Latest California Healthline Stories
For Seventh Year In A Row, Marin County Ranked Healthiest In California
However Marin, in the rankings that compare more than 30 factors affecting health, earned its lowest ranking, No. 13, in the category of physical environment.
Study Links Poor Communication With Hospital Readmissions
The UCSF analysis of readmissions finds that 15 percent could have definitely been avoided and that 27 percent likely could have been avoided.
Surgeon Performs Rare ‘Domino Donor’ Operation At Stanford Hospital
The procedure — only performed seven other times at Stanford since 1988 — involved a heart-and-lung transplant on one patient, whose still-functioning heart then went to another patient.
Opponents Continue To Speak Out In Criticism Of Aid-In-Dying Law
“There is a deadly mix between our broken, profit-incentive health care system, and assisted suicide, which will become the cheapest treatment,” says Marilyn Golden, a senior policy analyst with the Berkeley-based Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.
In Quest To Treat Patients’ Pain, Doctors Struggle In Role Of Enforcer
As warriors on the front line of one of the worst drug epidemics in U.S. history, physicians are being called upon to balance their desire to care for their patients with the desire to stem the rising crisis.
Though Garland Has Some History Of Health Care Related Cases, Abortion Stance Is Uncharted
However, after meeting with President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards says he seems “responsible and qualified” and urged the Senate to act on his nomination.
Cluster Of Heart Incidents In Ventura Triggers Public Health Investigation
The efforts focus on nine incidents of cardiomyopathy. “We’re trying to figure out if these nine people had anything in common,” Ventura County Public Health Officer Dr. Robert Levin says.
Dry Climate Will Keep Zika Mosquito Away Even As Warmer Weather Sweeps In
Other parts of the country are not as lucky: Summer weather in New Orleans and Florida is predicted to create conditions suitable for a large infestation of mosquitoes.
Not Just In Flint: California Schools Struggle With Lead In Drinking Water
The ongoing problem is coming to the forefront as national attention focuses on lead contamination because of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Next-Gen Blood-Clotting Treatment Gets FDA Approval
The drug, which would be used for patients with hemophilia A, was made and tested at Bayer HealthCare’s Berkeley campus.