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Back to Health Dashboard- If your joints hurt when you do an activity, you can do a number of things to help yourself. Use the largest joints or strongest muscles to do things. When you lift a heavy object off the floor, use your hip and knee muscles, not your back. When you carry a bag of groceries, use the palm of your hand or your forearm...
- The Achievable Foundation recognized Kaiser Permanente for its work to improve the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- When you have too much mucus in your lungs, learning to clear your lungs may help you save energy and improve your breathing. It may also help prevent lung infections. Here are three ways to clear your lungs: Postural drainage Chest and back percussion Controlled coughing
- With medical-legal partnerships, we’re helping prevent evictions. Patients with safe places to call home can more easily focus on their basic health needs.
- Learn how to conserve your energy when doing daily activities.
- Kaiser shipyards in Oregon hired the first 2 female welders at equal pay as men during World War II.
- What is hyperactivity when a person has ADHD? Hyperactivity refers to inappropriate or excessive activity for a person's age or situation. Hyperactivity is not always a continuous behavior, as is often assumed. A person who has ADHD with hyperactivity as the main symptom may only sometimes be overactive. If a person has...
- New nonprofit accelerates value-based care with leading community-based health systems to deliver high-quality, equitable health outcomes.
- Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Provides step-by-step instructions and photos for how to do upper and lower body exercises.
- The 2023 Kaiser Permanente Southern California Community Health County Snapshots highlight our commitment to fostering healthier communities.
- Healthy, satisfying sex is very important for relationships. And the fear of having sex because of back pain can be a big problem. If your sex life has suffered because of back pain, take heart. Many people have faced this problem. And there are steps you can take to deal with it. Talk to your doctor. This can be hard...
- We must do more to prevent gun violence and educate on its health implications in our society.
- Learn about tools to help with daily tasks when you have pain and stiffness.
- New regional president brings broad health plan experience to the region.
- For the first day or two of back pain, take it easy. Being less active and avoiding movements that hurt might be enough to help your back feel better. As soon as you can, ease back into your normal routine. Lying down or sitting for too long can make back pain worse. If you must sit for long periods of time, take...
- Health care takes root in Oakland, California.
- Discusses benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Distinguishes between dizziness and a feeling of spinning (vertigo). Covers how it is diagnosed. Discusses treatment with head exercises (Epley and Semont maneuvers) and medicines.
- Kaiser Permanente and the California Department of Managed Health Care reach a settlement agreement over improvements to mental health care.
- Caring for your ostomy is an important part of maintaining your quality of life. You will need to: Empty your pouch as needed. Some pouches can be drained and reused. Other pouches are closed and must be thrown away after each use. Replace your pouching system as needed (usually every 3 to 7 days). This may include...
- Fair360 names Kaiser Permanente to its Top 50 Hall of Fame for the seventh year in a row.
- Whether a person develops osteoporosis depends on the thickness of the bones ( bone density ) in early life, as well as health, diet, and physical activity later in life. Things that increase your risk for osteoporosis include: Your age. Bones naturally become thinner as you get older. Having gone through menopause...
- Good communication is key to good health. During Kaiser Permanente’s 75th year, we reflect on the importance of providing care in a patient’s preferred language.
- Healthy people need a healthy planet. Nine of our employees share how our changing environment affects them and their communities — and what they do to fight back.
- Mobile dental and medical clinics are now available for uninsured individuals and communities of color in the Northwest.
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