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Back to Health Dashboard- A Kaiser Permanente program connects patients experiencing homelessness to permanent housing and help for life’s problems.
- What is hyperactivity when a person has ADHD? Hyperactivity refers to inappropriate or excessive activity for a person's age or situation. Hyperactivity is not always a continuous behavior, as is often assumed. A person who has ADHD with hyperactivity as the main symptom may only sometimes be overactive. If a person has...
- Kaiser Permanente applauds Supreme Court decision to protect gay and transgender employees from workplace discrimination.
- Healthy, satisfying sex is very important for relationships. And the fear of having sex because of back pain can be a big problem. If your sex life has suffered because of back pain, take heart. Many people have faced this problem. And there are steps you can take to deal with it. Talk to your doctor. This can be hard...
- Kaiser Permanente’s new Center for Gun Violence Research and Education announces $1.3 million in grants.
- Discusses benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Distinguishes between dizziness and a feeling of spinning (vertigo). Covers how it is diagnosed. Discusses treatment with head exercises (Epley and Semont maneuvers) and medicines.
- Organizations that provide public mental health crisis services must work together with health care organizations to care for people in need.
- Covers ways to exercise and stay active with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Explains that exercise makes muscles stronger and may improve shortness of breath. Provides step-by-step instructions and photos for how to do upper and lower body exercises.
- CityHealth’s 2023 Annual Policy Assessment awards cities for their policies to improve health and address key issues like affordable housing and green space in communities.
- For the first day or two of back pain, take it easy. Being less active and avoiding movements that hurt might be enough to help your back feel better. As soon as you can, ease back into your normal routine. Lying down or sitting for too long can make back pain worse. If you must sit for long periods of time, take...
- The nation’s leading value-based health care enterprise provided high-quality, affordable care and coverage in alignment with its not-for-profit mission.
- Learn how to conserve your energy when doing daily activities.
- Kaiser Permanente’s statement on vaccine access.
- Whether a person develops osteoporosis depends on the thickness of the bones (bone density) in early life, as well as health, diet, and physical activity later in life. Things that increase your risk for osteoporosis include: Your age. Bones...
- $60M joint investment with LISC and $40M in grants will support businesses led by Black and other underrepresented groups, address trauma.
- A collaborative partnership, powered by trusted nonprofit partners, brings targeted medical and dental care to underserved communities in Oregon.
- Offers tips for easing constipation and hemorrhoids during pregnancy.
- Kaiser Permanente backs national efforts to ban flavored tobacco.
- Draining mucus from the lungs and coughing it up can help to clear the lungs. Doing this every day can help your child maintain lung function and avoid problems from mucus. Here are three ways to help clear your child's lungs. You may hear these called airway clearance techniques, or ACT. Postural drainage uses certain...
- Groundbreaking male students diversify the Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing for the first time.
- A family member or friend could give you a massage. Or you could get a professional massage. In either case, there are things you can do to help make sure that the massage is safe. If you get a professional massage, tell your massage therapist that you are pregnant. Be sure that your massage therapist has special...
- She is the oldest national park ranger in the country with a legacy of representing Black shipyard workers on the home front.
- She served as a role model and inspiration to the women physicians and Asian American physicians and Kaiser Permanente employees who would follow.
- The health care industry is responsible for 8% to 10% of harmful emissions in the United States.
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