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Women with colorectal cancer fare better if they have social support

January 23, 2020
Cancer, Press Release, Social determinants, Women’s health
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New research from Kaiser Permanente finds that post-menopausal women with colorectal cancer were more likely to die from their disease or from any cause if they had low social support before diagnosis.

The New Faces of Research

January 16, 2020
Delivery Science, Diabetes, Feature, Health maintenance, Informatics, Uncategorized
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Diabetes, medication safety, and understanding chronic conditions are just some of the research areas a new class of postdoctoral fellows at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research will support. The 3 early-career researchers began their appointments this past year.

5 Questions for…Cynthia Campbell

Cynthia Campbell is a Division of Research investigator who spearheaded the development of a multi-site prescription opioids registry to better understand opioid use and patient outcomes.

Physician researchers seek insights to deliver better care

December 17, 2019
Delivery Science
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Partnership brings TPMG clinicians to the Division of Research to evaluate care and implement solutions; introducing the 2nd class of physician researchers, and their projects.

More metastatic prostate cancers found after change in screening guidelines

December 10, 2019
Cancer, Men’s health
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In the years after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against PSA-based screening in all men, many fewer men were diagnosed with prostate cancer but more were found to have advanced cancers, according to a large Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Kaiser Permanente reduces racial disparities in who gets minimally invasive hysterectomies

December 6, 2019
Disparities, Health disparities, Women’s health
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Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California hospitals significantly increased minimally invasive surgery for hysterectomy and found the change also reduced racial disparities in the types of hysterectomies patients get.

Study in pregnant women suggests maternal infection, not antibiotics, associated with childhood obesity

December 5, 2019
Children’s health, Infectious disease, Maternal/infant health, Perinatal health, Press Release, Women’s health
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Women who had an untreated infection during pregnancy were more likely to have a child who later went on to be obese than pregnant women who never had an infection, new research from Kaiser Permanente finds.

Body fatness affects chemo dosages, contributing to increased risk of breast cancer death

December 5, 2019
Cancer, Obesity
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Women with greater adiposity, or body fatness, were significantly less likely to receive all of the recommended chemotherapy dose to treat their breast cancer, and they were subsequently 30% more likely to die from the disease as a result, according to research published in JAMA Oncology.

Kaiser Permanente reduces hospitalizations even as sicker patients are admitted

December 4, 2019
Biostatistics, Delivery Science, Health Policy, Hospital systems, Press Release, Uncategorized
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Kaiser Permanente's Northern California hospitals reduced hospitalizations and readmissions even as patients' conditions increased in severity, a new analysis shows.

Chronic disease prevalence varies by Asian subgroup, Kaiser Permanente research finds

November 25, 2019
Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Disparities, Health disparities, Press Release
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Asian-Americans from different parts of Asia have very different cardiovascular risk factors and chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, Kaiser Permanente research concludes.