So far, 1,200 families are helping Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Division of Research build the Autism Family Biobank to study risk factors and manifestations of autism. Families can sign up at autismfamilybiobank.kp.org or call 866-279-0733.
Researchers are exploring associations between environmental contaminants and autism, which affects 1 in 68 children in the U.S.
UCSF and TPMG’s Division of Research received major funds for a study comparing the effectiveness of blood-thinning medications that prevent clots in the veins and lungs.
There was a 40 percent reduction in all types of heart attacks across Kaiser Permanente in Northern California from the peak in 2000 through 2014, the most recently studied year.
A new study of more than 2,200 patients with low risk prostate cancer in an ethnically and economically diverse population revealed that ethnicity influences the decision to switch from observation only to active treatment.
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research will partner with the University of California, Davis, Alzheimer's Disease Center to undertake state-of-the-art brain imaging and cognitive testing of study participants, with funding from the National Institute on Aging.
A surgical procedure recommended to reduce the future risk of ovarian cancer has been successfully implemented throughout Kaiser Permanente in Northern California without a change in surgical outcomes.
After more than a decade of steady improvements, the decline in mortality rates from heart disease and stroke has slowed nationally and nearly leveled out since 2011, according to a new analysis from Kaiser Permanente published in JAMA Cardiology.
An international team of researchers has discovered a new way to predict which women with gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes after delivery.
Second-born children who are conceived sooner than two years or later than six years after the arrival of their older sibling have a substantially increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal Pediatrics.
