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Yearly News Archives: 2013

News Archives

  • Research into Shingles is Key to Prevention

    November 14, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Hung Fu Tseng, PhD, MPH, of the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research & Evaluation, has been on the leading edge of research into the safety and effectiveness of the shingles vaccine. The findings of the research are helping to overcome patients? reluctance to getting vaccinated against the painful disease. And the research is continuing.

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  • Weight at Time of Diagnosis Linked to Prostate Cancer Mortality

    November 1, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif.  – Men who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than men who are of healthy weight, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. In patients with more aggressive forms of prostate cancer, the

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  • Overweight Children Face High Risk of Hypertension

    October 10, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – High body weight in children and adolescents is strongly associated with the likelihood of hypertension, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.  Researchers found that young people who are overweight are twice as likely as their normal-weight peers to have hypertension; moderately obese

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  • Automated Phone Calls Improve Blood Pressure Control

    September 16, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Patients who received automated telephone calls inviting them to get their blood pressure checked at a walk-in clinic were more likely to have controlled hypertension than patients who did not receive calls, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. The researchers studied 64,773 adult members

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  • Overweight and Obese Children Are More Likely to Develop Asthma

    August 7, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Overweight and obese children are more likely to develop asthma, and they experience more frequent and severe episodes of asthma than their normal-weight peers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The relationship between obesity and asthma is strongest in girls between ages 6 and 10 years

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  • Rate of Chorioamnionitis More than Doubled since 1995

    June 6, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – The incidence of chorioamnionitis – an infection of the amniotic fluid, fetal membranes and placental tissues, and one of the most frequent causes of preterm birth and infant illness – more than doubled between 1995 and 2010, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in the International Journal of

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  • Black Women Have Higher Incidence of MS than White Women

    May 6, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Multiple sclerosis is more common in black women than in white women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Neurology. The findings run contrary to the widely accepted belief that blacks are less susceptible to MS, according to the researchers.  Researchers examined the electronic health records of more

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  • Patients Do Not Fill Initial Statin Prescriptions for Varied Reasons

    April 23, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Patients who do not fill their first prescription for cholesterol-lowering statins give a wide range of reasons for not doing so, including perceived concerns about the medication, a fear of side-effects and a decision to try lifestyle modifications instead of prescription medication, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in

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  • Women are taking more antidiabetic mediations before and during pregnancy

    January 30, 2013

    The use of antidiabetic medications, such as insulin and metformin, before and during pregnancy increased from 2001 through 2007, according to a study published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. Dr. Jean M. Lawrence, ScD, MPH, MSSA, of Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation led the study.  The research team investigated 437,950

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  • Childhood Diagnosis of ADHD Increased Dramatically over Nine-Year Period

    January 21, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – The rate of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder rose dramatically between 2001 and 2010, with non-Hispanic white children having the highest diagnosis rates, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics (formerly Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine). The study also showed there was a 90

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  • Changes in PSA Levels over Time can Help Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancer

    January 15, 2013

    PASADENA, Calif. – Measurements taken over time of prostate specific antigen, the most commonly used screening test for prostate cancer in men, improve the accuracy of aggressive prostate cancer detection when compared to a single measurement of PSA, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the British Journal of Urology International. The retrospective

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