News

PASADENA Calif. — Hematuria, or blood in the urine, may trigger a battery of tests for urinary tract cancer that are invasive and can unnecessarily expose patients to radiation, yet the procedures contribute little to the diagnosis, according to a study by Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Department of Research & Evaluation published in the May issue ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Men who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs three times a day for more than three months are 2.4 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared to men who do not take those drugs regularly, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Urology. While previous research showed a trend ...

PASADENA Calif. – The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation has been selected for inclusion in the 10-center Mental Health Research Network, recently funded with a $10.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The five other Kaiser Permanente research centers included in the network are located in Northern California, ...

PASADENA Calif. – The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation has been awarded more than $3 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study for an additional five years, to 2015. SEARCH is a multi-center observational study that is nationally recognized as the largest and ...

Since joining SCPMG as Director of Research in 2006, Steven Jacobsen, MD, PhD, has grown the Research and Evaluation department from a staff 60 to 160. He aims to leverage the department’s unique strengths to produce high-quality research that can translate into better patient care. PQ: What drew you to the Research & Evaluation department? Jacobsen: Very ...

OAKLAND, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente announced today that Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD, former associate director of RAND Health, has been named director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research. Elizabeth A. McGlynn, PhD, director of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research. The Center draws on over 400 Kaiser Permanente researchers ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Receiving the herpes zoster vaccine was associated with a 55 percent reduced risk of developing shingles, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 300,000 people that appears in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. STUDY HIGHLIGHTS There are more than 1 million episodes of shingles every year in the ...

PASADENA, Calif. – Cigarette smoking is widespread among children and young adults with diabetes yet few health care providers are counseling children and young adults with diabetes to not smoke or stop smoking, according to a new report from the SEARCH Study Group, published online in the Journal of Pediatrics. Children and young adults with diabetes ...