By Janet Byron Among infants of women who received the Tdap pertussis booster vaccine during pregnancy, the risk of contracting pertussis was reduced by an estimated 91 percent during the first two months of life — the critical period before…
By Janet Byron Kaiser Permanente members who voluntarily participated in individual wellness coaching by telephone for weight management lost an average of 10 pounds each and changed their weight trajectories from upward to downward, according to a new study published…
By Janet Byron Kaiser Permanente researchers have received a major new grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how exposures to environmental chemicals during pregnancy may influence the risk of obesity and neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Twenty percent…
JAMA Viewpoint article highlights uncertainties about risks vs. benefits in elderly While many Americans take statins to protect their heart health, a JAMA Viewpoint article published today by a nationally recognized geriatrics researcher from UMass Medical School and two Kaiser…
Research to focus on preventing deadly blood clots in veins and lungs The University of California, San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente California have received more than $3.5 million to fund a study that will compare the effectiveness of both new…
Kaiser Permanente study finds dramatic, ongoing improvements linked to population-based prevention and care Heart attack rates among an ethnically diverse population of more than 3.8 million Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California fell 23 percent from 2008 to 2014, as…
New $13 million study funded by National Institute on Aging will revisit patients who were first screened as long as 50 years ago A new five-year, $13 million Kaiser Permanente study will revisit physical exams undertaken from the 1960s through…
By Janet Byron A surgical procedure recommended to reduce the future risk of ovarian cancer has been successfully implemented throughout Kaiser Permanente in Northern California without a change in surgical outcomes, according to research published today in the journal Obstetrics…
