Latest California Healthline Stories
New Guidelines Aim To Protect MMA Fighters’ Neurological Health
The test fighters will have to take involves a cognition portion and a balance portion, much like a field sobriety test.
Paramount Firm Will Take Steps To Reduce Chromium; Second Company Still In Talks With Board
Residents of the city say the metal processing plants have been endangering their health.
Consequences Of Prop 47: Trading A Life Behind Bars For Cycle Of Poverty And Addiction
The law freed at least 13,500 inmates and exposed a deep gap in the state’s social services programs.
Covered California Enrollment Deadline Extended Until Saturday
Officials are citing a “strong increase in demand” as the reason for the extra two days.
Obama Signs Cures Bill Into Law
The $6.3 billion measure, which includes funding for drug treatment, precision medicine, cancer research and other initiatives, will likely be the last measure that he signs into law during his presidency.
UCI Researchers To Use $4.5M Grant For ‘Human Genome Project Of Exercise’
Scientists want to dig down to the molecular level to figure out how children’s genes respond to exercise.
For Women With Depression, Pregnancy Becomes Complicating Factor In Treatment
It’s hard to know just how antidepressants affect fetuses because it’s unethical to do tests on pregnant women, but there’s a working consensus that they’re relatively safe.
‘It Burns My Throat, It Burns My Eyes’: Residents Say Paramount Processing Plants Threaten Health
A hearing board will decide on Wednesday whether to take action against the businesses.
Nursing Board Chastised For Delays In Resolving Negligence Complaints
The state auditor said that if the board does not come up with a plan to resolve the problem by March 1, the legislature should consider moving the board’s enforcement responsibilities to the state Department of Consumer Affairs.
State Senator: It’s Crucial Federal Subsidies, Expansion Funds ‘Do Not Go Away’
State Sen. Ed Hernandez speaks with the Sacramento Bee on what the uncertainty surrounding the health law means to California.