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Study Adds PCBs to List of Chemicals Linked to Autism
Researchers are exploring associations between environmental contaminants and autism, which affects 1 in 68 children in the U.S.
UCSF and Kaiser Permanente to Study Benefits and Harms of New and Older Blood-Thinning Drugs
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.
Heart Attacks Continue 15-Year Decline in Region
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.
Ethnicity Influences Decisions About Prostate Cancer Treatment According to a New Study
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.
Dementia’s Impact by Ethnicity to be Studied In California
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.
TPMG Adopts Recommended Preventive Procedure for Ovarian Cancer
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.
Annual Decline in Heart-Disease Death Rates in U.S. Flat Since 2011
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.
A Better Way to Predict Diabetes
An international team of researchers has discovered a new way to predict which women with gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes after delivery.
How Age Differences Between Siblings Can Affect Autism Risk
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.