Latest California Healthline Stories
National Study Will Include Mexican-Americans in San Diego County
The National Hispanic Community Health Study is intended to assess the health of Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. and gauge why they tend to live longer than white residents despite having higher incidences of some conditions. San Diego Union-Tribune.
California Healthline Highlights Recent Hospital News
Further service reductions expected at Inglewood hospital; Contra Costa County supervisors endorse measure to maintain services at Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo
California Dual Eligibles Face Drug Plan Changes
Companies have withdrawn two prescription drug plans for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, and premiums for two other plans are expected to increase above the federal subsidy level.
Unnecessary Deaths Associated With Drug-Coated Stents
Patients who receive traditional bare-metal stents have a lower risk for blood clots than those who receive drug-coated stents, according to an editorial on the American College of Cardiology‘s Web site. New York Times.
California NAACP Opposes Tobacco Tax Measure
The California branch of the NAACP says its opposition to raising the tobacco tax is not linked to donations from major tobacco companies. Sacramento Bee et al.
Parental Notification Measure Modified
Proposition 85 does not define abortion as the termination of “a child conceived, but not yet born,” language that opponents of the measure said could further restrict abortion rights. A 2005 measure included that definition. San Jose Mercury News, Bakersfield Californian.
Board Considers Strategic Plan for Stem Cell Agency
The California Institute of Regenerative Medicine’s governing board supported a plan indicating that as much as $125 million in research grants and more than $150 million in construction grants could be awarded next year. San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union-Tribune.
Support Builds for Reimportation Bill
Several recent developments might prompt the passage of broad prescription drug reimportation legislation in the Senate. CongressDaily.
Group Makes Health IT Spending Recommendations
The California HealthCare Foundation will recommend how to spend $240 million allocated by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to support the adoption of IT strategies. Modern Healthcare, eWeek.