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Kaiser Permanente Vallejo And Vacaville Among Northern California Hospitals To Receive Top Marks For Patient Safety
The Leapfrog Group recognized 16 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals with a top score of “A” in its biannual Hospital Safety Grades report, which examined and graded approximately 2,700 hospitals throughout the United States.
Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California with “A” scores include: Fremont, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Oakland, Redwood City, Richmond, Roseville, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South San Francisco, Vacaville, and Vallejo. Additionally, Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Antioch, San Jose, South Sacramento, and Walnut Creek received “B” scores.
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Young adults must step up their exercise routines to reduce their chances of developing high blood pressure or hypertension - a condition that may lead to heart attack and stroke, as well as dementia in later life.
Current guidelines indicate that adults should have a minimum of two-and-a-half hours of moderate intensity exercise each week, but a new study led by UCSF Benioff Children s Hospitals reveals that boosting exercise to as much as five hours a week may protect against hypertension in midlife - particularly if it is sustained in one s thirties, forties and fifties.
In the study publishing in
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IMAGE: TTUHSC s Duke Appiah, Ph.D., and a team of collaborators recently completed a study to see if the presence of excess visceral and pericardial fat results in a lower risk for. view more
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As demonstrated by multiple studies over the years, women who breastfeed have a lower risk for developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes when compared to those who don t or can t. However, the mechanisms by which these risks are reduced for lactating women are still not fully understood.
Duke Appiah, Ph.D., an assistant professor of public health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and director of the university s master s program in public health, said the presence of excess fat, specifically visceral and pericardial fat could help explain this finding. Using that hypothesis, Appiah and a team of researchers recently completed a study titled, The Association of Lactation Duration with Visceral and Pericardial Fat Volumes in Parous Wom
Breastfeeding Lowers Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Hannah Joy on April 9, 2021 at 6:33 PM
Link between lactation and visceral and pericardial fat has been found, as they play a crucial role in reducing heart disease in breastfeeding women.
Breastfeeding affects weight gain, and so women who breastfeed will not gain more weight, which will also influences less fat buildup in the abdomen or around their heart.
As demonstrated by multiple studies over the years, women who breastfeed have a lower risk for developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes when compared to those who don t or can t. However, the mechanisms by which these risks are reduced for lactating women are still not fully understood.