Latest California Healthline Stories
As Soon As Users Actually Move, Fitness Trackers Falter In Heart Rate Readings
A study compares their effectiveness to electrocardiography monitors that are found in doctors’ offices.
Pharma Company’s Stock Plummets On News Of Failed Cancer Drug Study
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals got a one-two punch of bad news recently.
Where Doctors Practice Can Determine What Tests They Order
A study finds that doctors on hospital campuses were more likely to order unnecessary tests or referrals than doctors in community practices.
Officials Worry Counties Will Have To Pay Popular In-Home-Care Program’s Costs
A cost-control experiment could cause counties to have to pick up a much bigger share of the costs for the In-Home Supportive Services, which would be $623 million to start and almost $2 billion over six years.
California Nurses Push Single-Payer Plan
Talk about a single-payer plan is gaining attention in the gubernatorial race.
Gorsuch Evades Firm Answers On Aid-In-Dying, But Past Writings Offer Detailed Look At Views
Newly minted Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in his book “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia” built a legal and moral case against the practice. Meanwhile, aid-in-dying has seen a steady, yearly increase since it has been enacted.
In Midst Of Mental Health Crisis, Santa Ana Eyes Mostly Vacant Jail As Solution To Bed Shortage
The jail has 512 beds, but it isn’t used to detain the vast majority of local arrestees because the county Sheriff’s Department jails them nearby at no cost to the city.
Administration’s Global Health Cuts Could Lead To ‘Catastrophic Loss Of Life’
The White House proposes reducing funding to major programs including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, help for aid organizations that provide family planning and other health services and contributions to the United Nations Population Fund.
Stark Disparities In Lifespan Of San Diego’s Rich, Poor Highlight Need To Address Inequalities
One of the more high-profile efforts to address that neighborhood disparity is the push to create a skatepark in City Heights, a neighborhood that already struggles with a lack of parks.
Politico investigates Patrick Soon-Shiong and his research foundation.