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Kaiser Permanente Study Reinforces Safety of Whooping Cough Vaccine for Older Adults
November 29, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Immunizing older adults with the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular-pertussis vaccine (Tdap) to prevent pertussis (more commonly referred to as whooping cough) was found to be as safe as immunizing them with the tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers examined the electronic health
Automated Phone and Mail Notices Increase Medication Adherence
November 26, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Patients newly prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication were more likely to pick it up from the pharmacy if they received automated phone and mail reminders, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine today. This is one of a few published studies to examine strategies for reducing primary nonadherence, which
Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Efforts to Establish Exercise as a Vital Sign Prove Valid
October 17, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente one of the first health care organizations to establish a systematic method for recording patients? physical activity into their electronic health records. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. The study examined the electronic health records of 1,793,385 Kaiser Permanente Southern California patients ages 18 and older from April 2010 to
Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Obese Youth Have Significantly Higher Risk of Gallstones
August 24, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Children who are overweight or obese face an increased risk for gallstones, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. Researchers found that children and adolescents who were overweight were twice as likely to have gallstone disease, compared to children and adolescents who had a
Kaiser Permanente Study Shows Overweight and Obese Women more Likely to have Large Babies
August 14, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to deliver infants who are large for their gestational age at delivery, regardless of whether they develop gestational diabetes during their pregnancy, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente published today in Diabetes Care. Among pregnant women who did not develop gestational diabetes,
Tailored programs could reduce obesity, help implement federal wellness policies
June 26, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Programs to promote healthy eating can substantially reduce the amount of unhealthy foods and beverages on school grounds if the programs focus on a school’s specific needs and involve teachers, parents, staff and administrators, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in BioMed Central‘s International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and
Elizabeth McGlynn awarded 2012 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator
June 25, 2012Read more...ORLANDO, Fla. – AcademyHealth announced today that Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD, is the 2012 recipient of its Distinguished Investigator Award. One of the highest honors in the field of health services research and health policy, the Distinguished Investigator Award recognizes individuals who have made significant and lasting contributions to the field of health services research through scholarship
Eleven Integrated Health Systems Form Largest Private-Sector Diabetes Registry in United States
June 7, 2012Read more...PORTLAND, Ore. – Eleven integrated health systems, with more than 16 million members, have combined de-identified data from their electronic health records to form the largest, most comprehensive private-sector diabetes registry in the nation. According to a new study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Preventing Chronic Disease, the SUPREME-DM DataLink provides
Short-Term Risk of Shingles Recurrence Low
June 5, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. — People who have had an episode of herpes zoster, also known as shingles, face a relatively low short-term risk of developing shingles again, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. These findings suggest that among people with immune systems that have not been
Childhood Obesity Greatly Increases Likelihood of a Cranial Disorder that may Cause Blindness
May 24, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Children who are overweight or obese – particularly older, non-Hispanic white girls – are more likely to have a neurological disorder known as idiopathic intracranial hypertension, a rare condition that can result in blindness, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in The Journal of Pediatrics. In a cross-sectional, population-based study
Obesity-Asthma Link in Children Varies by Race/Ethnicity
February 27, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 children between ages 6 and 19, found that the association
Computer-Assisted Tools Alert Pediatricians to Obese Patients
February 21, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed visits for nearly 740,000 children and adolescents ages 2 to 17 to evaluate the impact
Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Gardasil does not Trigger Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis or Type 1 Diabetes after Vaccination
January 25, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine that is now recommended for male and female adolescents and young adults, does not trigger autoimmune conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis after vaccination in young women, according to a new study in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Kaiser Permanente researchers
Kaiser Permanente Study Suggests Tests Routinely Done on Patients with Microscopic Blood in Urine can be Avoided
January 9, 2012Read more...PASADENA, Calif. – The presence of microscopic hematuria – blood found in urine that can’t be seen by the naked eye – does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The study suggests that tests routinely done on patients with