Latest California Healthline Stories
‘Tremendous Consensus’ In Anti-Abortion Movement Over Trump’s ‘Punishment’ Comments
Although there wasn’t time to compare talking points, leaders in the movement said there was no need: It’s wrong, they all agreed. Meanwhile, the Republican front-runner is blaming a “convoluted” interview for his statement that, if abortions were banned, a woman who had one should be punished. “It could be that I misspoke,” he also acknowledged.
‘The Hardest Thing I’ve Done In My Life’: Making The Decision To Place Loved Ones In Dementia Care
“If you had a conversation with 10 people who put someone into care,” Kae Hammond, owner of Dementia Help Center, says, “nine of them would say, ‘I waited too long.’”
Fentanyl Death Toll Climbs To 7 In Sacramento
The potent and lethal synthetic drug is 50 times more powerful than heroin and has been creeping into California’s supply of street drugs in the past several months.
Mammograms May Help Warn Women Of Dangerous Precursor To Heart Disease
Plaque that has built up in the arteries can be clearly seen on a mammogram, but doctors have not been sure how meaningful those readings were. New research says the information might help combat the killer of one in four women.
After Hacks On Hospitals, U.S. And Canada Issue Rare Joint Cyber Alert
The governments are discouraging victims from paying hackers to restore access to their data.
CMS Theranos Report Details Lack Of Quality Control, Use Of Unqualified Personnel
The blood testing startup says its new lab director has implemented extensive new procedures to improve on the failures, and that those who were in leadership during the period the federal government was investigating are no longer with the lab.
444,000 Health Care Workers Would Be Affected By Minimum Wage Increase
SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union filed the ballot initiative for a $15-an-hour minimum wage and it gathered more than 600,000 signatures of support. But home health care providers have been the most vocally opposed, claiming such a salary hike can lead them to bankruptcy.
Trump: If Abortions Were Banned, Women Seeking Procedure Should Be ‘Punished’
After his comments provoked an outcry from both sides, the Republican front-runner quickly walked back his statement to say the doctor performing the procedure should be penalized instead.
Nation’s First Transplant Between HIV-Positive Donor, Recipients Successful, Hopkins Announces
Johns Hopkins University says the patients are recovering after receiving a kidney and a liver, respectively, from a deceased donor who was HIV-positive. HIV-positive patients already are eligible to receive transplants from HIV-negative donors, just like anyone else, but the waiting list is long and thousands die waiting for an organ.
‘A Gradual, Terrible, Horrible Progression’; Dementia Devastates Patients And Their Spouses
Four Californians open up to The Desert Sun about how they coped as their husband’s or wife’s disease progressed.