Latest California Healthline Stories
Detention Center With History Of Neglect Allegations Faces Further Challenges
“Going to the doctor is a lost cause,” Jennye Pagoada-Lopez said in Spanish, referring to Otay Mesa Detention Center’s medical staff. “They won’t give me my treatment.”
Doctor At Cosmetic Surgery Clinic Where Patient Died Doesn’t Appear To Have Had Proper Training
Irma Saenz died two weeks after she underwent a liposuction procedure at the Embellecete Aesthetic Surgery Group. Now her family wants to know what happened.
Health Officials Don’t Want Residents To Write These Symptoms Off As The Flu
Valley Fever — which can come with flu-like symptoms — is on the rise this year.
More Patients Are Getting Screenings For Diabetes, Hypertension And Cholesterol After ACA
The study, published in the American Journal of Managed Care, also found more Americans are getting counseling to help them lose weight or quit smoking. The health law put an emphasis on preventive care.
Viewpoints: Republicans Have Been Busy Slipping Health Care Attacks Into Tax Bill
A selection of opinions on health care developments from around the state.
If HHS Nominee Is Approved He’s Set To Inherit Agency Rocked By Internal Strife, ‘Dysfunction’
Running the HHS is notoriously challenging, but lately it has faced widespread criticism that it is unresponsive and neglecting staff advice. Former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar has been nominated to head the agency and will have his senate hearing later this month.
Collins Hesitant About Including Repeal Of Individual Mandate In Tax Bill
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has been a crucial swing vote in the Senate this year, and looks to play a main role again in the tax debate. The House passed its version of the tax bill on Thursday.
CTE Case Offers Potential Breakthrough In Difficult-To-Study Disease
Bennett Omalu says that he successfully identified CTE in a living person — where as before it could only be diagnosed postmortem. In other public health news: the flu, depression and work place injuries.
Officials Expand Probe Of Legionnaires’ Outbreak Beyond Disneyland’s Cooling Towers
Four of the people who were sick hadn’t been to the amusement park.
California Releases Rule Book For Soon-To-Be-Legal Marijuana Industry
The regulations give aspiring and established marijuana businesses their first look at 276 pages of rules they must abide by come Jan. 1.