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Sara Tartof, PhD, of @KPSCalResearch discusses with @medpagetoday the key findings of her recent RSV vaccine research, which was presented at the @IDWeekmtg annual meeting in Los Angeles.
https://t.co/n9NUoE2PRu
Dr. Annette Adams of @KPSCalResearch is the new president of @Join_ACE ! 🌟
She plans to enhance the group’s impact & value by invigorating committees, fostering greater engagement, & streamlining admissions & leadership succession.
We wish her all the best!
#ACE#KPResearch
We are pleased to welcome our newest scientist, Annette Regan, PhD, MPH! She is a perinatal and pediatric infectious disease epidemiologist with over 17 years of experience. Her research focuses on maternal, pediatric, and adult vaccines. #KPResearch
https://t.co/AOCxKh8OHs
Eating balanced portion sizes is important for a healthy diet. But when half-pound hamburgers and never-ending pasta are on the menu, portioning becomes more difficult. Deborah Cohen, MD, research scientist with @kpscalnews, discusses with @nytimes: https://t.co/fMi8oMiHyq
Congrats to Karen Coleman, @NancyGinMD & team on receiving a @PCORI funding award aimed at supporting the implementation of an effective weight loss program at 225 sites in California.
https://t.co/vz9BKVw8gL #KPResearch
New edition of IMPACT is out! It includes research about:
*Flu vaccines for seniors
*Flu vaccines for pregnant women
*Gay men and aging
*Best beta blockers for people with heart disease & CKD.
*Q&A with a urogynecologist who does research
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https://t.co/O0Ja2mKHK1
In a @nytimes article, Dr. Deborah Cohen of @KPSCalResearch likens the battle to shrink restaurant portion sizes to getting people to stop smoking.
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https://t.co/svCscUBwZ1
Monitoring of about 45,000 women who received flu vaccines in each of 2 successive pregnancies showed no increased risk of side effects or health issues from the vaccines. Study published today in @JAMANetworkOpen#KPResearch
https://t.co/3zqIoSNyfg
Lead author: Cheng-Wei “Charlie” Huang, MD, a hospitalist at the Los Angeles Medical Center.
Senior author: @JJSim008 John Sim, MD, a nephrologist at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
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A Kaiser Permanente Southern California study showed that 1 heart-failure med worked best among the 3 most commonly used to prevent illness and disease among patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure.
#KPResearch in journal of @ASNKidney
https://t.co/Kq8TNjyfTU
Gay men had shorter age-adjusted telomere length, which is a biomarker of aging, than straight men, according to a #KPResearch study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. @AmJEpi#telomere#aging
https://t.co/bgSCZz14jG
Learn how a failed chemistry exam led Dr. Robert Sallis, a sports medicine physician at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, to go into medicine, and then later to conduct research ...
@PermanenteDocs@KPLACounty#KPResearch
https://t.co/ppL3m29afd
High-dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines boosted protection against flu symptoms and hospitalization for seniors during the 2022-2023 flu season compared to the standard flu vaccine.
Study in @CIDJournal.
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https://t.co/3lL4kTjpXg
At Kaiser Permanente Southern California, our research stretches across many areas of human health. Check out our latest IMPACT newsletter for great examples of the broad range of studies we engage in. #KPResearch https://t.co/O0Ja2mKHK1