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Back to Health Dashboard- Women who worked in the Kaiser shipyards helped lay the groundwork for a new era of greater employment opportunities and child care options.
- Health Article description.Looks at a surgery for glaucoma typically used after a trabeculectomy has failed. Covers how it is done and what to expect after surgery. Also covers risks and how well it works.
- These are answers to some common questions from members about getting care at Kaiser Permanente.
- Health Article description.Recombinant zoster (shingles) vaccine can prevent shingles. Shingles (also called herpes zoster, or just zoster) is a painful skin rash, usually with blisters. In addition to the rash, shingles can cause fever, headache, chills, or upset stomach. Rarely, shingles can lead to complications...
- Early women workers at the Kaiser shipyards diversified home front World War II defense industries and the American workforce.
- Health Article description.Resection is another name for any surgery that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection for colorectal cancer, also called partial colectomy, removes the tumor. To make sure that only healthy tissue is left, the doctor removes a small amount of healthy colon or rectum tissue on both sides of the tumor. The...
- The Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling and Learning Center started as a small program in 1967. Over time, it grew into a vital resource for children and families.
- Health Article description.Explains what a recall of a medical device is. Mentions that failure or recall of cardiac devices is rare. Covers the FDA classes of recall. Explains what to do if your cardiac device is recalled.
- The American Heart Association honors all 40 of our hospitals for following proven approaches to treatment and prevention.
- Health Article description.Covers surgery (osteotomy) to remove a wedge of bone near a damaged joint. Looks at why it is done and what to expect after surgery. Covers physical therapy. Includes info on how well it works and the risks of surgery.
- Health Article description.Discusses open surgery and endoscopic surgery to help relieve foot and heel pain from plantar fasciitis. Describes how it is done and what to expect after surgery. Covers how well it works and the risks.
- Our principles of diversity and our inclusive care began during World War II when our racially integrated hospitals delivered care to all Kaiser shipyard workers.
- Health Article description.Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) uses a special type of pacemaker called a biventricular pacemaker (say "by-ven-TRICK-yuh-ler") to treat heart failure. This pacemaker sends electrical pulses to make the ventricles pump at the same time. A biventricular pacemaker is implanted in the chest, and it connects to three...
- Health Article description.Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a type of heart failure. It happens when the heart's lower left chamber (left ventricle) doesn't pump blood out to the body as well as it should. It's sometimes called systolic heart failure. This is because your left ventricle doesn't squeeze forcefully enough...
- Kaiser Permanente — Henry J. Kaiser’s sole remaining institutional legacy — follows good business practices in hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- Participate in a study to help uncover the causes of cancer and how to prevent it.
- Health Article description.Rabies vaccine can prevent rabies. Rabies is mainly a disease of animals. Humans get rabies when they are bitten or scratched by infected animals. Human rabies is rare in the United States. Wild animals like bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes are the most common source of human rabies infection in the United…
- Kaiser Permanente’s adoption of disruptive technology in the 1970s sparked a health care revolution in diagnostics and recording.
- Health care takes root in Oakland, California.
- Proceeds from a new book detailing the history of the Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing will benefit today’s nursing students.
- The 1970s nurse-midwife movement transformed delivery practices.
- Forlorn and all but forgotten, it played a proud role during the World War II home front.
- Kaiser shipyards in Oregon hired the first 2 female welders at equal pay as men during World War II.
- Henry J. Kaiser's commitment to the diverse workforce on the home front represents timeless American values.
- Local Atlanta physicians built community relationships to start Kaiser Permanente Georgia.
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