Rules require better care for home patients
Home health agencies will be required to become more responsive to patients and their caregivers under the first major overhaul of rules governing these organizations in almost 30 years.The federal...
View ArticleLearn hands-only CPR at Redlands Fire Department's Super Safety Saturday event
The Redlands Fire Department will hold a Super Safety Saturday event 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 18 at Fire Station 261, 525 E. Citrus Ave.Representatives from various health and safety agencies will be at...
View ArticleRedlands fire focuses on heart health with Super Safety Saturday event
REDLANDS >> The Redlands Fire Department wants to have a heart-to-heart with the community.On Saturday, fire officials will host a Super Safety Saturday event focused on how to keep the heart...
View ArticleRicardo Lara pushes single-payer health care bill in California Senate
Legislation introduced in the state Senate Friday would set California on a path toward the possible creation of a single-payer health care system ? a proposal that has failed to gain traction here in...
View ArticleHow new UC Riverside research can help slow ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's disease
Two UC Riverside researchers say they have synthesized a molecule that may delay the symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and increase the life expectancy of ALS patients.Maurizio Pellecchia and...
View ArticleHow to deal with death as part of life
Since he watched his mother drop dead, Richard Bridgman's fear of death has left him emotionally paralyzed.It was right around Thanksgiving - nearly 45 years ago - and Bridgman was sleeping overnight...
View ArticleCalifornia seniors increasingly land in ER after falls
The number of California seniors who land in emergency rooms after falling has risen sharply in recent years, as their population grows and they live longer with more chronic illnesses often requiring...
View ArticleMental health awareness to be topic of American Association of University Women
Janee Both-Gragg, an associate professor in the University of Redlands School of Education, will speak on "Co-creating a New Narrative: The Business of Mental Health Awareness and the Scholarship of...
View ArticleNutrition: Trust your gut instincts -- whole grains are good for you
The human digestive tract is home to tens of trillions of microorganisms, collectively referred to as the gut microbiota.While we often think of microbes like bacteria and fungi as "germs," these...
View ArticleRedlands man with Down syndrome finds himself on path to fitness thanks to...
REDLANDS >> "OK, Tommy, are you ready?"Tommy Lavarne is focused as he prepares to try the sled push for the first time at Fitness 19 in Redlands.It's a Saturday afternoon and the 44-year-old man...
View ArticleWhite House signals possible crackdown on recreational cannabis
Americans can expect to see "greater enforcement" of federal laws banning recreational marijuana use, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday, signaling the Trump administration might be...
View ArticleHigh-tech glasses help the legally blind see
SAN FRANCISCO - Jeff Regan was born with underdeveloped optic nerves and had spent most of his life in a blur. Then four years ago, he donned an unwieldy headset made by a Toronto company called...
View ArticlePre-existing conditions complicate health care replacement
CHICAGO >> As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most difficult to replace: the guarantee of...
View ArticleGeriatricians can help aging patients navigate multiple ailments
For months, Teresa Christensen's 87-year-old mother, Genevieve, complained of pain from a nasty sore on her right foot. She stopped going to church. She couldn't sleep at night. Eventually, she stopped...
View ArticleFacing pressure, insurance plans loosen rules for covering addiction treatment
Aetna, one of the nation's largest insurance companies, will remove a key barrier for patients seeking medication to treat opioid addiction: The requirement that doctors seek approval before...
View ArticleTreatment gaps persist between low- and high-income workers, even with insurance
Low-wage workers with job-based health insurance were significantly more likely than their higher-income colleagues to wind up in the emergency department or be admitted to the hospital - in particular...
View ArticleDoctors tweak aid-in-dying drugs to prevent prolonged deaths
Two years after an abrupt price hike for a lethal drug used by terminally ill patients to end their lives, doctors are once again rethinking aid-in-dying medications - this time because they're taking...
View ArticleUniversity of Redlands professor is editor of psychology journal
Catherine Salmon, a psychology professor at the University of Redlands, is the new editor of Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, a quarterly journal of the American Psychological Association focused on...
View ArticleRedlands YMCA offers diabetes-prevention classes March 8, April 12 and May 10
The YMCA of the East Valley will offer a diabetes-prevention class at 9:30 a.m. March 8 at the Redlands YMCA, 500 E. Citrus Ave.Janet Howard-Ducsay, a diabetes nurse educator from Redlands Community...
View ArticleAuthor shares common threads to longevity at LLU conference
LOMA LINDA >> Want to live longer?The secret to longevity is in a cluster of behaviors, not a one sentence solution, Dan Buettner, best selling author and founder of the Blue Zones Project and...
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