People as young as 40 with borderline or high cholesterol levels are at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia, said a Kaiser Permanente study released Tuesday.
For years, hospitals have embodied a paradox.
The hospital where a California woman gave birth to octuplets in January has been fined $250,000 by the state because nearly two dozen medical workers, including doctors, illegally viewed her medical records, according to state health officials.
Everyone seems to think electronic health records are a great idea: going digital cuts down on paper storage, makes it easier to transfer patient information from one provider to another, and ultimately will enable the medical industry to create immense clinical databases. Electronic health records are a key component of the Obama Administration's stimulus plan, and dozens of corporations claim they are lined up to create more jobs when the government releases funds for digitizing medical files and other improvements to healthcare information technology.
Despite a cleft lip that can be repaired later, Jonah is "doing very well," his doctor tells PEOPLE
Fifteen employees were fired for improperly accessing medical records of Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, a Kaiser Permanente spokesman said Monday.
Nadya Suleman's brood welcomes sons Makai and Jeremiah on Thursday night
Hospital officials say it's "another important milestone" for Nadya Suleman and her brood
"I'm anxious, but I'm ready," Nadya Suleman tells PEOPLE as sons Noah and Isaiah head home
A weekend of packing, painting, cleaning – oh, and Disneyland – for Nadya Suleman
People as young as 40 with borderline or high cholesterol levels are at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia, said a Kaiser Permanente study released Tuesday.
For years, hospitals have embodied a paradox.
The hospital where a California woman gave birth to octuplets in January has been fined $250,000 by the state because nearly two dozen medical workers, including doctors, illegally viewed her medical records, according to state health officials.
Everyone seems to think electronic health records are a great idea: going digital cuts down on paper storage, makes it easier to transfer patient information from one provider to another, and ultimately will enable the medical industry to create immense clinical databases. Electronic health records are a key component of the Obama Administration's stimulus plan, and dozens of corporations claim they are lined up to create more jobs when the government releases funds for digitizing medical files and other improvements to healthcare information technology.
Despite a cleft lip that can be repaired later, Jonah is "doing very well," his doctor tells PEOPLE
Fifteen employees were fired for improperly accessing medical records of Nadya Suleman, the mother of octuplets, a Kaiser Permanente spokesman said Monday.
Nadya Suleman's brood welcomes sons Makai and Jeremiah on Thursday night
Hospital officials say it's "another important milestone" for Nadya Suleman and her brood
"I'm anxious, but I'm ready," Nadya Suleman tells PEOPLE as sons Noah and Isaiah head home
A weekend of packing, painting, cleaning – oh, and Disneyland – for Nadya Suleman
With the babies due home soon, an army of nurses plans for 64 feedings a day
Nadya Suleman says hospital getting ready to release her kids – two at a time
Doctors at the hospital say Nadya Suleman's children are making incremental progress
California mom introduces her eight babies – by name – on national TV
Nadya Suleman gives NBC first TV interview since expanding her brood to 14
The babies will remain at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California for several more weeks
In a case that's captured international attention, Nadia Suleman, the mother of six children, gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, California.
As more details of the mother who gave birth to octuplets come to light, ethicists are debating the moral quandaries involved.
A woman in California delivered what may be the nation's second live-born set of octuplets on Monday morning, surprising doctors who expected seven babies.
"My family and I are ecstatic about all of their arrivals," the anonymous mom says in a statement
The mother of a woman who gave birth on Monday to octuplets said her daughter already has six children at home and was undergoing fertility treatment.
She couldn't hold them yet, but was allowed to view them sleeping in their incubators
It was described as one of the most grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered: the bodies of five young children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home.
It took 52 medical professionals doing a "well-choreographed baby dance" to deliver the eight babies
California octuplets believed to be the nation's second live-born set were "doing very well" one day after their birth, and aside from some oxygen assistance, all the babies were breathing on their own, doctors said Tuesday.
Six boys and two girls were born Monday and are doing well, say doctors
Depressed moms-to-be are more likely than nondepressed women to have a preterm birth, and the worse their mood, the greater their risk, says a new study published in Human Reproduction. In fact, women in the study who were severely depressed during early pregnancy more than doubled their risk of giving birth to premature babies.
A new study shows that turning on a fan at night can protect infants from sudden unexplained death
Good chronic pain treatment can be hard to find. A chronic pain patient has every right to believe that his or her doctor will listen sympathetically and prescribe the appropriate treatment, but that is not always the reality.
A determined reporter -- and a new study -- suggest writing down the things you eat might keep you from overeating
Consultations: Dr. De-Kun Li of Kaiser Permanente on what pregnant women should know about caffeine
New research out Monday may have expecting moms rethinking their drinking habits.
We've heard for nearly a decade about the benefits of alcohol -- red wine in particular. It's good for your heart and may have other positive effects. In moderation, we thought, it's not only OK, but actually good for us.
A new report says gestational diabetes is strongly linked to childhood obesity -- but there's a lot you can do to treat the condition
Effecting change in most organizations, even in places with dynamic and omnipotent leaders, is a lot harder than most people think.
Bill Halcomb's three-times-a week sessions at a local dialysis center used to consume a total of 15 hours, depriving him of time to run his kidney patient website, Ihatedialysis.com.
Bill Halcomb's three-times-a week sessions at a local dialysis center used to consume a total of 15 hours, depriving him of time to run his kidney patient website, Ihatedialysis.com.
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"Customers' power just keeps increasing," says William Stavropoulos, CEO of Dow Chemical. In Dow's industry, as in many others, they have taken heartless advantage of overcapacity, but customers' p...
If you're among the millions of smokers who resolve to quit each New Year's Day, only to find yourself a few days later dejectedly puffing away, take heart. A revolution in medical understanding of...
CHALLENGE: Once a human-resources executive at Kaiser Permanente, Tracy Brown, 44, now earns $175,000 a year from her speeches and training seminars on improving workplace diversity. But she's stil...
GET READY FOR a pleasant shock: Runaway medical care spending has decelerated to a brisk walk. It could be down to a saunter in the next few years and might even stop and rest a bit -- without the ...
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MOST CURES for America's ruinous, $800-billion-a-year medical bill focus on changing our profligate insurance system, which encourages patients to consume -- and doctors to provide -- too much heal...
Q My husband and I recently moved to New Hampshire, where he is self-employed and I'm looking for work. We previously got our health care at group rates through Kaiser Permanente's HMO (I used to w...
Q I recently won a free trip for two to Hawaii from WOR-AM radio. The station intends to send me a 1099 income-reporting form for $3,500 -- supposedly the value of full coach air fare. But two trav...
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