In their own words, why teens are smoking less
When Maya Terrell saw the anti-smoking television commercial, she knew she would never try a cigarette.It featured an ex-smoker with a hole in her throat where her larynx used to be."I was like,...
View ArticleSuccessful Aging: When health care can lead down a discriminating path
Q I went for a scheduled stress test today. The technician was ready to inject a substance that would artificially raise my heart when I told her I preferred to use of the treadmill and have the...
View ArticleGovernors add to pressure on GOP senators on health care
CARSON CITY, Nev. >> The pressure is on Republican senators - from congressional leaders, conservative groups and impatient GOP voters - to fulfill a seven-year-old promise to scrap much of...
View ArticleAs seniors get sicker, they're more likely to drop medicare advantage plans
When Sol Shipotow enrolled in a new Medicare Advantage health plan earlier this year, he expected to keep the doctor who treats his serious eye condition."That turned out not to be so," said Shipotow,...
View ArticleDrinking during pregnancy may affect several generations, UC Riverside study...
New research from UC Riverside has found that drinking alcohol while pregnant can cause brain changes in offspring that may be passed all the way down to great-grandchildren.Neuroscientist and...
View Article'Trust Women' pro-choice license plates would help fund reproductive health...
California residents may soon be able to display their pro-choice stance by purchasing license plates that would help fund family planning services for low-income people.The "License plates:...
View ArticleNurses aren't giving up on California's single-payer push
To some, the California Nurses Association's political tactics in pushing for a single-payer health system seemed a bit, well, extreme.Never mind the raucous demonstrations it brought to the state...
View ArticleHow LA BioMed's 'breakthrough' sickle-cell treatment won FDA approval
A new treatment for sickle-cell anemia, researched at LA BioMed and developed by the medical institute's Torrance spinoff company, will hit the market in October.Los Angeles Biomedical Research...
View ArticleSurvey: US uninsured up by 2M this year as gains erode
WASHINGTON >> The number of U.S. adults without health insurance has grown by some 2 million this year, according to a major new survey that finds recent coverage gains beginning to erode.The new...
View ArticleBillionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong opens 'next generation' cancer treatment...
Pledging to provide cancer patients with groundbreaking advancements in care, billionaire physician Patrick Soon-Shiong opened a state-of-the-art treatment and diagnostics center in El Segundo on...
View ArticleMedi-Cal cuts in GOP healthcare bill could be costly for Southern...
California hospitals will still have patients if the health care bill proposed by U.S. Senate Republicans becomes law.But instead of insured patients getting preventative care, many who lose coverage...
View ArticleIs the $2-per-pack state cigarette tax reducing the number of smokers?
In the fall, California voters approved the biggest increase in cigarette taxes since the state first began levying tobacco in the 1950s. Advocates for Proposition 56, which passed with a fairly...
View ArticleLawsuit claims discrimination against millions of Medi-Cal patients,...
California's Medicaid patients lack access to health care and are therefore facing discrimination, because doctors are not being paid enough to take them. That's the charge in a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
View ArticleA big breakfast, skimpy dinner aid weight loss says new Loma Linda University...
LOMA LINDA >> Go light on dinner. Maybe even skip it.Make breakfast the biggest meal of the day.And above all: No snacking!Those are the take home points from a new research study by Loma Linda...
View Article10-year anniversary celebration for Visiting Angels office in Redlands
Brandon and Sara Hector recently celebrated their 10-year anniversary as owners and operators of the Visiting Angels Non-Medical Homecare agency in Redlands.The Redlands Visiting Angels agency provides...
View ArticleTrump's 'dying in the streets' line vs. health care reality
WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump has often said he doesn't want people "dying in the streets" for lack of health care.But in the United States, where chronic conditions are the major...
View ArticleBlue Shield improperly denied mental health, drug treatment claims, suit alleges
Blue Shield of California and its claims administrator wrongly restricted patients' access to outpatient and residential mental health treatment, a class-action lawsuit says.Initially filed in the U.S....
View ArticleWhy are California women giving birth at record-low rates?
The pace of motherhood in California is slowing and its members are aging, a shift demographers expect to continue and contribute to far-reaching and uncertain changes in the decades to come.Last year,...
View ArticleYour credit score soon will get a buffer from medical-debt wrecks
For many consumers, an unexpected healthcare calamity can quickly burgeon into a financial calamity. Just over half of all the debt that appears on credit reports is related to medical expenses, and...
View Article'It's raining needles': Drug crisis creates pollution threat
LOWELL, Mass. - They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass. They wash into rivers and float downstream to land on beaches. They pepper baseball dugouts, sidewalks and streets....
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