Successful Aging: Why exercising has been proven to pay off in the long run
Q I am a 76-year-old widow in good health except for a few minor aches. I don't like to exercise and never have been athletic. Sadly, I just lost my best friend to cancer. He was a jock all of his life...
View ArticleDonors gives blood during Guns and Hoses blood drive in Redlands
REDLANDS >> Donors braved the afternoon heat Monday to help save lives during the Guns and Hoses blood drive and bone marrow screening at the Redlands Community Center.The center and Redlands...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente announces $731,000 in grants to nonprofits serving San...
FONTANA >> Kaiser Permanente is handing out $731,000 in grants to more than 60 nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost programs and services to the underserved and uninsured...
View ArticleNutrition: Proper hydration is a necessity, especially during the summer
Summertime means hotter temperatures and more outdoor physical activity. Keeping hydrated is extremely important for both well-being and achieving peak performance. Additionally, dehydration has the...
View ArticleDodgers to observe Autism Awareness Night
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers will observe Autism Awareness Night at tonight's game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium, part of an effort throughout Major League Baseball to...
View ArticleKaiser Permanente announces $731,000 in grants to nonprofits serving San...
FONTANA >> Kaiser Permanente is handing out $731,000 in grants to more than 60 nonprofit organizations that provide free or low-cost programs and services to the underserved and uninsured...
View ArticleExperts afraid California's West Nile cases could spike
Disease control officials fear high numbers of Californians could be infected with mosquito-borne West Nile virus for the third straight year after activity has spiked in Los Angeles, Orange and San...
View ArticleThat 'cupping' you've seen on Olympics? It's not confined to world-class...
Jeanne Talpash was embarrassed and horrified earlier this year when a muscle relaxing therapy called cupping left two purplish circles on the back of her teenager's shoulders."I thought, 'How can I...
View ArticleMoms nurse 'all night long' in parody video
A rock music video from a group of Southern California women calls attention to their breasts - but not the way you might expect.It's a parody created by Mothers You'd Like to Friend, a Facebook group...
View ArticleZika infections spread through California
Health data released Friday, shows Zika cases are growing in Southern California and throughout the state, where two babies have been born with virus-related defects.The number of people reported to...
View ArticleDEA rules that marijuana has no medical value
California appears poised to join the growing number of states that have legalized marijuana, even as the federal government is reaffirming its 46-year-old stance that pot is a top-tier illicit...
View ArticleCalifornia's foster care prescribers fuel the medication of vulnerable kids...
Editor's Note: Southern California Group's sister publications in the San Francisco Bay Area produced this report, the latest installment in their series investigating doctors' use of powerful...
View ArticleCalifornia bill would allow women to get year's worth of birth control
SACRAMENTO >> California women who take birth control would have to make fewer trips to the pharmacy under a bill that would require insurers to cover up to a 12-month supply at one...
View ArticleHow a healthy girl entered California's foster care system only to leave with...
Pulled from a neglectful home, Tasia Wright remembers the terrifying loneliness of growing up in foster care in Southern California.There were frequent visits with psychiatrists, and when she met with...
View ArticleJudge will decide next week if he'll stop state's new vaccine law
A federal judge said he will take at least a week before ruling on a request to temporarily stop California's new vaccination law, an unwelcome delay for vaccination opponents seeking a speedy...
View ArticleSee where harmful algae toxins have been detected in California this summer
If it seems like toxic algae blooms are appearing almost everywhere across California this summer, that's because they are."We're getting blooms in areas that we've not seen them before or not known to...
View ArticleUSC scientists want to find this primitive African squirrel to see why it...
A University of Southern California researcher is on the hunt for one of the most elusive creatures on our planet: a scaly-tailed squirrel in Africa believed to have evolved very little in the last 30...
View ArticleThey have the tools to build practically anything at Plymouth Village in...
REDLANDS >> The workshop at Plymouth Village is once again being enjoyed by residents.Frank Wiswell, a resident of the senior living neighborhood on Salem Drive, decided to clean up the workshop,...
View ArticleHow Loma Linda University Children's Hospital meets the emotional needs of...
LOMA LINDA >> When 6-year-old Logan Bullock left his room at the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Tuesday, he got to meet one of his favorite superheroes -- Spider-man.Logan and other...
View ArticleHealthcare, holding politicians accountable among top concerns for US Hispanics
Quality affordable healthcare and holding elected officials accountable for their decisions are among the highest priorities for Hispanics in the U.S., according to a new Harris Poll...
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