Latest California Healthline Stories
City To Consider Allowing Portable Toilets For Homeless Along Bike Trail
Earlier in the year, advocates placed the toilets near the Santa Ana River bike trail without permission, and Anaheim confiscated the portables.
Ventura County Center Provides Much-Needed Support To Spanish-Speaking Caregivers
The Family Caregiver Resource Center provides families with free medical equipment, home modifications and respite care, and connects them to Spanish-language support groups, training and social services.
Folsom-Based Company Puts Out Call For Donors Who Have Diseases
Researchers say they need more samples to study from people with chronic problems, such as cancer and AIDS.
Quality Of Care In NICU Linked To Race Of Babies, California Study Finds
African-American and Hispanic babies had lower quality of care than Asian American or white infants. But the results weren’t all clear cut.
Cutting Fructose From Kids’ Diets Can Drastically Reduce Liver Fat In Short Period
The prevalence of fatty liver disease has doubled in the past 20 years and is thought to cause a number of disorders by increasing insulin resistance.
Stem Cell Clinic Raid Is Part Of FDA’s Crackdown On Industry’s ‘Unscrupulous Actors’
The California clinic has been using smallpox vaccine on seriously ill cancer patients. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says he is launching a new working group at the agency “to pursue unscrupulous clinics through whatever legally enforceable means are necessary to protect the public health.”
According to one official, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has been directed to take a number of factors into consideration such as “military effectiveness,” budgetary constraints and “unit cohesion,” as well as others he deems “relevant.”
‘Outside Of The Noise’ Of Health Law Debate, Insurers Are Actually Beginning To Prosper
Although, that healthier business outlook has been achieved at a big cost to consumers.
Lawsuit Alleges Sacramento Deputies Encouraged Attack Against Gay Inmate
According to the complaint, the deputies told men assigned to the same cell as Clifton Donald Harris that they would get better accommodations at the jail if they attacked him.
California Struggles To Even Warn Residents Valley Fever Exists, Let Alone Combat It
The disease has infected more than 75,000 people in California and Arizona, but the states have been unable to launch an effective campaign to warn the public of the dangers of valley fever.