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Latest California Healthline Stories

State-Led Effort Helps Improve Blood Pressure Control Among Low-Income Patients

Nine Medi-Cal health plans joined the state in a program that helped them stabilize blood pressure among their members — but most still fell short of a federal goal intended to reduce the number of heart attacks and strokes.

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs At Risk After Trump Administration Budget Cuts

In California, seven programs were promised five-year grants worth about $7.9 million annually to help teens avoid early parenthood. Now their funding — along with that of scores of similar projects nationally — has been shut off early.

Jump-Starting Hard Conversations As The End Nears

An end-of life-planning website can encourage patients to tackle that difficult topic before they become too ill to communicate, according to a new study. But they may be more likely to make concrete plans with help from a doctor or social worker.