Latest California Healthline Stories
Los Angeles Joins Energy Drinks Debate
Los Angeles has formally waded into the debate over regulating energy drinks with a proposal from a city council member. The proposal asks the city to take a more active role in monitoring the beverages, which deliver a quick boost but may cause medical problems.
Homeless Motel-Clinic Program Honored
A pair of innovators who started a post-hospital recuperative program for homeless people in Southern California will be honored today in Sacramento for their work.
Warning Label Proposed for Sodas To Combat Rise in Kids’ Obesity, Diabetes
Like alcohol and tobacco, soda pop and energy drinks need health-risk warning labels for consumers, according to a bill introduced in the California Legislature yesterday.
State Plagued by Bad Air, Scant Water
In the driest year on record in California, some parts of the state are also experiencing some of the worst air pollution on record. The two issues are not unrelated.
Predicting Future of Ratings in Health Care
We asked stakeholders and futurists to gaze into their crystal balls to predict how health care ratings might evolve beyond the growing but disjointed efforts of public and private groups issuing report cards on hospitals, physicians, insurers and other parts of the system.
New Law Aimed at Many Parents Opting Out of State’s Vaccination Program
Mark Dressner of the California Academy of Family Physicians, Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information Center and Assembly member Richard Pan spoke with California Healthline about the growing number of parents who are choosing to keep their children out of the state’s vaccination program and the new law in California that requires a provider consultation to opt out.
How To Get California Kids Physically Fit
We asked stakeholders and policymakers how the state could improve the physical fitness of California’s school children. Only one-third of fifth, seventh and ninth graders passed all six sections of the state’s annual physical fitness test last year.
High Rate of Fast Food Consumption Among Children ‘Surprising to See’
A new study from UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research suggests many California children ages 2 to 5 eat fast food regularly and don’t eat many fruits and vegetables.
California’s Trans Fat Law Set Stage for Pending National Ban on the ‘Anti-Food’
A national effort to ban trans fat from all foods got its start five years ago when a similar law took effect in California.
Partnership Brings Clean Drinking Water to Central Valley Schools, Programs
Advocates hope a community-wide effort to provide clean drinking water for schools and Head Start programs in the Central Valley will serve as a model for other school districts dealing with contaminated water.