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- Children's language development is likely to progress faster when they are often given the chance to interact with both children and adults. Children who often play with others who are about the same age usually gain expressive language skills...
- Rebuilt Oakland Medical Center to open for business.
- Steady employment can improve a person's health and well-being. Our new partnership connects young people to in-demand jobs.
- A neural tube defect (NTD) is a birth defect that occurs when the spine, the brain, or the bone and skin that protect them do not develop properly. Neural tube defects can be found with prenatal tests, such as ultrasound and amniocentesis. The neural tube is the part of a developing fetus that grows into the spinal cord...
- All 39 of our participating hospitals receive top marks again for welcoming and inclusive care, employment practices, and community engagement.
- Newsweek names Kaiser Permanente as the nation’s best for customer service, competence, and accessibility.
- When should you start toilet training your child? Your child must be both physically and emotionally ready for toilet training. Most children are ready to start when they are between 22 and 30 months of age, but every child is different. Toilet training usually becomes a long and frustrating process if you try to start...
- Readers of The Olympian voted their Kaiser Permanente location as the best urgent care or walk-in facility.
- Children of all ages are exposed to ideas about thinness by parents, peers, and other sources. Starting in grade school, children may become more aware of body image as they compare themselves to others. Adolescents often become extremely concerned about their bodies and their weight. This is understandable since...
- Kaiser Permanente is recognized for consistently high-quality patient care, patient safety, and service.
- Try the following comfort measures if your baby is hospitalized. Stay with your child, or visit often. Hold or touch your child. This will help your child get well, and it will make you feel better. It will also help you be more comfortable caring for your child when it's time to return home. Talk to your child. Take...
- What are temper tantrums? If you have a young child, you probably know what temper tantrums are. Experts define them as sudden, unplanned displays of anger or other emotions. During a tantrum, children often whine, cry, or scream. They may also swing their arms and legs wildly or hold their breath. Anyone can have...
- Kaiser Permanente hospitals were again recognized by the American Heart Association for excellence in stroke care.
- If your child is facing a hospital stay, you want to do all you can to make the hospital less strange and frightening. Fear of the unknown can be worse than fear of the known, so letting your child know what to expect will go a long way toward lowering fear and stress. Here are some things to try: Talk to your child...
- From coordinating community groups to the World War II home front, Millie Cutting's resilience overcame the health plan’s early challenges.
- To build healthy self-esteem, all children need to feel that they can do at least one thing very well. Many times, though, a child's special talent is overlooked because it's not an area that is recognized at school or elsewhere. Parents can discover their children's special talents by providing varied experiences and...
- Learn about our approach to cardiovascular health and how our cardiologists care for members who experience heart disease, congestive heart failure, and more.
- Weaning is the process of switching your baby from breastfeeding to bottle-feeding, or from a breast or bottle to a cup or solid foods. Weaning usually works best when it is done gradually over several weeks, months, or even longer. There is no right or wrong time to wean. It depends on how ready you and your baby are...
- Dr. Ian C. Macmillan's book provides a history of Kaiser Permanente and medical care in Oregon and Washington since the 1940s.
- Division of responsibility is a way of feeding children that takes the battle out of meal times and helps children stay in touch with their internal hunger gauge. From birth until your child is between 6 months and 1 year old: You are responsible for what your child eats. Your child is responsible for how much and how...
- We personalize cancer care for each patient using advanced treatments, technologies, and clinical trials.
- Learn about common behaviors and problem behaviors in teens.
- See how our skilled cardiologists treat heart attacks, heart failure, and other cardiac events — and how they help members manage their heart health.
- Habits are hard to break. That's why the sooner in life we build good, healthy habits, the easier it is to keep them and stay as healthy as possible. And when good habits are in place, it's easier to resist bad ones. The most important thing to remember is that you are your child's role model. Your habits affect your...
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