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Study Shows Whole-Cell Vaccine was More Effective Than Acellular Vaccine During California Pertussis Outbreak
Whole-cell pertussis vaccines were more effective at protecting against pertussis than acellular pertussis vaccines during a large recent outbreak, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published in Pediatrics.
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Erectile Dysfunction More Common in Men Who Regularly Take Prescription Painkillers
Regularly taking prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, is associated with a higher risk of erectile dysfunction, according to a study published online today in the journal Spine.
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Fun and Friends Help Ease the Pain of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published today in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
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Black Women Have Higher Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis than White Women
Multiple sclerosis is more common in black women than in white women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the journal Neurology. The findings run contrary to the widely accepted belief that blacks are less susceptible to MS, according to the researchers.
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Visiting the Doctor Boosts Colon Cancer Screening Rates
Patients who visited their doctor for any reason were nearly six times more likely to get screened for colon cancer compared to those who didn't visit their doctor, according to a study funded by the National Cancer Institute and published online today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
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Kaiser Permanente Colorado Study on Health360
Uncontrolled high blood pressure, or hypertension, affects approximately 1 in 3 adults. In 2008 it was listed as a primary or contributing cause of death for nearly 350,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The good news is that a recent Kaiser Permanente Research study found that patients can benefit from using online tools to measure and track their blood pressure from home.
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Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Varied Reasons Why Patients Do Not Fill their Initial Statin Prescriptions
Patients who do not fill their first prescription for cholesterol-lowering statins give a wide range of reasons for not doing so, including perceived concerns about the medication, a fear of side-effects and a decision to try lifestyle modifications instead of prescription medication, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in The American Journal of Managed Care.
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Nearly 30 Percent of Women Fail to Pick Up New Prescriptions for Osteoporosis, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds
Nearly 30 percent of women failed to pick up their bisphosphonate prescriptions, a medication that is most commonly used to treat osteoporosis and similar bone diseases, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published this week in the journal Osteoporosis International. The failure to pick up these newly prescribed medications, called primary nonadherence, can lead to an increased risk of fractures for these patients.
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Varicella Vaccine has Long-Term Effectiveness Against Chicken Pox
Chicken pox, the childhood affliction of earlier generations, has been largely neutralized by the varicella vaccine, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, which appears in the current online issue of Pediatrics.
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Adults with Diabetes and Limited Health Literacy Less Likely to Adhere to Prescribed Antidepressants
Adult patients with diabetes who don't understand basic health information are significantly less likely to take newly prescribed antidepressant medication, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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