For hockey fan fighting cancer, following Predators' Stanley Cup chase is a...
Christina Wynter lives to see her beloved Nashville Predators win.That's not just a sports clich#xe9; wrapped in the hype of the ongoing National Hockey League championship playoffs that has her team...
View ArticleLiving longer: We've still got bucket lists -- in our 90s
It is one thing to have a bucket list at any age. It is something else entirely to have a bucket list that sends you to college for the first time at 92 - or that sends you on your maiden flight at the...
View ArticleInsurance rate hikes loom in California, spurred by feds' health care...
If the federal government does not clarify by mid-August whether it will continue an important health insurance subsidy for consumers next year, California's state-run exchange will instruct its...
View ArticleRepublicans are taking a big political risk on health care
WASHINGTON >> Republicans are taking a big political risk on health care.They're trying to scale back major benefit programs being used by millions of people. And they're trying to do it even...
View ArticleA 'safe' space to shoot up: Worth a try in California?
Tawny Biggs' seemingly happy childhood in Santa Clarita showed no outward sign that she would one day struggle with drug addiction.As Biggs tells it, she was raised with two siblings "in a very good...
View ArticleCalifornia law spurs reforms after heartbreaking student suicide cluster
About 24 hours after a Clovis High School boy killed himself in early March, his cell phone buzzed. The incoming text was the latest in a conversation thread among the deceased boy and three teenage...
View ArticleMedi-Cal patients flocking to ERs more than before Obamacare
Medi-Cal patients are swamping California emergency rooms in greater numbers than they did before the Affordable Care Act took effect, despite predictions that the health law would ease the burden on...
View ArticleCalifornia's kids are healthier but many are living in poverty
Ambar Garcia, who lives just north of downtown Los Angeles, said she's thankful her two daughters have health coverage through California's version of Medicaid, the government program for low-income...
View ArticleHorse therapy program raising funds for shelter, sessions for vets, Dec. 2...
REDLANDS >> A nonprofit group that offers horse therapy sessions is raising funds to help veterans, Dec. 2 survivors and first responders, and to build a small tack room with a porch for use...
View ArticleRedlands launches expanded free summer meal program
REDLANDS >> Brittainy Wilson believes a hearty meal is essential to "brain balance."So when she heard of a new summer meal program coming to Redlands, the mom of four knew just where to turn.
View ArticleRedlands progressives, conservatives meet to find common ground on American...
REDLANDS >> Is health care a right?Some of the city's conservative and progressive thinkers tackled that question at a forum Wednesday in an attempt to reach common ground."I ask how can life be...
View ArticleSuit over life-ending drugs for terminally ill gets hearing in Riverside
RIVERSIDE >> A judge on Friday is expected to weigh whether a challenge can proceed to California's law letting terminally ill patients seek prescriptions for life-ending drugs.Riverside County...
View ArticleCoping with opioid crisis varies wildly form state to state
Location, location, location. That mantra may apply even when it comes to how opioid addiction is treated.Specifically, patients with private insurance who are diagnosed with opioid dependency or abuse...
View ArticleSurvey: Minorities get abundance of less-than-stellar care
Minority patients face a double whammy: Not only are they more likely to miss out on effective medical treatments than white patients, but, according to a new study, they're also more likely to receive...
View Article$20 million in emergency funds on the way to California clinics that help poor
California State Treasurer John Chiang plans Monday to announce grants totaling $20 million for community clinics that serve low-income and vulnerable Californians.Chiang's office called the grants an...
View ArticleWhy Loma Linda University Children's Hospital celebrated a lion's birthday
LOMA LINDA >> A 1950's-themed celebration held Monday afternoon at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital was fit for a king.Or in LLUCH's case - a lion.Hosted by The Big Hearts for Little...
View ArticleNew urgent care facility finds home in Redlands downtown
REDLANDS >> Brian and Julie Bearie want to provide high quality care quickly and efficiently.A week ago, the husband and wife team opened Redlands Urgent Care Center on the corner of Eureka...
View ArticlePoll: Californians fear losing insurance if AHCA passes
More than half of Californians worry that they or a family member could lose their health insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed and replaced, according to a poll released Tuesday.The...
View ArticleRobots at LLUMC help stroke victims regain what they lost
LOMA LINDA >> Derrill Quaschnick knew what it was right away.It was August 2016, he was in the shower when he began to loose feeling in his left arm.He sat down after getting out of the shower....
View ArticleHow to register for a free hearing test at Joslyn Senior Center in Redlands
Free hearing tests, provided by Connect Hearing, will be offered at a Lunch and Learn program 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. July 26 at Joslyn Senior Center, 21 Grant St.Pre-registration is required.To register or...
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