Walks, Not Pills: Clinic Gives Hope to Patients with Chronic Pain
Drs. Sameer Awsare, and Benjamin Mandac, KP Santa Clara, discuss their pilot program that helps ween patients from addictive opioid medications and provides classes and other tools for coping with the pain of withdrawal.
New Kaiser Permanente Study Reveals an Increase in Marijuana Use During Pregnancy
Kelly Young-Wolff, PhD, KP Division of Research, and Nancy Goler, MD, discuss their study addressing the increase in maternal prenatal marijuana use, and how the results fill a critical data gap in understanding marijuana use among pregnant women.
Kaiser Permanente Study Shows New Program Cuts Stroke Treatment Time in Half
Drs. Vivek Rao, MD, Sunil Bhopale, MD, and Alexander Flint, MD describe how diagnosis and treatment times are cut in half by Kaiser’s “Stroke EXPRESS” carts, leading to greater outcomes for stroke victims.
Urban American-Indian and Alaskan Natives May Have Lower Survival Following Invasive Prostate and Breast Cancer
Laurel A. Habel, PhD discusses research from TPMG's Division of Research that finds urban American-Indian and Alaskan Native communities are more likely to have lower survival rates following invasive prostate and breast cancer.
Got Breast Milk? Take it to the Bank
Michele Evans, MD, a pediatrician at KP Roseville, spreads the word on the benefits of breastfeeding, while Mothers Milk Bank begins their milk drive helping neonatal medical teams in California save infant lives.
Indivior’s Experimental Drug to Fight Opioid Addiction is Approved by the US FDA
Laurel Habel, Ph.D, from TPMG's Division of Research, describes Indivior as a promising alternative to the current addiction medication and believes it will be helpful to patients.