The Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center in Oakland, California studied the impact of introducing the chickenpox vaccine and found that cases of chickenpox have significantly dropped since the vaccine was introduced in 1995.
This study found that there is an association between less severe kidney disease and cancer and may indicate the need for screening. More studies are necessary.
600 black patients at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center are enrolled in a study to reduce blood pressure. It’s working.
A new study from TPMG's Division of Research, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that women who gain too much or too little weight during pregnancy give birth to kids with an increased risk of childhood obesity.
Adult patients with diabetes who trust their provider and feel included in treatment decisions are more likely to take a newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to our study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
The study is the largest and the first in the United States to examine the relationship between detecting adenomas and the future risk of colorectal cancers.
KP and UCSF provided genetic data on 78,000 individuals — including 55 billion bits of discrete genetic data — to researchers worldwide through a National Institutes of Health database.
Our research showed that FIT Tests (fecal immunochemical tests) detect about 79 percent of colorectal cancers. FIT tests are much simpler than a colonoscopy. Patients only have to collect a single stool sample at home and then send it to a lab for analysis.
Implementation of electronic medical records across Kaiser Permanente Northern California during the mid-2000s was linked to a significant reduction in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among nearly 170,000 diabetes patients.
