Total Health

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Frequent hot flashes linked to diabetes

Kaiser Permanente San Leandro welcomes the first 2025 baby

Eating more plants, less meat cuts heart attack risk

Words of wisdom from a 100-year-old

Babies who struggled in the ICU now celebrate life

Younger adults benefit from new colon cancer screening guidelines

Heart-healthy diet shows benefit in breast cancer survivors

Warm, compassionate care helps teen thrive

Get your flu and COVID-19 shots together, now

Menopause: What you need to know

A flu shot during surgery can nix needle trauma

Making care for older patients a top priority

Missing meals raises health risks for older adults with diabetes

New mom classes answer all your breastfeeding questions and more

Back in the game

Research suggests tie between hypertension, fibroids

Over a decade, more than 300,000 Kaiser Permanente smokers quit

Neighborhoods may play a role in gestational diabetes

Significant increases in syphilis cases

Cooking up a new medical school course

Keeping kids water-safe this summer

Kaiser Permanente helps pregnant mom quit drugs and alcohol

‘The new aha’: Connecting childhood obesity to heart disease

A vending machine that helps prevent fatal overdoses

After summer, get ready for more-than-just-flu season

Pharmacists help treat serious mental health disorders

Probing the link between depression and heart trouble

Checking on a baby’s heart during pregnancy

Alcohol tied to increased heart disease risk

Childhood trauma may increase depression, anxiety in pregnancy

A weight-loss win with wellness coaching

The more you move, the better your heart is

Care team helps young patient attend Taylor Swift concert

Protecting people from infectious diseases

Esophageal cancer patient hopeful after year of treatment

Study finds more depression among new moms in certain neighborhoods

Safeguard against winter illnesses

You survived a heart attack. Now what?

Newborns get a head start on breastfeeding with donated milk

people gathering

Avoiding a holiday heart attack

Pregnant patients seek understanding, respect on cannabis

man with wetsuit

Putting muscle behind IRONMAN California

woman gets shot

Updated COVID-19 vaccine is here. Get protected.

woman with wine

Drinking alcohol not likely to increase risk of a breast cancer recurrence

getting a shot

Flu is coming. Now is the time to get protected.

Protecting the hearts of young athletes

Stopping opioid overdoses, no questions asked

Managing heart health in the extreme heat

Getting motivated to prevent heart attacks

E-visits expand access to women’s health

5 easy ways to reduce heart disease risk

Lasting lifestyle changes after heart attack

Confronting childhood events to foster healthy adults

Lung cancer surprises a population

Clinical trials expand options for patients with heart problems

Friendship is good medicine

Depressed after baby comes: When to ask for help

New urgency to maintain healthy weight during pregnancy

As child immunization rates fall, pediatricians ramp up efforts

A conversation about pregnancy and women’s heart health

Medication, surgery now recommended for some severely obese children

Smoking increases risk of bladder cancer recurrence

Cancer patient shares recipe for happiness

Mentally readying for retirement

Projections for COVID-19 in 2023

Bringing magic moments

When you’re feeling SAD

Respiratory viruses prompt urgent appeal to vaccinate, mask

The definition of giving: hospice volunteers

Make a colorful holiday recipe for the whole family

Rapid flu spike in Northern California a reminder to get vaccine

Give the holiday gift of yourself

Now is the time to get a flu shot

Community garden promotes Plants Over Pills

Childhood vaccines now more important than ever

Kicking unhealthy pandemic habits

Getting a flu vaccine could save your life

5 tips for empty nesters

Building resilience in the face of wildfires

Mental wellness is a game changer in sports

Meditation 101

Readying for wildfires

3 Tips for Staying Sun Safe

‘Eat the rainbow’ with a summer salade Niçoise

Two women hiking

7 Tips for healthy summer travel

The loss of language: Aphasia explained

Get the better of your anger

Help for drug and alcohol addiction

Dismantling mental health stigma

Advanced prostate cancer jumps nationwide, prompting outreach

Sage advice on battling seasonal allergies

Kaiser Permanente expands at-home colorectal cancer screening

The doctor says: Read to your kids

Finding emotional strength while coexisting with COVID-19

Nurse giving a vaccination to a man in his home

Picturing 2 years of pandemic

Cancer survivor’s song of life

Reshape your body image with self-love

Hit the slopes safely this winter

New artwork creates warm welcome in Berkeley pediatric office