Political Prescription: Daily Doses of Honesty

Recent evidence indicates that Americans average about 11 lies per week. Politician or not, we’ve all got our work cut out for us.

Coloring their way to worker wellness at Kaiser Permanente

Crayons, colored pencils, replace stethoscopes at lunchtime relaxation program in Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

Lessons Learned From Babushkas Living in Shadow of Chernobyl

According to award-winning filmmaker Holly Morris, ‘Home and community are forces that rival even radiation.’

Who Knew God Had A Sense Of Humor?

Who knew that a divinely inspired chuckle would be the beginning of a remarkable recovery from multiple injuries?

Good Evidence-Based Medicine Looks At All The Evidence

Just because spirituality can’t be quantified using scientific methods doesn’t mean it can’t be utilized effectively and consistently.

Dedicated to care: Kaiser Permanente hires new Chief Nursing Officer

Lori Armstrong commits to providing outstanding patient care at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Hospital

Ever Wonder If God Might Actually Be A Woman?

It can’t hurt to reconsider our assumptions about the Divine, even the possibility that he might actually be a she – or a little of both.

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.

Surgeon General insists happiness is key to better health

Just as exciting as the prospect of a non drug-based approach to health is the notion that health itself may not be dependent on matter.

Cardiac Specialty Care you can count on at Kaiser Permanente

Member Eric Wallace with complex cardiac illness had quick access to highly experienced specialist team

Chronicle's Call For Non Drug-Based Approach to Opioid Abuse Lacking

‘When I left her office that day, I noticed there was a different spring in my step. I also knew that I no longer had any desire for drugs.’

"Leap Day" babies born at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

A first birth for one family born shortly after midnight on February 29th.

CDC's Palo Alto Teen Suicide Study Lacking

Too often spiritually oriented strategies that might have the greatest impact on our most intransigent problems are left off the table.

Stanford Research: 'Squishiness' Can Indicate Embryo Viability

A team of Stanford bioengineers and physicians has found that the squishiness of an hour-old fertilized egg can predict its viability.

Don't Be A Disease Consumer

‘A new name for an ailment affects people like a Parisian name for a novel garment,’ wrote Mary Baker Eddy. ‘Every one hastens to get it.’

Art Therapy Helps Vets Deal With PTSD

Art therapist Melissa Walker uses mask-making as a way to help military service members deal with the effects of PTSD.

What Is Love?

There’s no better time than Valentine’s Day to reexamine the true meaning of love – what it is and what it definitely is not.

Kaiser Permanente Redwood City named Comprehensive Stroke Center

One of only 98 centers in the US, mom credits Kaiser Permanente Redwood City for saving her life

High School Girls get a taste of Med School at Kaiser Permanente San Jose

Perry Initiative teams with Kaiser Permanente MD's to develop "pipeline" of future female docs, engineers

On Peninsula: Kids & Art Workshop For Bereaved Families Touched By Cancer

Money from ticket sales will go toward a family's funeral expenses.

About Zika Virus And Why Pregnant Women Should Be Concerned

If you're pregnant and thinking about traveling to an affected country, doctors are warning you to be cautious.

'Physician on a Mission' Keeps Compassion in Fashion

When asked how to deal with the crisis of physician suicide, Pamela Wible says, ‘The solution is almost entirely spiritual.’

Santa Clara University Student Hospitalized For Possible Meningitis

Santa Clara County Public Health Department is investigating.

Warning: Reading Only Headlines May Be Harmful To Your Health

It’s amazing how easy it can be to be duped by a headline that doesn’t tell even half the story, and find ourselves suffering as a result.

Is 'The Force' Just Another Name for God?

George Lucas’ many intimations that it is assumes that God is capable of expressing both light and dark, good and evil, simultaneously.

A Spiritual Approach to Dealing With the Flu

According to news media, flu season is upon us. Is it possible for this annual plague to be wiped out once and for all?

New Year's Revelation: Life Gets Better As We Get Older

Loneliness is not more common in old people, cognitive decline is not inevitable, and creative ability may actually improve over time.

Stanford Health's Neuroscience Center To Open In January

The focus will be on needs of people with neurological conditions or injuries such as brain tumors, movement disorders and Parkinson's.

New physicians join staff at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

Eight new doctors to join more than 80 MD's hired this year at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara

The True Meaning of Christmas

Even if you’re not religious, it’s hard to deny the impact Christ’s example of love continues to have on our mental and physical well being.

Heart-felt joy for heart transplant recipients at Kaiser Permanente

Holiday luncheon at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara reunites those with new hearts, lives

What I'm Doing About Gun Violence

Rather than wondering if God can prevent gun violence, I find it helpful to consider whether it’s something he’s aware of or would allow.

There Is A Cure

To say there is no cure for a particular disease is not to say that no one has ever been cured of that disease.

2 Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara facilities rated "Top Performers" for care, safety

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Hospital, Behavioral Health Center, on prestigious Joint Commission list

Something To Be Thankful For, Something To Be Thankful To

God isn’t some sort of Santa Claus in the sky handing out treats to those worthy. As I see it, we’re all worthy of this love, this goodness.

Take a scenic tour on Kaiser Permanente's stairway

Beautiful photo murals on stairwells at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara hospital enhance, encourage exercise

Catching False Data: How Scientists Lies

A pair of Stanford researchers has uncovered patterns in how scientists lie about their data.

Debunking The Biggest Medical Myth Of All

Scientists continue to remind us that what looks and feels like solid matter is actually made up mostly of space.

First Official California Flu Death Reported in Santa Clara Co.

Public health officials are urging people to get the flu vaccine to reduce their risk of complications from influenza.

Sharing What We Believe With Others

‘I believe that belief itself is innate, drawing us all, slowly but surely, to a deeper, more practical understanding of the Divine.’