Latest California Healthline Stories
More California Residents Diagnosed With Asthma
Children age five and younger had the highest incidence of asthma, according to a study that also found a decrease in asthma incidence in Riverside County. Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Feinstein Includes Cancer as Top Priority
The two-term senator and former San Francisco mayor said she has been personally affected by the disease. Sacramento Bee.
Patients Reach Settlement With Blue Cross
The insurer has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by individual patients whose health coverage was cancelled. Terms of the settlement are confidential. Los Angeles Times.
Disney Launches Healthy Eating Campaign
Walt Disney plans to implement new dietary guidelines for company food products as part of a campaign to address childhood nutrition. Wall Street Journal, AP/Miami Herald.
An attorney for former FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford said Crawford would plead guilty to the charges and that she expects him to be fined and placed on probation. Washington Post et al.
Parental Notification Campaign Remains Contentious
Proponents of Proposition 85 are optimistic that the reworded measure will pass, while opponents criticize the measure as what they say is an attempt to legislate the relationship between parents and children. Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News.
Racial Dispartities Continue in Preventive Health Care
A study found that greater percentages of white women receive mammograms than black or Hispanic women. Washington Post.
Top Hospitals Have Lower Mortality Rates
The gap between mortality rates at the best and worst hospitals widened by 5% in 2005, according to a study. Bloomberg/Philadelphia Inquirer et al.
County Proposal Calls for Redistribution of Patient Beds
Patients of Martin Luther King Jr./Drew University Medical Center would be temporarily redistributed to hospitals throughout Los Angeles County under a plan to downsize the facility and transfer management to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles Times.
UnitedHealthcare Expands Physician Network
The expanded network includes about 97% of physicians from a previous physician network that UnitedHealthcare after its merger with PacifiCare leased from Blue Shield of California. San Francisco Business Times.