Surgeon, Innovator named Chief MD at Kaiser Permanente San Jose

Dr. Efren Rosas named Physician-in-Chief of Kaiser Permanente San Jose

Walgreens Settles Suit For Expired Baby Food, Drugs Violations

Company will pay $2.25 million for the case brought in Bay Area by counties including Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Cruz.

Palo Alto Earns Top Santa Clara County Public Health Award

The city was recognized for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, its Safe Routes to School Program, and other achievements.

PHOTOS: New Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Opens

PHOTOS, VIDEO: On Saturday, Dec. 9, more than 100 patients were transferred to the new Main building, marking the official opening day.

How prayer defuses violence

The shooting incident last weekend in Las Vegas raises the question as to what difference prayer might make in terms of reducing violence.

Teaching kids how to love

As children return to school, we should consider if they’re being taught the skills they need to ensure their happiness, health and success.

What should be the top health question in California?

What if we asked ourselves whether we are, at our core, material or spiritual in nature?

In Search of a Cure For Racism

We may do more to protect ourselves from the common cold than the temptation to see people of another race as a threat to our well-being.

Moving Mind-Body Medicine More Towards Mind Than Matter

At some point we need to consider whether matter is in fact the be-all and end-all of existence it appears to be.

Rethinking remnants from the ‘Summer of Love’

Fifty years hasn’t diminished the appeal of sex and drugs as paths to spiritual enlightenment. In fact, the opposite has happened.

Going for Gold: Kaiser Permanente MD, son, in Israel's Maccabiah Games

Chosen as team physician for hockey, Dr. Anthony Abene of Kaiser Permanente San Jose sees son win gold medal

Technology Can’t Beat Conscious Communion with the Divine

Understanding the source of intelligence as being purely spiritual has helped this writer overcome technical and physical challenges.

Kaiser Permanente grants $1M+ for Community Health in Silicon Valley

34 health-providing agencies to share in large Kaiser Permanente grant from San Jose/Santa Clara hospitals

Religion’s Decline Not Inevitable

A survey conducted by San Francisco radio station KALW indicates that perhaps religion’s decline is not as inevitable, as we assume.

What It Means To Be Spiritually Competent

Speaker at Stanford University’s Medicine X conference explores what’s most essential to the healing process.

On The Occasion Of My Goddaughter’s First Communion

A service at a local Catholic Church reminds this writer of the promise he’s made to be just as good, generous, and loving as Jesus.

Where does wisdom come from?

Krista Tippett wonders why we’re more fascinated with artificial intelligence than we are our own capacity for wisdom.

County Paramedics Hone Life-Saving Skills At Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

Emergency doctor's program enhances community safety.

Ten Years in a Row: California members rate Kaiser Permanente highest in customer satisfaction, according to JD Power survey

Kaiser Permanente outperforms all other health plans in California, scoring 780-points on a 1,000 point scale

They're Green And Proud: Local Kaiser Permanente Hospitals Honored For Environmental Work

Practice Greenhealth honors Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara and San Jose Medical Centers for saving energy, water, more

Cancer Rehabilitation is focus at Kaiser Permanente "Seeds of Hope" in Santa Clara

Annual Cancer Survivor Day emphasizes improving quality of life after cancer treatment: Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara June 11

Stanford Children's Hospital Opening Expanded Campus In December

Stanford Children's Hospital will more than double the size of the current campus by linking the original hospital with a new main building.

Prayer Is Not A Placebo

Love is that which we naturally reflect of the Divine; what we are designed to express. It is not a placebo.

Spiritual Lie Detection

You would think that running into a talking snake would be enough to make anyone question what it said.

Honest politicians begin with honest voters

Tempting as it may be to grouse about the dishonesty of others, the demand is to focus first on being honest ourselves.

A Woman’s Perspective on Easter

Playwright Norman Allen reminds us that it was Mary Magdalene who was the first to recognize, and to be recognized by, the risen Christ.

Kaiser Permanente earns "leader in LGBTQ healthcare equality" designation

Health Equality Index honors all 38 KP hospitals for high standards of care, employment, community engagement

Pigs Feet and Power Tools: Young women experience ortho surgery at Kaiser Permanente

Perry Initiative hosted by Kaiser Permanente doctors hopes to inspire future doctors or engineers

Bursting Our Religious Bubbles

Bursting out of our bubbles to share our faith with one another could go far in maintaining a sense of community and preventing war.

Heart Rehab program at Kaiser Permanente changes lifestyles, lowers risk of another attack.

Research: nurse-facilitated program helps heart attack survivors start exercising, stop smoking, control blood pressure, more.

Healing Hate

Immunity from the ‘politics of hate’ begins with a healthy dose of unconditional love, both for ourselves and others.

What the Cubs’ World Series Win Means For You

Thanks to the Chicago Cubs, I have a better idea of what it takes for ordinary Joes like me to overcome obstacles standing in our way.

How to Defy – and Defeat – Despotism

‘I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man’ – Thomas Jefferson

Kaiser Permanente grants $1M for Silicon Valley Heart health

Part of nearly $6M in Kaiser Permanente heart health grants across Northern California

Kaiser Permanente San Jose MD honored for aiding San Francisco Tenderloin residents

Dr. James Jang wins KP award for innovating an old-time medical technique in a struggling SF neighborhood.

What Does Spiritual Health Have To Do With Material Wealth?

Are you receptive to God’s grace or trying to insert yourself into the driver’s seat of the Divine?

Hero capes for young patients at Kaiser Permanente, thanks to Capes4Heroes & SJSharks

Hockey team partners with hero cape non-profit to deliver to heroic young patients at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

Adventurer Sarah Outen Discovers Her ‘Own in Another’s Good’

Sarah Outen’s round-the-world journey via rowboat, bicycle, and kayak revealed that it takes more than physical prowess to succeed.

Medical Groups at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, San Jose get high marks for care, quality

State Office of Patient Advocate awards highest recognition to The Permanente Medical Group for care of Medicare Advantage patients

The Upside of Completely Rejecting What Our Senses Are Telling Us

Could it be that by looking past the apparent fixedness of matter we might find our way to better health?