Health Beat

When patients at community health clinics get an abnormal colon cancer screening result and need a follow-up colonoscopy, why do so many of them never actually get it done?

Do women Veterans who use VA healthcare face different life challenges than those who don't? When women Veterans are dealing with multiple life challenges at once, how does that affect their healthcare use?

Does the SECSI questionnaire actually work well for measuring how confident women feel about talking to their partners about sex and intimacy while they're actively going through cancer treatment?

Do mast cells (immune cells) that live in bone marrow actually affect bone health, and can we create a mouse model to study this?

How can we design a program that will get more commercial fishermen in the Pacific Northwest to wear lifejackets while working?

How do veterans receiving regular medical care who are experiencing ongoing health problems after COVID-19 understand and make sense of their illness?

Can taking whey protein supplements improve the health and diversity of gut bacteria in older adults?

Does exposure to mercury and other heavy metals during early pregnancy increase a woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes, and does eating fish make this better or worse?

What is the long-term effectiveness of a single respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine dose against RSV illness and associated health care use?

Does having organized play support during recess help kids feel like they belong and reduce bullying/victimization?

Did the massive Aliso Canyon gas leak disaster cause pregnant women living nearby to have worse pregnancy outcomes - specifically, were their babies more likely to be born underweight or premature?