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- Kaiser Permanente is committed to public policies that ensure all Washingtonians have access to high-quality, affordable health care.
- Health Article description.If you've decided to change a habit—whether it's quitting smoking, lowering your blood pressure, becoming more active, or doing something else to improve your health—congratulations! Making that decision is the first step toward making a change. What happens next? Have a reason. Set goals you can reach. Prepare for...
- Kaiser Permanente is committed to policies that ensure Georgians have access to high-quality, affordable health care.
- Health Article description.Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
- Kaiser Permanente relies on personal health information to deliver high-quality care. Protecting the confidentiality of that information is required by federal and state law and is a top priority.
- Health Article description.Guides you through decision to take medicines for Alzheimer's disease. Covers medicine choices and their side effects. Lists reasons for and against taking medicines. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
- America’s best way forward is to build on the progress our country has made and promote coordinated care that rewards quality over quantity.
- Health Article description.Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare nerve disorder that occurs when the body's own defenses (immune system) attack part of the peripheral nervous system. Symptoms usually start with numbness or tingling in the fingers and toes, followed by muscle weakness in the legs, arms, and other muscles that develops over a period of...
- Artificial intelligence can improve health care by reducing administrative tasks, supporting diagnoses, and helping clinicians develop personalized treatment plans.
- Health Article description.When you have cancer, you may have a lot of different feelings, like anger, sadness, and fear. And your feelings can change from day to day, and even moment to moment. Most people who have cancer deal with feelings like this. Although it may be...
- Pharmaceutical marketing hurts patient care and drives up costs. At Kaiser Permanente we have a better approach to prescribing and lessons for other leaders.
- Health Article description.If you are at risk for low blood sugar levels because of diabetes or some other health condition, you need to keep some type of quick-sugar food with you at all times. These foods can quickly raise your blood sugar level. Eating quick-sugar food raises your blood sugar in 10 to 15 minutes. Choose fast-acting...
- Kaiser Permanente is committed to public policies that ensure the people of Colorado have access to high-quality, affordable health care.
- Health Article description.Eating a diet high in fiber is thought to help prevent constipation and its related problems. It may lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels, and help control blood sugar levels. And it may help you reach and stay at a weight that is...
- Kaiser Permanente is committed to public policies that ensure all people in Hawaii have access to high-quality, affordable care.
- Health Article description.You can help reduce flare-ups of your COPD by learning what the triggers are and avoiding them. Pay attention to symptoms that may warn you of a flare-up. While some triggers may be out of your control, there are others that may be easier to avoid.
- Health Article description.Menopause is the point in your life when you permanently stop having menstrual periods. After 1 year of having no periods, you've reached menopause. In most cases, menopause happens around age 50. But everyone's body has its own time line. You may stop having periods in your mid-40s. Or you might have them well into...
- Policy changes are crucial for better opioid addiction treatment.
- Health Article description.Discusses tetanus, also called lockjaw. Looks at cause by bacteria infection that makes a poison that causes severe muscle spasms. Looks at how bacteria enter the body through wound or cut. Covers vaccine shots (immunizations) to prevent tetanus.
- Changing my career and becoming a therapist revealed ways our country can grow its mental health workforce.
- Health Article description.Your teen will need a complete evaluation to determine the level of substance use and the presence of other mental health or medical conditions. If you need to place your teen in a treatment program, look for one that uses evidence-based practices to treat substance use. Cost may also be an important factor to consider...
- Better public policies can help address the challenges. We encourage policymakers to focus on 4 key areas.
- Health Article description.A hearing (audiometric) test is part of an ear exam that tests how well a person is able to hear. It is done by measuring how well sound can reach the brain. The sounds we hear start as vibrations in the air around us. The vibrations make sound waves, which vibrate at a certain speed (frequency) and have a certain...
- Kaiser Permanente has opened a new Radiation Oncology Center at the Bellflower Medical Offices.
- Timely screenings save lives and lower costs, but millions of people miss out without insurance. Lawmakers can act to make coverage more affordable and accessible.
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