Topic: Kaiser Permanente

Doctor-Pharmacist Teams Boost Blood Pressure Control

High blood pressure is better controlled by doctor-pharmacist teams working hand-in-hand than by doctors and pharmacists working alone, a new study ...

E-mailing doctors improves care

People with diabetes or hypertension, or both, who e-mail their physicians about the ups and downs of their test results and other aspects of their...
The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has released a report showing how mobile technology can improve people's health and reduce health-care...

Floored!

Hospitals have higher expectations for new flooring these days. They want slip-resistant, natural-looking, soft and easy-to-clean materials...

Kaiser Permanente's Innovation on the Front Lines

Chris McCarthy shows up for an early-morning interview wearing raspberry-colored scrubs. Later he ll head to one of Kaiser Permanente s Bay Area...
The vagina. It's one of our most precious parts—so why don't we talk it up more? Sure, we'll swap notes with girlfriends about the size or sag of...

Pregnant women given OK to drink a coffee a day

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Pregnant women need no longer give up their morning cup of coffee.A research review by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had found that moderate caffeine consumption probably won't increase the risk of a mi
Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals.Among the beneficiaries, according to lobbyists and congressional aides, are Kaiser Permanente, the giant Ca
<div id="subtitle">Calif. attorney general seeks financial records from 7 health insurers over premium increasesCalifornia Attorney General Jerry Brown subpoenaed financial records from the state's seven largest health insurance companies Thursday,
<div id="subtitle">Autopsy performed on 1-year-old Japanese boy who went into cardiac arrest on flight to HawaiiAn autopsy has been performed on a 1-year-old Japanese boy who went into cardiac arrest aboard a flight about an hour before it landed at