Latest California Healthline Stories
Yolo Adopts Green-Yellow-Red Placard System For Businesses Serving Food
Businesses in the county will have to display their health-inspection placard in their front windows.
Sense Of Smell May Be Related To Body’s Ability To Burn Fat
A study with mice shows how sense of smell is lashed together with a broad range of seemingly unrelated basic functions, including metabolism and stress response.
Psychiatrists’ Debate Over Evaluating Trump’s Mental Health Isn’t Going Anywhere Soon
Some say it’s fine to offer a diagnosis but other cite Goldwater rule, which says a psychiatrist can’t diagnose without a patient exam and consent.
A Hospital’s Experience ‘Counts A Lot’ When It Comes To Surgery Outcomes
A new study finds that mortality and complications are much more associated with low-volume centers.
Pharma Giant Bayer’s $100M Quality Control Facility Complete
The new facility at its Berkeley campus will be critical to ensuring that treatments produced are safe and effective.
GOP’s Plan To Roll Back Medicaid Would Slash Safety Net For Kids In Deep Trump Country
“Without the health insurance, kids aren’t going to get the immunizations and the checkups. There are going to be more lost days of school. More trips to the emergency room,” said Dr. Traci Acklin, who grew up in Fayette County, West Virginia. “It would be food or healthcare for a lot of these families.”
Billionaire Physician To Take Over 6 California Hospitals
NantWorks, a company controlled by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, will acquire a majority stake in Integrity Healthcare, which operates the hospital chain Verity Health.
A Year Later, Aid-In-Dying Law Authors See Room For Improvement
The drug costs, medical training for providers and the law’s implementation will all be up for review at a hearing later this year.
Some Republicans Keep Low Profile To Avoid Fireworks From Constituents Over Health Bill
Lawmakers are home for recess and some are ducking out of public events so as not to incur their voters’ wrath over the legislation.
New Center Offers Homeless Patients Safe Place To Recover After Leaving A Hospital
“When you and I are discharged from the hospital, we go home and we eat chicken noodle soup, drink ginger ale and watch ‘The Young and the Restless,'” said Kelly Bruno. “When you’re an individual experiencing homelessness, you have no home to go to.