Ensuring health access means serving those most in need of health care through forms of subsidized care and coverage and connecting people with wrap-around social services, healthy meals, affordable homes, safe playgrounds, and supportive schools.
What can you expect from your child at this age? 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 themselves. And they...
Innovative surgical recovery program helps breast cancer patients safely recover at home after a mastectomy. Learn how Kaiser Permanente supports home care.
Kaiser Permanente provides help and support for those who require long-term care or home health care, including skilled nursing and physical therapy at home.
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.
Kaiser Permanente is at the forefront of cervical cancer research. Find out how home tests for HPV — a leading cause of cervical cancer — help increase early detection.
What is premature (preterm) birth? Pregnancy normally lasts about 40 weeks. When delivery occurs between 20 and 37 weeks of pregnancy, it's called a preterm birth. A baby born early is called preterm (or premature). Preterm babies are sometimes called "preemies." Why is preterm birth a problem? When babies are born too...
Briefly discusses when feelings of sadness or anxiety may indicate need for treatment for depression. Explains emergency symptoms, like talk about suicide. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Offers tips to help with depression.
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.
Briefly discusses physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety. Covers anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and phobias. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Offers tips to help with anxiety.
Briefly discusses male genital problems and injuries. Looks at testicle, penis, and scrotum symptoms. Covers rashes and infections. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Kaiser Permanente opens medical offices and a new home for the Watts Counseling and Learning Center to bring next-level services to the Southern California community.
Briefly discusses various sleep problems of those 12 and older. Covers insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and restless leg syndrome. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
What is an environmental illness? An environmental illness can occur when you are exposed to toxins or substances in the environment that make you sick. These health hazards may be found where you live, work, or play. Maybe you have headaches that only occur on weekends. Or maybe you began to feel sick and got a rash...