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Creating Healthier Communities by Sharing Places to Play
October 23, 2013PASADENA, Calif. - The American Heart Association recommends that decision-makers support and expand opportunities for physical activity through shared use of school facilities and playgrounds.Read more...Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Health Depends on Type of Surgery, Patient Characteristics
October 14, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – The impact of bariatric surgery on risk factors for cardiovascular disease depends on a variety of factors, including the type of surgery, sex of the patient, ethnic background, and pre-surgery body mass index, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Annals of Surgery. Researchers examined the electronic health records of more ...Read more...Overweight Children Face High Risk of Hypertension
October 10, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – High body weight in children and adolescents is strongly associated with the likelihood of hypertension, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. Researchers found that young people who are overweight are twice as likely as their normal-weight peers to have hypertension; moderately obese youths ...Read more...Automated Phone Calls Improve Blood Pressure Control
September 16, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – Patients who received automated telephone calls inviting them to get their blood pressure checked at a walk-in clinic were more likely to have controlled hypertension than patients who did not receive calls, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. The researchers studied 64,773 adult members ...Read more...Overweight and Obese Children Are More Likely to Develop Asthma
August 7, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop asthma, and they experience more frequent and severe episodes of asthma than their normal-weight peers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The relationship between obesity and asthma is strongest in girls between ages 6 and 10 years ...Read more...Blacks Have Highest Rates of Kidney Failure in Part Because They Survive Longer with the Condition
July 22, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients have higher rates of end-stage renal disease than white patients due in part to faster kidney function decline and in part because they were more likely to survive, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in the print edition of the American Journal of ...Read more...Study Finds Boys More Likely to Receive HPV Vaccine When Their Mothers Receive Preventive Care
July 18, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – Boys are more likely to receive the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) if their mothers receive flu shots or Pap screenings, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study examined the electronic health records of more than 250,000 boys aged 9 to 17 years enrolled ...Read more...Rate of Chorioamnionitis More than Doubled since 1995
June 6, 2013PASADENA, Calif. – The incidence of chorioamnionitis – an infection of the amniotic fluid, fetal membranes and placental tissues, and one of the most frequent causes of preterm birth and infant illness – more than doubled between 1995 and 2010, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in the International Journal of ...Read more...