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Back to Health Dashboard- 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...
- Equal medical care is not enough to end disparities in health outcomes.
- 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...
- With the right strategies and public policies, we can strengthen our nation’s health system by focusing on this critical part of the workforce.
- Discusses polycystic ovary syndrome, a problem in which female hormones are out of balance. Discusses PCOS early symptoms like heavy bleeding or facial hair. Also covers more serious symptoms like miscarriages or infertility. Includes info on treatment.
- Better public policies can help address the challenges. We encourage policymakers to focus on 4 key areas.
- Covers eating healthy foods when you have COPD. Offers tips to make eating easier and help you get necessary nutrition.
- At Kaiser Permanente, we educate future clinicians and offer programs that bring new health care professionals into our communities. We urge policymakers to take action to grow the health care workforce.
- 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...
- Advanced medical science improves patient outcomes. We urge lawmakers to continue providing full support for research funding and the agencies that lead research.
- 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...
- A statement from chair and chief executive Greg A. Adams on the importance of this recently passed legislation.
- When thousands of women industrial workers, often called “Rosies,” joined the Kaiser shipyards, they received care that helped them adjust to their new jobs.
- 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...
- Health care takes root in Oakland, California.
- 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...
- With the right policies and partnerships, artificial intelligence can lead to higher-quality, more equitable care.
- 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.
- To meaningfully improve health equity, we must shift our focus to outcomes and integrate social health into quality measurement.
- 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.
- Paul de Kruif, microbiologist and writer, provides early accounts of Kaiser Permanente's health plan during World War II.
- 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...
- Early women workers at the Kaiser shipyards diversified home front World War II defense industries and the American workforce.
- 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...
- Championing health equity and teamwork drives Kaiser Permanente’s support for Special Olympics athletes.
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