risk of breast cancer and subsequent death

Women’s Health Initiative study indicates benefit to low-fat, fruit and veggie-rich diet
Hutch NewsApril 18, 2016
Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s medical choices

Understanding Angelina Jolie Pitt’s medical choices

Actress, filmmaker lauded for raising awareness and saving lives, but her actions also bring up questions
Hutch NewsMarch 25, 2015
On the quest for truth

On the quest for truth

The Women’s Health Initiative launches two new studies to find out the real benefits of multivitamins, cocoa and exercise
Hutch NewsMarch 20, 2015
Family history of prostate cancer raises a woman's risk of breast cancer

Family history of prostate cancer raises a woman's risk of breast cancer

Women’s Health Initiative study finds strongest association among African-American women
Hutch NewsMarch 11, 2015