Prevention – Page 2 – NCAL Research Spotlight

5 Questions for…Steve Sidney

"If other health care systems and providers had adopted Kaiser Permanente’s approach and achieved the same rate of decline, I estimated in this latest National Forum report that 40,000 heart disease and stroke deaths in this age group would have been prevented in 2015 alone."

Studying Life After Breast Cancer

When Sandra Domingue attends her regular fitness class at the Bayview Hunter’s Point YMCA in San Francisco, she’s not thinking about how her time at the gym, which includes both socializing and exercise, could help her live longer.

Heart Health Improves After Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery

October 16, 2018
Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Obesity, Prevention
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People who were severely obese and had diabetes had 40 percent fewer heart attacks and strokes — and 67 percent fewer deaths — within 5 years after bariatric weight-loss surgery.

Integrated Colorectal Cancer Screening Program Saves Lives

August 8, 2018
Cancer, Gastroenterology, Health maintenance, Prevention
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Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California are 52 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer since the health care system launched a comprehensive, organized screening program, according to a new study in the specialty’s top journal, Gastroenterology.

5 Questions for…Marilyn Kwan

Marilyn Kwan's research focuses on how wellness factors affect survivorship in breast and bladder cancer patients. Kwan is a certified CrossFit Level 1 trainer; she hopes to some day conduct lifestyle research involving CrossFit in cancer survivors.

Empowering Data to Improve Health

July 2, 2018
Delivery Science, Health Policy, Prevention
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The Division of Research's Douglas Corley will be responsible for developing and implementing a new research program in The Permanente Medical Group that will advance the creation of evidence-driven strategies to improve the delivery of health care.

Fighting Strokes at Lightspeed

Neurologists of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Stroke FORCE team get clot-busting alteplase to patients twice as fast as the national average.

Division of Research’s Theodore Levin, MD, honored for colorectal cancer screening program

May 7, 2018
Cancer, Digestive system diseases, Prevention
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DOR's Theodore (TR) Levin, MD, is one of four recipients of The Permanente Medical Group's 2018 Sidney R. Garfield Exceptional Contribution Awards, for pioneering efforts to expand colorectal cancer screening.

Personalized Letter Improves Pregnancy Weight for Women with Gestational Diabetes

April 18, 2018
Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Press Release, Prevention
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Women with gestational diabetes who received a tailored letter with personalized weight-gain recommendations were significantly more likely to meet national weight-gain guidelines, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Diabetes Care.

Low Blood Sugar Emergencies Usually Go Unreported in Medical Records

A study of diabetes patients at Kaiser Permanente suggests that severe episodes of hypoglycemia occur far more often than is captured in electronic medical records, pointing to a nationwide need for improved tracking of these events.