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Smoking Widespread Among Youth with Diabetes, Raising Heart Disease Risk
December 3, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Cigarette smoking is widespread among children and young adults with diabetes yet few health care providers are counseling children and young adults with diabetes to not smoke or stop smoking, according to a new report from the SEARCH Study Group, published online in the Journal of Pediatrics. Children and young adults with
Obesity Affecting More Children at Younger Ages
September 1, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif – Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3, percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a , Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens that appears online in
Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes Have Increased Risk of Recurrence in Subsequent Pregnancies, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
July 12, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – There is an increased risk of recurring gestational diabetes in pregnant women who developed gestational diabetes during their first and second pregnancies, according to a Kaiser Permanente study appearing online in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Gestational diabetes mellitus, known as GDM, is defined as glucose intolerance that typically occurs
Extremely Obese Children Have 40 Percent Higher Risk of Reflux Disease of Esophagus
July 9, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Extremely obese children have a 40 percent higher risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease and children who are moderately obese have a 30 percent higher risk of GERD compared to normal weight children, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in the International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. This large population-based study establishes
Kaiser Permanente Researchers Creating Largest Ever Cohort
June 17, 2010Read more...Oakland, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente Researchers in Northern and Southern California have launched the largest survey/research study of its kind to better understand the experience of people newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Atrial fibrillation — a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat — is the most common type of
Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children at Younger Ages
May 18, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif – Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens that appears online in the
Pneumonia Vaccine Does Not Protect Against Heart Attacks or Strokes
May 4, 2010Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – The pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination is not associated with a reduced risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The five-year prospective cohort study, which followed 84,170 men aged 45 to 69, provides new insights about the association between pneumococcal