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News release: Anticholinergic drugs linked to risk for pneumonia in elderly

Group Health study suggests higher risk with acute or chronic use.
More bad news on older people using medications with anticholinergic effects: Dr. Sascha Dublin found a link to a higher risk for developing pneumonia. Luckily, alternative tr……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/news-release-anticholinergic-drugs-linked-risk-pneumonia-elderly-group-health-research-institute

GHRI mourns the loss of Dr. Wayne Katon

A pioneer in developing team-based health care, Dr. Katon led research at UW and Group Health that improved depression care for millions worldwide.
A pioneer in developing team-based health care, Dr. Katon led research at UW and Group Health that improved depression care for millions worldwide Group Health Research Institute (……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/ghri-mourns-loss-dr-wayne-katon

GHRI teamwork leads to a Facebook suicide-prevention tool

The Now Matters Now team is making it easier to reach out to people thinking of suicide.
Photo via Huffington Post: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images The Now Matters Now team is making it easier to reach out to people thinking of suicide What do you do when a frien……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/ghri-teamwork-leads-facebook-suicide-prevention-tool

The US health system: A model for other countries?

A public health physician from Australia finds innovations to admire.
Known locally as the "big waterfall," the scene above, courtesy of Dr. Burgess, is an Aboriginal sacred site called "wild-dog dreaming." It is near Gunbalanya in west Arnhem Land i……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/us-health-system-model-other-countries

Tips for healthy aging: Your 80s and beyond

Part seven of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part seven of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-80s-and-beyond

Tips for healthy aging: Your 70s

Part six of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part six of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life. ……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-70s

Tips for healthy aging: Your 60s

Part five of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part five of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life.……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-60s

Tips for healthy aging: Your 50s

Part four of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part four of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life.……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-50s

Tips for healthy aging: Your 40s

Part three of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part three of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-40s

Tips for healthy aging: Your 30s

Part two of our seven-part series.
Advice based on your current decade of life. Part two of our seven-part series Aging begins at birth. Even so, the way we age changes with each successive decade of life. ……
https://kpwashingtonresearch.org/index.php/news-and-events/blog/2015/03/tips-healthy-aging-your-30s

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