Successful Aging: If we have ageism laws, what's the problem?
Last week we discussed G.C.'s somewhat ageist experience with a cardiac technician (and by ageist, we are referring to age discrimination). This week I'd like to explore that topic a little further....
View ArticleBoy, 10, among youngest victims of opioid crisis
MIAMI (AP) - Prosecutors in Florida believe a 10-year-old boy who died with the painkiller fentanyl in his system is among the state's youngest victims of the opioid crisis.Preliminary toxicology tests...
View ArticleSouthern California patients uneasy about future of health care after Senate...
Obamacare prognosis: Uncertain.Across Southern California on Tuesday, patients, doctors and insurance experts reacted to the collapse of a Senate bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with...
View ArticleRedlands horse therapy group building corral shelter for veterans, Dec. 2...
A Redlands nonprofit group that offers horse therapy is building a $2,500 tack room with a sheltering porch to be used by military veterans, Dec. 2 survivors, first responders and others with...
View ArticleRedlands offers licensing, vaccination clinic
REDLANDS >> The city will sponsor a low-cost dog licensing and rabies vaccination clinic 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 in the park next to the Redlands Police Annex (Old City Hall), 30 Cajon St.Pet...
View ArticleKaiser, California reach settlement on lapses in mental-health access
California insurance regulators have reached a settlement with Kaiser Permanente to address its repeated failures to provide patients with timely access to mental-health services.Under the agreement -...
View Article'Urgent…alarming' - but rehab investigator won't be in thick of SoCal...
The idea seemed simple, elegant and eminently logical - but in Sacramento, there may be no such thing as a simple idea.Assembly Bill 572 would move one of the state-paid inspectors of addiction...
View ArticleCalifornia's Obamacare exchanges in limbo
California's Obamacare exchange scrubbed its annual rate announcement this week, the latest sign of how the ongoing political drama over the Affordable Care Act is roiling insurance markets...
View ArticleWhy California's most polluting vehicles aren't required to get smog checks
It's California's dirty little emissions secret.As Gov. Jerry Brown and the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach promise an emissions-free future, some diesel fumes aren't going anywhere.
View ArticleBurn pits are the new 'Agent Orange' for cancer-stricken veterans
The last casualties of war die at home, yet that is when we look away.No more; and certainly not when we're talking about war deaths connected to the burn pits of Iraq and Afghanistan.A decade ago,...
View ArticleLatinos left out of clinical trials -- and possible cures
Two decades ago, Luis Antonio Cabrera received devastating news: He likely had only three months to live.The Puerto Rican truck driver, then 50, had attributed his growing leg pain to spending so many...
View ArticleCalifornia singles out cardiac surgeons with higher patient death rates
Michael Koumjian, a heart surgeon for nearly three decades, said he considered treating the sickest patients a badge of honor. The San Diego doctor was frequently called upon to operate on those who...
View ArticleNorovirus likely caused Chipotle's latest illnesses, sickening more than 135
NEW YORK (AP) - Health officials said that norovirus is believed to be what caused dozens of people to report becoming ill after eating at a Chipotle in suburban Washington, D.C., earlier this...
View ArticleSuccessful Aging: The ins and outs of quickly finding agency caregivers
Q My father recently was released from the hospital. At a moment's notice we were told he was coming home and would need care. The immediacy was created because a family member insisted my father be...
View ArticleNutrition: A smooth way to make sure smoothies are healthful
If you're trying to beat the heat, a smoothie or juice might quench your thirst, but are these fruit-laden concoctions really good for you, and what are the best ingredients to use? Whether made at...
View ArticleLearn about Medicare enrollment, HICAP Aug. 7 at Redlands Community Senior...
Renato de Moraes will talk about HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program) services noon to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at a Dessert and Dialogue program at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111...
View ArticleStudy: Brain disease seen in most of 202 football players at brain bank
CHICAGO >> Research on 202 former football players found evidence of brain disease in nearly all of them, from athletes in the NFL, college and even high school. It's the largest update on...
View ArticleLong Beach Marine, other vets trace illnesses to open-air burn pits in Iraq,...
The last casualties of war die at home, yet that is when we look away.No more; and certainly not when we're talking about war deaths connected to the burn pits of Iraq and Afghanistan.A decade ago,...
View ArticleNew member of California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission is former...
Deanna Stover of Running Springs, former executive director of community-based programs and services at Redlands Community Hospital, has been appointed to the California Healthcare Workforce Policy...
View ArticleGOP dealt stiff blow in Senate's bid to repeal 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON >> Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a...
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