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Back to Health Dashboard- The founding of Kaiser Permanente's concept of prepaid health care in the 1930s.
- Health Article description.Covers how you can start eating healthier. Looks at making small changes toward healthier eating habits. Offers advice on dealing with barriers to healthy eating. Includes how healthy eating can help lower your risk for disease.
- Nari Gopala, Kaiser Permanente’s chief digital officer, answers 3 questions about how we’re giving members better, easier ways to get and manage their care.
- Greg A. Adams, chair and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente, received the Dreamer Award for advancing equity.
- Health Article description.Explains what stress is, what causes it, and how it affects you. Covers how to measure your stress level. Explores ways to relieve, avoid, and manage stress. Includes tips on finding support for reducing stress.
- On July 21, 1945, Henry J. Kaiser and Dr. Sidney Garfield offered the health plan to the public, changing how families experienced preventive and integrated care.
- Health Article description.As soon as you think you might be pregnant, visit your doctor or midwife. Your health in the early weeks of your pregnancy is particularly important. During your pregnancy, you'll have regular checkups. These prenatal visits can help you have a safe and healthy pregnancy. Your doctor or midwife is watching for problems...
- Kaiser Permanente International designs, develop, and test a remote health care delivery system as part of a NASA program for long-duration, manned space missions.
- Health Article description.Provides questions to help you learn why you use tobacco. Discusses the benefits of quitting and offers strategies for quitting. Explains nicotine dependence and offers link to info on nicotine replacement therapy.
- Health Article description.Discusses causes and symptoms like sadness and feelings of helplessness. Covers related illnesses like bipolar disorder and SAD. Looks at treatment with medicines, counseling, and lifestyle choices. Discusses suicidal thoughts and when to call a doctor.
- Dr. Leonard Rubin and Sam Sapin pioneered and piloted new quality assessment methods, creating the foundation for assessing today's quality of care.
- Health Article description.Defines fitness and why you need to exercise. Covers topics such as flexibility, aerobic fitness, and muscle fitness. Offers tips on becoming more active, establishing fitness routines, and maintaining a fit lifestyle. Also covers injury prevention.
- When polio epidemics erupted, pioneering treatments by Dr. Herman Kabat improved quality of life and care for patients nationwide.
- Health Article description.Describes complementary and alternative medicine, including how well it works and how to use it safely. Provides links to various therapies, including homeopathy, yoga, acupuncture, and chiropractic.
- Get answers to your MyChart questions and learn more about how to manage your health online with the MyChart platform.
- Celebrating the life of a pioneering pediatrician who inspired the baby in a drawer.
- Health Article description.Offers tips to prevent illness and accidental injuries in babies and young children. Covers SIDS. Discusses common safety hazards. Also discusses healthy habits such as safe food preparation, using car seats, and immunizations. Covers safe baby products.
- Health Article description.Children in this age range are gaining many new skills. They feel more and more independent. They may be curious, want to explore the world around them, and act without thinking. At this age, children see everything that happens as it relates to...
- Learn about our rich legacy of scientific research that spurred revolutionary developments in American health care.
- Health Article description.Children usually move in natural, predictable steps as they grow and develop language, cognitive, social, and sensory and motor skills. But each child gains skills at their own pace. It's common for a child to be ahead in one area, such as language,
- Harold Willson, an employee, and an advocate for accessible transportation, helped make public transportation usable for the physically disabled.
- Learn about COVID-19 care and treatment options. Get tips on recovering at home, managing symptoms, when to see a doctor, and more from Kaiser Permanente.
- Health Article description.Make sure you know about each of the medicines you take. This includes why you take it, how to take it, what you can expect while you're taking it, and any warnings about the medicine. The information provided here is general. So be sure to read...
- Health Article description.Make sure you know about each of the medicines you take. This includes why you take it, how to take it, what you can expect while you're taking it, and any warnings about the medicine. The information provided here is general. So be sure to read...
- The California Studies Association presents the Carey McWilliams Award to Betty Soskin for her contributions at the Kaiser shipyards.
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