Latest California Healthline Stories
Drkoop.com, a “leading Internet health network,” announced yesterday that it will acquire the assets of drDrew.com, a “leading online lifestyle community for 14- to 24-year-olds.”
‘Debate’ Prescription Drugs, Patients’ Rights
Although a continent apart, Rep. James Rogan (R-Glendale) and challenger state Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) sparred yesterday on the issues of patients’ rights and a Medicare prescription drug benefit in the battle for California’s 27th Congressional District seat.
Voters to Decide Tobacco Dollars’ Fate
As states debate how to effectively spend the windfall of money from the 1998 national tobacco lawsuit settlement, the question has been put before voters in several states.
Organizations Seek to Help Consumers
Several health and Internet organizations are promoting health care Web site ethics standards to help consumers “evaluate the deluge of medical information on the Web,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
38th District Candidates on Health Issues
Prior to the election, California Healthline is profiling the health care views of candidates in some of the state’s key races.
KENTUCKY: Business Quashes HMO Issue in Heated House Race
While six months ago Democrats targeted Rep. Ernie Fletcher (R-Ky.) — under “vigorous attack” for voting against the House-passed Norwood-Dingell patients’ rights bill — for defeat in Kentucky’s 6th District, the physician-turned-congress member now has the edge over former Rep. Scotty Baesler (D), the Wall Street Journal reports.
CONGRESS: ‘Bolting for Home’ Despite Unfinished Business
Unable to reach agreement with the White House on “crucial” end-of-the-year issues over the last three “dizzying days,” the Senate has adjourned until Nov. 14, and House Republicans may not be far behind, the New York Times reports.
CHILDREN’S INSURANCE: Some Communities Show Improvement
Boston, Little Rock, Ark., and Syracuse, N.Y., each experienced a “significant decline” in the percentage of uninsured children between 1996-1997 and 1998-1999, according to a new study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
TEEN SMOKING: Web Sites Show Dangers of Tobacco
USA Today Tuesday examined the “hundreds” of Web sites dedicated to showing children and teenagers the dangers of smoking.
STANFORD: Donation to Fund Pulmonary Vascular Center
Stanford University Medical Center received an anonymous $31.8 million donation to establish a center for the treatment of pulmonary vascular disease in adults and children, illnesses that range from congenital heart disease to autoimmune and clotting disorders, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.