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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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Black, Hispanic, and Asian patients have higher rates of end-stage renal disease than white patients due in part to faster kidney function decline and in part because they were more likely to survive, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published today in the print edition of the American Journal of ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Boys are more likely to receive the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) if their mothers receive flu shots or Pap screenings, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the American Journal of Public Health.  The study examined the electronic health records of more than 250,000 boys aged 9 to 17 years enrolled ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. – The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in Vaccine.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PCV13 for use beginning in 2010 after a series of ...