Hypertension and Heart Health: Experts Discuss Prevention, Diagnosis and...
September 19 and 20, the United Nations is holding its High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases – one of which is cardiovascular disease. In support of the U.N.’s meeting, the Center for Total...
View ArticleWalking and Chronic Conditions: More from the Walking Summit
For more highlights from the September 20 Walking Summit that was held at the Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C., check out the video below. Moderated by Jack Cochran, MD, with The Permanente...
View Article2011 in Review: Murray Ross on Non-Communicable Diseases
As 2011 comes to a close, we are revisiting some of the events, programs and topics we’ve highlighted since launching the Center for Total Health blog in September — and bringing new content to you in...
View Article2011 in Review: One-on-One Interviews on Hypertension & Heart Health
Continuing our “year in review” highlights of programs and content since this blog’s launch earlier this fall, today we have brief one-on-one interviews with three of the expert panelists from the...
View ArticleHHS Announces 2012 Hypertension Control Champions
One year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services, with several key partners, launched the Million Hearts™ national public-private initiative. Million Hearts aims to prevent 1 million heart...
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Hypertension and Heart Health: A Q&A with Joseph Young, MD
Joseph Young, MD As American Heart Month comes to a close, it’s important to acknowledge that heart health should be a priority year-round. One of the key risk factors of heart attack...
View ArticleWhat’s the latest thing affecting how our kids breathe? Their own weight.
While copious evidence exists that should have all of us concerned about the children’s obesity epidemic, there’s now one more reason. Research conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research...
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Resistant Hypertension: What New Research is Telling Us
If you live in the United States, odds are good that you know someone who struggles with high blood pressure. Also called hypertension, it is a major health problem in this country, affecting about 70...
View ArticleOrganizations Call for More Effective Hypertension Control Approaches Nationwide
High blood pressure affects nearly 78 million Americans and is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Of those who have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, about 80 percent are...
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Father’s Day Check In and Check Up
Annual events — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays — are often a time when we take stock of our place in life and progress in achieving goals. The leading causes of death for American men are heart...
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Reducing Health Disparities in Hypertension Care for African Americans
Michelle, 55, an African American Kaiser Permanente member in Southern California, was disheartened when she learned that she had high blood pressure. But her outlook changed with the encouragement of...
View ArticleWalking and Chronic Conditions: More from the Walking Summit
For more highlights from the September 20 Walking Summit that was held at the Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C., check out the video below. Moderated by Jack Cochran, MD, with The Permanente...
View Article2011 in Review: Murray Ross on Non-Communicable Diseases
As 2011 comes to a close, we are revisiting some of the events, programs and topics we’ve highlighted since launching the Center for Total Health blog in September — and bringing new content to you in...
View Article2011 in Review: One-on-One Interviews on Hypertension & Heart Health
Continuing our “year in review” highlights of programs and content since this blog’s launch earlier this fall, today we have brief one-on-one interviews with three of the expert panelists from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HHS Announces 2012 Hypertension Control Champions
One year ago, the Department of Health and Human Services, with several key partners, launched the Million Hearts national public-private initiative. Million Hearts aims to prevent 1 million heart...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hypertension and Heart Health: A Q&A with Joseph Young, MD
Joseph Young, MD As American Heart Month comes to a close, it’s important to acknowledge that heart health should be a priority year-round. One of the key risk factors of heart attack...
View ArticleWhat’s the latest thing affecting how our kids breathe? Their own weight.
While copious evidence exists that should have all of us concerned about the children’s obesity epidemic, there’s now one more reason. Research conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Resistant Hypertension: What New Research is Telling Us
If you live in the United States, odds are good that you know someone who struggles with high blood pressure. Also called hypertension, it is a major health problem in this country, affecting about 70...
View ArticleOrganizations Call for More Effective Hypertension Control Approaches Nationwide
High blood pressure affects nearly 78 million Americans and is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Of those who have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, about 80 percent are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Father’s Day Check In and Check Up
Annual events — birthdays, anniversaries, holidays — are often a time when we take stock of our place in life and progress in achieving goals. The leading causes of death for American men are heart...
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