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Back to Health Dashboard- What is pain? Pain is your body's way of warning you that something may be wrong. Pain can affect your emotions as well as your body. For example, if you put your hand on a hot stove, the pain lets you know right away that you're hurt and need to protect yourself. Pain can also make you feel irritable, anxious, or...
- Kaiser Permanente is actively partnering to expand the physician career pipeline and support the next generation of medical professionals.
- Discusses causes of lung cancer, including smoking and exposure to asbestos or radon. Covers symptoms and how lung cancer is diagnosed. Covers treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Includes info on palliative care.
- 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.
- Looks at illness that causes extreme mood swings, ranging from mania (feeling overly energetic) to depression. Also called manic-depressive disorder. Covers treatment with counseling and medicines like mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and antidepressants.
- Discusses allergic rhinitis. Covers common immediate and chronic symptoms. Looks at what increases risk. Covers treatment options. Offers prevention and treatment tips.
- Briefly discusses common causes that make a young baby or child cry. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
- Kaiser Permanente increases access to mental health services in Southern California.
- Briefly discusses the warning signs of suicide and describes the risk factors for suicide. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Offers tips on how to get help.
- The programs help people without housing recover after hospital stays. With our support, a new certification process is raising the standard of care.
- Briefly discusses signs of the body losing too much fluid through diarrhea, vomiting, sweating, or exercise. Also covers dehydration in babies, small children, and older adults. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
- Our investment in the Watts neighborhood of California, in partnership with Neighborhood Youth Achievers, reflects our commitment to holistic community well-being.
- Over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are medicines you can buy without a doctor's prescription. This doesn't mean that OTC medicines are harmless. Like prescription medicines, OTCs can be very dangerous for children if not taken the right way. Be sure to read the package instructions on OTC medicines carefully. Talk to your...
- With the COVID-19 public health emergency ending, states, community organizations, and health plans should partner to help people maintain Medicaid and other coverage.
- Briefly discusses common toe, foot, and ankle injuries caused during sports or recreational activities, work-related tasks, and work or projects around home. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
- A Kaiser Permanente program connects patients experiencing homelessness to permanent housing and help for life’s problems.
- Briefly discusses sudden injuries like meniscus tears and torn ligaments that cause knee pain. Covers injuries like bursitis and tendinitis caused by overuse. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
- Kaiser Permanente is confronting future health care staffing challenges by reaching out to our next generation.
- Covers how your thoughts can affect your mental and physical health. Offers tips on positive thinking, including having positive expectations.
- The Thriving Schools program helps educators and students in Colorado integrate social and emotional wellness into classrooms to build resilience.
- Guides through decision to take sleeping pills for insomnia. Explains what insomnia is and how sleeping pills can help. Lists reasons for and against taking sleeping pills. Covers risks. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
- With the right strategies and public policies, we can strengthen our nation’s health system by focusing on this critical part of the workforce.
- What is bulimia? Bulimia is a type of eating disorder. People with bulimia will eat a larger amount of food than most people would in a similar situation, in a short time (binge). Then they do something to prevent weight gain. They may vomit or use medicines like laxatives to get rid of food (purge). Or they may...
- Kaiser Permanente supports the ballot measure to expand and improve mental health care and addiction services statewide.
- Offers tips for people caring for someone chronically ill or disabled. Tips for caregivers include: take care of yourself, let the person do as much as he or she can, and ask for help.
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