Health Research | Kaiser Permanente News Center http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/healthresearch/ Health Research from Kaiser Permanente Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Young Children Who Miss Well-Child Visits are More Likely to be Hospitalized http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052413-missing-appointments-risks-childrens-health.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052413-missing-appointments-risks-childrens-health.html Fri, 24 May 2013 07:00:00 PDT Kaiser Permanente Study Finds New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears to be as Safe as Previously Used Vaccine http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052213-pcv13-vaccine.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052213-pcv13-vaccine.html Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT Study Shows Whole-Cell Vaccine was More Effective Than Acellular Vaccine During California Pertussis Outbreak http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052013-most-effective-pertussis-vaccine.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/052013-most-effective-pertussis-vaccine.html Sun, 19 May 2013 21:01:00 PDT Erectile Dysfunction More Common in Men Who Regularly Take Prescription Painkillers http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/051513-painkillers-and-erectile-dysfunction.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/051513-painkillers-and-erectile-dysfunction.html Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:00 PDT Fun and Friends Help Ease the Pain of Breast Cancer http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/050813-breast-cancer-social-internations-pain.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/050813-breast-cancer-social-internations-pain.html Wed, 8 May 2013 18:31:00 PDT Black Women Have Higher Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis than White Women http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/050613-multiple-sclerosis-in-women.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/050613-multiple-sclerosis-in-women.html Mon, 6 May 2013 13:00:00 PDT Visiting the Doctor Boosts Colon Cancer Screening Rates http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/042913-boosting-colon-cancer-screenings.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/042913-boosting-colon-cancer-screenings.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:00:00 PDT Kaiser Permanente Colorado Study on Health360 http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/co/2013/042413-health360-hypertension-study.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/co/2013/042413-health360-hypertension-study.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 PDT Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Varied Reasons Why Patients Do Not Fill their Initial Statin Prescriptions http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/042313-cholesterol-medication-adherence.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/042313-cholesterol-medication-adherence.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 PDT Nearly 30 Percent of Women Fail to Pick Up New Prescriptions for Osteoporosis, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/041813-osteoporosis-medication-adherence.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/041813-osteoporosis-medication-adherence.html Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:00:00 PDT Varicella Vaccine has Long-Term Effectiveness Against Chicken Pox http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/040113-chicken-pox-vaccine-works.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/040113-chicken-pox-vaccine-works.html Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:01:00 PDT Adults with Diabetes and Limited Health Literacy Less Likely to Adhere to Prescribed Antidepressants http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/032513-antidepressants-adherence.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/032513-antidepressants-adherence.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:00 PDT Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Younger Patients, Black Men Not Seeing Improvements in Heart Failure Hospital Stays http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/mas/2013/031813-heart-failure-hospital-rates.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/mas/2013/031813-heart-failure-hospital-rates.html Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PDT High-Fat Dairy Products Linked to Poorer Breast Cancer Survival http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/031413-dairy-fat-bad-for-breast-cancer.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/031413-dairy-fat-bad-for-breast-cancer.html Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:00:00 PDT Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect(R) Enables Care Improvement and Transformation http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/030613-ehr-transforms-care-and-research.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/030613-ehr-transforms-care-and-research.html Wed, 6 Mar 2013 07:00:00 PST Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Diabetes Does Not Increase Risk of Total Knee Surgical Complications http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/022713-diabetic-knee-surgery-risk.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/022713-diabetic-knee-surgery-risk.html Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:00:00 PST First-of-Its-Kind Study by Kaiser Permanente Examines Gaps in How Physicians, Media and Policymakers Talk About Health http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/022613-how-we-talk-about-health.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/022613-how-we-talk-about-health.html Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:00:00 PST Kaiser Permanente Study: Short-Term Risk of Hip Implant Failure Higher for Women http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/021813-hip-implant-failure-higher-for-women.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/021813-hip-implant-failure-higher-for-women.html Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:00:00 PST Vitamin D Potency Varies Widely in Dietary Supplements http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/021113-vitamin-d-potency-varies.html http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/nat/2013/021113-vitamin-d-potency-varies.html Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:00:00 PST