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Health Research — 2010

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3/18/10
Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children at Younger Ages
Watch now! Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children at Younger Ages
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 Journal of Pediatrics.
3/9/10 Starting Treatment Early Doubles Chance of Success for People with Diabetes
3/2/10 Coffee Drinking and Caffeine Associated With Reduced Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Rhythm Disturbances
2/22/10 video icon Pregnancy Weight Gain, Especially in 1st Trimester, May Increase a Woman’s Risk of Gestational Diabetes
1/13/10 Mail-Order Pharmacy Use Could Improve Patients’ Medication Adherence
1/4/10 Refusing Immunizations Increases the Risk of Varicella Illness in Children, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
12/11/09 Chinese-American Women and Korean-American Women at Highest Risk for Developing Diabetes During Pregnancy
12/10/09 Alcohol Consumption May Increase Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
12/4/09 Chicken Pox Vaccine May Also Reduce Risk of Shingles Among Children
12/3/09 Breastfeeding A Child May Protect Women from Metabolic Syndrome, A Condition Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease in Women
11/11/09 Workplace BPA Exposure Increases Risk of Male Sexual Dysfunction, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
10/21/09 Obese Women Who Gain More than 15 Pounds in Pregnancy Retain Nearly Half the Weight a Year Later
10/21/09 Kaiser Permanente Announces First Clinical Trial to Help Obese Women Maintain Weight During Pregnancy
10/12/09 National Institutes of Health Awards More Than $54 Million to Kaiser Permanente to Conduct Health Research
10/12/09 Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Awarded $25 Million from NIH to Build Groundbreaking Resource for Genetic Epidemiology Research
10/1/09 Bundling Two Generic Low-Cost Heart Drugs Prevents Heart Attack and Stroke in Large, Diverse Population, Observational Clinical Study Shows
9/28/09 Women with Diabetes at Increased Risk for Irregular Heart Rhythm
8/31/09 New Assessment Quantifies Risks and Benefits of Warfarin Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation
8/7/09 Electronic Health Records Help Cardiac Patients Remain Healthy
8/4/09 High Cholesterol in Midlife Raises Risk of Late-life Dementia, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
7/20/09 No Disparities by Race/Ethnicity in Risk of AIDS and Death Among HIV-Infected Patients in Kaiser Permanente’s Integrated Delivery System, Research Study Finds
7/14/09 video icon Reminder Program Dramatically Increases Mammography Rates, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
7/9/09 Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improve Chronic Disease Management
6/23/09 Underweight and Extremely Obese Die Earlier than People of Normal Weight, Study Finds
6/8/09 Breastfeeding Their Newborns May Benefit Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis, A Fundamental Paradigm Shift, According to Recent Study
5/26/09 video icon  Refusing Immunizations Puts Children at Increased Risk of Pertussis Infection, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
4/19/09 Workplace E-Mail Intervention Program Helps People Sit Less and Eat Better, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
4/14/09 Management of Asthma During Pregnancy Can Optimize Health of Mother and Baby, According to Recommendations
4/14/09 Women Ten Times More Likely To Do Breast Self-Exams Correctly With Intervention Program, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
4/14/09 Low Blood Sugar Events Increase Dementia Risk in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
3/26/09 A Larger Abdomen in Midlife Increases Risk of Dementia, Study Shows
3/3/09 Kidney Disease Increases the Risk of Stroke in Patients With The Most Common Type of Heart Arrhythmia, According to Kaiser Permanente Study
3/2/09 Drinking Wine May Reduce Risk of Barrett's Esophagus, Precursor to Esophageal Cancer, Kaiser Permanente Study Shows
2/26/09 Kaiser Permanente Research Focuses on Diabetes in Hispanic American Youth
2/19/09 Podcast Features News from the Sidney R. Garfield Health Care Innovation Center