Hutch News

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
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
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
Circumstances and consequences of injurious falls among older women

Circumstances and consequences of injurious falls among older women

From the Anderson Group, Division of Public Health Sciences
Science SpotlightFebruary 17, 2020
Cancer prevention community mourns epidemiologist Dr. Alan Kristal

Cancer prevention community mourns epidemiologist Dr. Alan Kristal

Pioneering researcher studied how diet can lower cancer risk
Hutch NewsMarch 28, 2019
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
Dr. Alice Berger receives $200K grant for lung cancer research

Dr. Alice Berger receives $200K grant for lung cancer research

Award to fund genome sequencing on lung tumors found in female ‘never-smokers’
Hutch NewsMarch 07, 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
Big study finds no rise in death risk among women who took hormone therapy

Big study finds no rise in death risk among women who took hormone therapy

A new twist to menopausal hormone replacement dilemma
Hutch NewsSeptember 12, 2017
Good News at Fred Hutch

Good News at Fred Hutch

Celebrating faculty and staff achievements
Hutch NewsMay 19, 2016
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
Can cocoa prevent heart disease

Can cocoa prevent heart disease

Fred Hutch participates in largest-ever study to find out
Hutch NewsMarch 20, 2014