Benjamin Seto, Author at Permanente Medicine

Mark Dreskin, MD, weighs in on depression treatment options

September 4, 2019

The clinical lead for mental health and wellness at Southern California Permanente Medical Group is quoted in an ACP Internist article looking at 2 recently approved medications for treatment-resistant depression.

Leading by example

September 3, 2019

Edward Ellison, MD, writes how Permanente Medicine prepares future doctors in practicing physician-led medicine.

Amanda Williams, MD, shares insights on delivery due dates for babies in New York Times article

August 29, 2019

Permanente obstetrician-gynecologist Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, comments on the attention to due dates and factors to consider in a recent New York Times article.

The path to true transparency

August 7, 2019

Sameer Awsare, MD, FACP, focuses on government rules and state laws attempting to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable to escalating prescription drug prices, and asks what's true transparency?

Summer 2019 edition of the Permanente Journal now available

August 7, 2019

Read peer-reviewed articles in the latest edition of the Permanente Journal, including a special report containing the 40 abstracts from the annual Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Research Week.

Progress toward eliminating hepatitis C

July 25, 2019

Permanente physicians take an innovative approach to screening and treating hepatitis C on a path to eventually eliminating the infection among patients.

Stroke specialist Alexander Flint, MD, shares results of blood pressure reading study on NBC News

July 18, 2019

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the top and bottom numbers in a blood pressure reading are both important in determining a patient’s risk for heart disease. Alexander Flint, MD, a neurointensivist and stroke specialist with The Permanente Medical Group, says in an article on NBCNews.com that clinicians need to pay attention to the bottom number (the diastolic pressure) just as much as the top (systolic).

Analytical tool could identify more patients at risk of contracting HIV

July 17, 2019

An algorithm developed by Kaiser Permanente researchers in Northern California could refer more at-risk patients for the preventive medication PrEP.

Fast response to save a heart

July 10, 2019

Quick, compassionate, and coordinated care from Kaiser Permanente and Permanente specialists helped save the life of a heart-attack patient.

Clinical tool accurately predicts children’s appendicitis risk in emergency rooms

July 1, 2019

A risk calculator validated at Kaiser Permanente Northern California Emergency Departments may help safely avoid unnecessary CT scans in children 5 and older.