Latest California Healthline Stories
Startup That Specializes In Acquiring Rural Hospitals May Buy Troubled Sonoma Center
The Sonoma West Medical Center in Sebastopol is currently facing nearly $6 million in outstanding bills.
Kaiser Permanente Marks Strong 2016 With Sharp New Income Growth
In addition, membership in 2016 grew by about 429,000, up 4.2 percent from the previous year.
California Lawmaker Wants To Impose Age Limit On Opioid Prescriptions
The bill proposed by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) would prohibit doctors from proscribing oxycodone to patients younger than 21.
To An Area Where Medi-Cal Exceeded Expectations, What Does Repeal Mean?
Santa Barbara County has seen a 68 percent increase in all Medi-Cal enrollment over pre-health law levels. It also stands to lose millions in funding if it’s repealed.
University Of California Loses Closely Watched Patent Battle Over Lucrative Gene-Editing Technique
The Broad Institute, a research center affiliated with MIT and Harvard, retains more than a dozen patents it has already been granted on the use of the CRISPR technique to modify DNA in the cells of humans, animals and plants.
As Conservatives Dig In On Complete Repeal, GOP Leaders Warily Eye Growing Intra-Party Divide
The Freedom Caucus vows to block any legislation that doesn’t go far enough. Meanwhile, Speaker Paul Ryan is making the rounds to try to gin up support.
Orange County To Open Its First Crisis Stabilization Center That Serve Minors
The 22-bed unit will handle teenagers and adults undergoing a psychiatric crisis.
Cooling Caps Reduce Hair Loss In Women Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment
The treatment is believed to lessen hair loss because it reduces the delivery of chemotherapy to the scalp and hair follicle.
Advisory Panel, Tiptoeing Into Ethical Minefield, Reverses Guidance On Editing Human Embryos
The National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine said that modifying genes in embryos is acceptable if the alterations are designed to prevent babies from acquiring genes known to cause “serious diseases and disability,” and only when there is no “reasonable alternative.”
Starting A Senior Care Franchise Can Be Daunting, But Bay Area’s Demand Is Booming
Startup costs alone can be around $90,000.