Uncategorized – Page 4 – NCAL Research Spotlight

American Indian, Alaska Native women less likely to start and complete hormone therapy for breast cancer

February 23, 2021
Cancer, Disparities, Health disparities, Uncategorized, Women’s health
0 Comments

Kaiser Permanente study, believed to be the first to look at hormone therapy initiation and adherence in this population, suggests lower rates of use may be contributing to higher breast cancer death rates.

Improving care for people with heart failure

February 18, 2021
Uncategorized
0 Comments

KP Research Radio spoke with cardiovascular research scientists Alan Go, MD, and Andrew Ambrosy, MD, about research aimed at improving care for people with heart failure.

Physical activity tied to reduced fracture risk in breast cancer patients on hormone therapy

February 12, 2021
Uncategorized
0 Comments

Kaiser Permanente study finds regular moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the months following a breast cancer diagnosis has bone benefits.

Analysis confirms racial disparities in COVID-19 infection

February 8, 2021
COVID19, Disparities, Press Release, Uncategorized
0 Comments

An analysis of Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California early in the COVID-19 pandemic found racial and ethnic disparities in the likelihood of testing positive for the coronavirus, but no significant disparities in mortality among those who were hospitalized.

Gestational diabetes can be tip-off to future increased risk for heart disease

February 1, 2021
Diabetes, GDM, Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Uncategorized, Women’s health
0 Comments

Kaiser Permanente research shows 2-fold higher risk for heart artery calcification after pregnancy through mid-life, even in women with normal blood sugar levels.

Heart failure hospitalizations and deaths vary by race and ethnicity

January 25, 2021
Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Delivery Science, Disparities, Health disparities, Uncategorized
0 Comments

Black patients with heart failure have higher rates of hospitalization for heart failure but lower rates of death than white patients with heart failure, a new Kaiser Permanente study shows.

Kaiser Permanente data key to nation’s COVID-19 vaccine surveillance strategy

January 6, 2021
COVID19, Infectious disease, Informatics, Press Release, Uncategorized, Vaccine research, Vaccines
0 Comments

Kaiser Permanente’s Vaccine Study Center is leading a key part of the national safety surveillance effort for the COVID-19 vaccines, tracking patient data for serious side effects.

Long-term exposure to air pollution increases risk of dying from heart disease and stroke

January 4, 2021
Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, Disparities, Environmental exposure, Health disparities, Health Policy, Social determinants, Uncategorized
0 Comments

New study is first to quantify and compare the effects of long-term exposure to small particle pollution on risk for different types of cardiovascular disease.

Pediatrician screening of young people with substance use, mood problems can have long-term results

December 28, 2020
Adolescent Health, Alcohol and drug, Behavioral health, Mental health, Press Release, Uncategorized
0 Comments

Adolescents who had access to a brief intervention and referral to treatment for substance use or mood problems at a pediatric clinic were less likely to have a related diagnosis 3 years later, new Kaiser Permanente research finds.

Exercising more in early pregnancy may reduce gestational diabetes risk

December 21, 2020
Diabetes, GDM, Gestational Diabetes, Maternal/infant health, Perinatal health, Uncategorized
0 Comments

Pregnant women who exercised more during the first trimester of pregnancy had a lower risk of developing gestational diabetes, a new analysis of Kaiser Permanente data finds.