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Back to Health Dashboard- After a diagnosis for a rare type of blood cancer, Marla Marriott got high-quality care from a team of Kaiser Permanente cancer specialists.
- Medicare is health insurance that the United States government provides for people ages 65 and older. It also covers some people younger than 65 who have disabilities and people who have long-term (chronic) kidney failure who need dialysis or a transplant. Medicare helps pay for most hospital services and doctor visits...
- Kaiser Permanente excels in preventing, detecting, and treating kidney disease.
- Your stroke rehab team will include doctors and nurses who specialize in stroke rehab, as well as other professionals. Each team member will help you in specific ways. The team may include the following professionals. Rehab doctor A rehab doctor is a specialist in charge of your rehab program. The doctor may also work...
- After a life-threatening series of heart attacks at age 57, Bunnell Fockler found critical healing support from a cardiac social worker.
- The heart has four chambers. The two upper chambers are called atria (the right atrium and the left atrium), and the two lower chambers are called ventricles. Normally, the heartbeat starts in the right atrium in a group of special heart cells called the sinoatrial (or sinus) node. These cells act as a pacemaker for the...
- Ed Dalmasso needed an aortic valve replacement. His care team provided a much less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery.
- Learn about peripheral nerve blocks, how they're done, and what the risks are.
- A team of specialists treats an expecting mother’s cancer while keeping her growing baby safe.
- The teen years may be the hardest time for young people with diabetes and their parents. Normal teen behaviors include going to bed late, sleeping late, and eating meals at varying times. These behaviors combined with the normal cycle of rapid growth spurts and periods of slow growth make it hard to keep a teen's blood...
- Care teams at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center helped Phillip Crawford survive an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Now he and his wife are traveling the world.
- Explains aggressive behavior in young children, how to deal with it, and when to get help.
- Kaiser Permanente — Henry J. Kaiser’s sole remaining institutional legacy — follows good business practices in hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce.
- A viral load test measures how much HIV is in the blood. It's first measured when you're diagnosed with HIV. This serves as the baseline. Future measurements are compared with it. With treatment, the viral load should go down. Within a few months, there should be very little virus in your blood.
- From diagnosis to recovery, David Parsons, MD, shares how screening, treatment, and early intervention can save lives.
- Learn tips for how to help a young child understand consent.
- The prestigious Magnet® designation affirms the compassion, dedication, and technical expertise that goes into the care we provide for patients and their families.
- Ophthalmologists are medical doctors (MDs) who specialize in eye care. Ophthalmology is a surgical subspecialty. Ophthalmologists are licensed by state medical boards to practice medicine and are usually board-certified in ophthalmology. Ophthalmologists are certified to: Diagnose and treat all forms of eye disease...
- People with diabetes are more likely to have heart disease.
- Pain medicine works better when the pain first starts, before it gets too bad. A patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump lets you give yourself pain medicine when you need it. This gives you more control of your pain relief. The PCA pump contains your pain medicine. Usually that medicine is morphine, but other pain...
- Virtual cardiac rehab helped Mike Kelly heal at home after a life-threatening heart event. He regained his strength and his sense of adventure.
- Who is at risk for depression during pregnancy? If you had depression before you became pregnant, you're more likely to have it during your pregnancy. Or you may have it for the first time when you're pregnant. Depression during pregnancy may also be more likely if you have anxiety or more stress in your life or lack...
- A new care option offers a mix of in-person and virtual visits, supported by an at-home toolkit.
- Family meetings are regularly scheduled times when family members get together to share feelings, discuss concerns, and solve problems. Since all members participate, these meetings help build cooperation and responsibility. Family meetings help members to work together and: Make decisions that affect the family as a...
- In Henry J. Kaiser’s shipyards, workers were judged by their abilities, not their disabilities. That spirit lives on today in Kaiser Permanente’s diverse workforce.
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