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- Health Article description.Lab tests play an important role in your health care. They help your doctor make a diagnosis or treatment decisions. But they may not provide all of the information that your doctor needs. Your doctor will not usually make a decision or diagnosis based only on the results of a lab test, unless the test results are...
- Health Article description.Discusses test used to check your heart and coronary arteries. Covers reasons cardiac catheterization is done. Looks at how to prepare. Explains how the test is done in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab) by a cardiologist. Covers risks.
- Health Article description.What is occupational asthma? Occupational asthma is the most common form of work-related lung condition in many countries. When a person gets asthma as an adult, exposure at work is a likely cause. This type of asthma happens when a person is exposed to certain substances in the workplace. Examples are wood dust...
- See full profile of Capitol Hill Main Building, Seattle, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.A ketone test checks for ketones in your blood or urine. Ketones are substances that are made when the body breaks down fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. But stored fat is broken down and...
- See full profile of Olympia Medical Center, Olympia, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.Discusses autism, an autism spectrum disorder (once known as a pervasive developmental disorder). Looks at signs of autism, including problems talking or repetitive behaviors. Covers behavioral and physical exams used to diagnose autism. Covers treatment options.
- See full profile of Silverdale Medical Center, Silverdale, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.A spinal tap (also called a lumbar puncture) is a procedure to collect and look at the fluid ( cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. During a spinal tap, a needle is carefully inserted into the spinal canal low in the back (lumbar area). Samples of CSF are collected. The samples are...
- See full profile of Tacoma Medical Center, Tacoma, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.Discusses stool analysis, a test used to look for bacteria, parasites, or blood in the digestive tract. Covers why and how it is done. Looks at risks. Covers normal and abnormal results.
- See full profile of Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.Guides you through the decision to have angioplasty when you have stable angina. Lists benefits and risks of angioplasty and medical therapy. Explains why lifestyle changes are still important. Includes interactive tool to help you with your decision.
- Health Article description.Marine toxins are chemicals and bacteria that can contaminate certain types of seafood. Eating the seafood may result in food poisoning. The seafood may look, smell, and taste normal. There are five common types of marine toxins, and they all cause...
- Health Article description.A human papillomavirus (HPV) test is done to check for a high-risk HPV infection. Like a Pap test, an HPV test is done on a sample of cells collected from the cervix. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). An HPV test checks for the genetic material ( DNA) of the human papillomavirus. This test is used to show...
- See full profile of Everett Medical Center, Everett, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.Dengue vaccine can help protect against dengue in people who have had dengue in the past. Dengue is caused by one of four viruses spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. A person can get infected by any of the four dengue viruses. Infection with one dengue virus does not protect...
- See full profile of Riverfront Medical Center, Spokane, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
- Health Article description.Typhoid vaccine can prevent typhoid fever. People who are actively ill with typhoid fever and people who are carriers of the bacteria that cause typhoid fever can both spread the bacteria to other people. When someone eats or drinks contaminated food or drink, the bacteria can multiply and spread into the bloodstream...
- Kaiser Permanente’s adoption of disruptive technology in the 1970s sparked a health care revolution in diagnostics and recording.
- See full profile of Northgate Medical Center, Seattle, WA for phone number, hours, departments and servicesFind details about the facilities where Kaiser Permanente health care is provided. Details include addresses, phone numbers, emergency and urgent care, pharmacy, hours, and directions.
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