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‘Census of the Invisible’ Documents the Plight of the Working Poor in Coastal...
Photo of laborer in Santa Cruz by Edward Ramirez. Ramirez led the project’s documentarian team during his senior year at UC Santa Cruz. Born in Los Angeles, Ramirez was attracted to the project because...
View ArticleCambodian elders find health through culture
In this story we go to the Asian-Pacific Self-Development and Residential Association (APSARA) in Stockton where Cambodian elders come together to help each other navigate their new community. By Sara...
View ArticleWorkplace issues might be missing link between education, health
By Daniel Weintraub It has long been known that health and life expectancy are correlated with education levels. The more education you have, the longer you are likely to live. But no one knows exactly...
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By Hannah Guzik Is Sacramento bike friendly? A video report on how to make it more so. Over 2 million people have now signed up for insurance through Covered California. Most of the people who left the...
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Positive Aging: Talk to the Animals
By Matt Perry It’s not often a zoo features human cage-dancing, a cross-dressing fortune teller, sake bombs at the top of a slide, and a zookeeper who doubles as a DJ from the famed Coachella Music...
View ArticleDisparities Persist When Finding and Seeing a Doctor
By Hannah Guzik Although everyone ends up spending about the same amount of time with a doctor during an appointment, those who are from certain racial groups and who are low-income spend more time...
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By Hannah Guzik Are workplace issues the missing link between education and health? Shopping around instead of renewing a health plan can save money. High-deductible plans can cause some people to...
View ArticleAttitude Adjustment: Aging
by Matt Perry Of all the people who have lived to age 60 – in the entire history of humankind – half of them are alive today. Yet the greatest demographic shift in the history of planet Earth...
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Failure to Protect: Should victims of domestic violence face child abuse...
Photo: File/Thinkstock By Leah Bartos On a late spring afternoon last year, Andrea* drove herself and her three children directly from her ex-husband’s home to the local police station, seeking...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Victims Face a Greater Risk of HIV
By Hannah Guzik Women who are victims of domestic violence have an increased risk of contracting HIV and a more difficult time keeping up with treatments, according to women’s health advocates....
View ArticleJudge strikes down state law giving nursing homes power over patients without...
By Lynn Graebner A California statute allowing nursing homes to make medical decisions for residents incapable of doing that for themselves and who have no family or legal representatives has been...
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By Hannah Guzik The San Jose Zoo has a program for seniors to help them stay active. Terminally ill patients have to wait until at least April to use California’s new assisted-death law. For low-wage...
View ArticleA revolution is coming in medicine
By Daniel Weintraub Sometimes the U.S. health care system can seem stuck in the last century: overly centralized, bureaucratic, and definitely not consumer-friendly. But behind the scenes a scientific...
View ArticleCaregivers face burnout when caring for family members
By Sara Washington Dorissa McCalister-Carnell Family Caregiver (Showing family pictures) Here’s a picture of my mom and myself. This was on a Sunday morning, now I’m thinking it was an Easter morning....
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The Age of Psychedelics
By Matt Perry When Gov. Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act last month it was a celebration for many Californians who thought the “assisted dying taboo” would never be breached. Looming on...
View ArticleCancer patients on Medi-Cal fare worse than others
By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser News Cancer patients insured by California’s health plan for low-income people are less likely to get recommended treatment and also have lower survival rates than...
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California Wants Physicians to “Think Measles.”
Photo: @alviseni/Flickr By Fran Kritz Hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s measles outbreak in California, public health officials have launched a campaign reminding doctors to consider the highly...
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How 100,000 Californians are changing health care
Flickr/RambergMediaImages By Fran Kritz More than 100,000 older Californians are on the leading edge of precision medicine, a trend that could transform modern health care. The Californians, all age 60...
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An Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Just for Caregivers
By Fran Kritz Mallie Odle, 69, keeps a list on the refrigerator in the kitchen of her San Diego home of the things she enjoys doing in her rare spare time. Recently she checked off lunch with a pal,...
View ArticleCalifornia Health Report TV – Episode 8
In this episode we bring you stories from throughout San Joaquin Valley about people improving their lives and the conditions of their communities. First we go to the Central Valley where public health...
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