Latest California Healthline Stories
Patients Get In The Boxing Ring To Fight Parkinson’s
San Francisco’s Rock Steady Boxing offers those with Parkinson’s an alternative therapy to a disease that has so often been tied to the sport.
Judge Shows Hand On Case Over Insurance Coverage Of Sex-Reassignment Surgery
Josef Robinson is attempting to sue Dignity Health of San Francisco for not covering his procedure.
Poll: Vast Majority of Americans Want Government Intervention On High Drug Prices
More than eight in 10 Americans favor allowing the federal government to negotiate with drugmakers to get lower prices on medications for people on Medicare, among other regulations.
San Francisco’s Upcoming Decision On Soda Tax May Tip National Conversation
Voters will weigh in on the penny-per-ounce tax in November.
Brown Signs Autopsy Bill Following Furor Over Non-Licensed Assistant Performing Procedures
“Hopefully, it will increase public confidence in autopsies,” state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, who coauthored the legislation.
Administration Unveils Plans For Push To Enroll Young Adults In Health Plans
Social media and other digital strategies are at the center of the effort.
Theme Park Closes ‘Edgy’ VR Attraction Following Protests From Mental Health Advocates
In the experience, park-goers are admitted to a hospital where they are at the mercy of the staff there. Advocates say the attraction was in “poor taste” and that mental illness stereotypes “were being used by entertainment sources for commercial gain.”
Bristol-Myers, Nektar Team Up To Develop Immunotherapy Drug
The deal is the latest in a long list of collaborations between companies to find the right combinations of anti-cancer drugs for the right patients.
Google Glass Expands Possibilities For High-Tech Doctor Visits, But Danger Lurks At Edges
Advocates envision a world in which technology allows office visits to be transcribed in real time or compares patient records to determine a diagnosis. But, in a situation where a glitch could have fatal consequences, moving away from human scribes could be a grave mistake.
First Baby Born Using New Wave Of ‘Three-Parent’ IVF Technique
The controversial procedure replaces the mother’s faulty mitochondria with donor mitochondria to produce a healthy baby while preserving the vast majority of its mother’s DNA.