Redlands club to celebrate American Heart Association's Go Red for Women...
The Contemporary Club will celebrate the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement at its Feb. 20 luncheon.The event includes a speaker from the American Heart Association and a fashion...
View ArticleGetting patients hooked on an opioid overdose antidote, then raising the price
First came Martin Shkreli, the brash young pharmaceutical entrepreneur who raised the price for an AIDS treatment by 5,000 percent. Then, Heather Bresch, the CEO of Mylan, who oversaw the price hike...
View ArticleNutrition: California's Central Coast offers mix of healthy, balanced factors
February is American Heart Month, an important time to focus on lifestyle factors that promote heart health such as good nutrition, physical activity and stress reduction. In fact, a weekend getaway...
View ArticleNuclear officials killed study on whether reactors posed cancer risk to...
Federal regulators killed a rigorous examination of cancer in millions of Americans living near nuclear plants because they were convinced the study couldn't link reactors to disease and would be too...
View ArticleDiabetes crisis grips San Bernardino County
Sarah Cooke listened as her aging diabetic patients vented about trying to cope with the pernicious disease. "Guilt and denial, that's pretty much it," said a woman with short gray hair. "Confused,"...
View ArticleIncreasing kidney failures lead to upsurge in dialysis centers
LOMA LINDA >> Included in the debilitating and often deadly side effects of untreated diabetes is the costly, life-shortening condition called end-stage kidney disease.Patients whose kidneys have...
View ArticleEfforts to clean medical scopes aren't killing off bacteria
Rigorous cleaning practices don't ensure that medical scopes are free of contamination, and many of these reusable devices have scratches and dents that could harbor blood, tissue and bacteria, a new...
View ArticleSuccessful aging: When to put the brakes on drivers affected by dementia
Q The spouses of two of my friends have Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, they continue to drive despite dents in their cars and periodically getting lost. My friends are doing nothing and are...
View ArticleThousands of workers in California exposed to elevated lead levels
More than 6,000 California workers in munitions, manufacturing and other industries have elevated levels of lead in their blood that could cause serious health problems, according to a new report from...
View ArticleSafety net health care providers urge more participation in undocumented...
SAN BERNARDINO >> Safety net providers got the word out Tuesday that despite an uncertain direction from Washington, California's historic Senate Bill 75, which expands full-scope Medi-Cal...
View ArticleLA County women are getting healthier, study finds, but poverty and...
More of Los Angeles County's women now have medical insurance, are employed, don't smoke and are less likely to die of breast cancer or heart disease, according to a report released Wednesday. But an...
View ArticleHow a Loma Linda doctor and Redlands inventor hope to change the medical...
REDLANDS >> A new syringe extender could give medical professionals extra support when it comes to administering injectables.About six months ago, Dr. Christopher Jobe at Loma Linda University...
View ArticleAnti-abortion activists, counter-protesters rally around US
SEATTLE >> Anti-abortion activists emboldened by the new administration of President Donald Trump staged rallies around the country Saturday calling for the federal government to cut off payments...
View ArticleVibe, Festival of Wellness at University of Redlands to focus on mental health
The University of Redlands' Alliance for Community Transformation and Wellness, launched in 2014 to engage the community in conversations about and action toward mental health, will present Vibe,...
View ArticleLoma Linda University Drayson Center to hold open house
Loma Linda University Drayson Center Office of Preventive Care will hold an open house 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 23.During the open house, attendees will be able to meet the Drayson Center staff and...
View ArticleLawmakers take aim at coupons that lower patients' prescription copayments
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban drugmakers from issuing coupons that lower patients' prescription copayments for certain drugs.The bill by Assembly member Jim Wood,...
View ArticleSan Bernardino rallies over Planned Parenthood peaceful, but confrontational
SAN BERNARDINO >> Dozens of anti-abortion advocates protested in front of Planned Parenthood in San Bernardino on Saturday, alongside a slightly smaller but equally vocal group of...
View ArticleProtesters seize political momentum, rally against Planned Parenthood
It wasn't just about standing against abortion.On Saturday, deacons, musicians, health care workers, college students, lawyers, Christians, parents and children stood side by side outside Planned...
View ArticleWhy are Banning hospital patients being transferred to Redlands?
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital is in a dispute with Beaver Medical Group over the transfer of patients from the hospital's emergency room to Redlands Community Hospital and elsewhere that Banning...
View ArticleHumor is a core ingredient of all facets of life -- even end of life
Just weeks before Christmas some years ago, Shirley Rapp and her family faced the devastating news that she had what appeared to be a terminal illness.But that didn't stop Rapp from wanting to do one...
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