Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente was founded in 1945 and remains a comprehensive, managed care hospital/patient care organization. Kaiser Permanente has 37 medical centers and 400 medical offices located throughout the U.S. It is the largest managed care organization in the U.S., with an annual budget of over $34.5 billion. Its orgins go back to the inspiration to provide health care for city workers and government contract workers. Today, Kaiser Permanente is involved in preventative care, research in health care and provides services to individuals and group insurance for employers.
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1 Kaiser Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
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News Office
marc [dot] t [dot] brown [at] kp [dot] org
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510-987-3900
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"Kaiser Permanente" in the news:
Even mildly premature infants have increased risk of a common respiratory tract infection
May 05, 2009 |
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Even mildly premature infants (gestational ages of 33 weeks through 36 weeks) have an increased risk of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus infection, which is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract infection ...
Women with diabetes at increased risk for irregular heart rhythm
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Diabetes increases by 26 percent the likelihood that women will develop atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and chronic fatigue. These are the ...
Obese women gain too much weight in pregnancy, then retain weight a year later
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Obese women who gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy are much more likely to retain a portion of that weight one year after they give birth, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November ...
Gaining too much weight during pregnancy nearly doubles risk of having a heavy baby
Oct 31, 2008 |
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A study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research of more than 40,000 women and their babies found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during their pregnancies were nearly twice as likely to have a heavy baby. ...
Research: No race disparities in risk of AIDS and death in HIV patients
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Kaiser Permanente researchers found no disparities by race or ethnicity in risk of AIDS and death among HIV-infected patients in a setting of similar access to care. This is despite lower Anti-Retroviral Therapy adherence ...
Study finds personal and Web-based support equal weight loss success
Mar 11, 2008 |
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Findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the largest weight loss maintenance study to date reinforce Kaiser Permanente’s approach to obesity prevention. The combination of both personal contact and we ...
Nation's hip fracture rate could drop 25 percent with aggressive osteoporosis prevention
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of the Journal of Bone & ...
Drinking wine lowers risk of Barrett's esophagus, precursor to esophageal cancer
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Drinking one glass of wine a day may lower the risk of Barrett's Esophagus by 56 percent, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in the March issue of Gastroenterology. Barrett's Esophagus is a p ...
Glitch found in U.S. transplant plan
May 05, 2006 |
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A paperwork glitch denied 25 Northern California patients kidney transplants with near-perfect matches last year, The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
Kidney disease increases the risk of stroke in patients
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Chronic kidney disease increases the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of heart arrhythmia, according to a new study by Kaiser Permanente researchers in the current online issue ...
Charges filed against Los Angeles hospital
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Los Angeles prosecutors have filed charges against hospital owner Kaiser Permanente for allegedly abandoning a homeless patient on skid row.
Women 10 times more likely to do breast self-exams correctly with intervention
Apr 30, 2009 |
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A brief intervention program - consisting of one counseling session and two follow-up phone calls - boosted by tenfold the number of women correctly performing breast self- exams. These are the findings of a Kaiser Permanente ...
Management of asthma during pregnancy can optimize health of mother and baby
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, according to new management recommendations ...
Healthy bones program reduces hip fractures by 37 percent
Nov 04, 2008 |
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Proactive measures can reduce hip fracture rates by an average of 37.2 percent -- and as much as 50 percent -- among those at risk, according to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente Southern California. The study was published ...
Study finds diabetes doubling before motherhood
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Diabetes before motherhood more than doubled in six years among teenage and adult women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the May issue of Diabetes Care.
