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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.

PASADENA, Calif. - Obesity is associated with an increased risk of fall and winter asthma episodes in adults with asthma, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. - The American Heart Association recommends that decision-makers support and expand opportunities for physical activity through shared use of school facilities and playgrounds.

PASADENA, Calif. – The impact of bariatric surgery on risk factors for cardiovascular disease depends on a variety of factors, including the type of surgery, sex of the patient, ethnic background, and pre-surgery body mass index, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Annals of Surgery.  Researchers examined the electronic health records of more ...

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 youths ...

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 ...

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 ...