USC Report: Latino dementia and costs rising rapidly
By Matt Perry Every year another potential “breakthrough” in dementia treatment is trumpeted as potential salvation. But there’s just one problem. While these studies often show an improvement in...
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Outreach to At-Risk Communities Crucial to Diabetes Prevention
A recent report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research says that diabetes has hit epidemic proportions in California, with the Central Valley’s eight counties, from San Joaquin to Kern, among...
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For Non-English Speaking Families, Getting Mental Health Help At School...
Elvira Gomez of El Monte struggled to get her son, Jose Antonio Suarez, enrolled in an appropriate therapy program at his school, even though he was legally entitled to the services. Photo courtesy of...
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Coachella Valley: Structural Racism and the Desert Healthcare District
East Coachella Valley is home to the vast majority of valley Latinos who often live in crushing poverty while working in the agricultural and service sectors – often for their white counterparts. Photo...
View ArticleGov. Brown Signs Bill Allowing Fragile Children to Keep Doctors for 1 Year
By Hannah Guzik Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Sunday that will allow some of California’s most medically fragile children to keep the health services they rely on. Senate Bill 586 aims to prevent...
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Measure Taxing E Cigarettes, Tobacco Will go to Voters
By Robin Urevich The burgeoning electronic cigarette industry is on the defensive in California this year as the debate over the devices moves to the November ballot. If approved by the voters, Prop...
View ArticleDeath Radio: Dr. Ruth Meets Car Talk
By Matt Perry From Death Cafes to conscious dying and California’s new assisted dying law, death seems to be a topic on everyone’s mind. In what is evidently the nation’s first radio show to explore...
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How Much Screen Time is Good For Children at School?
A student in Elizabeth Marquez’s fourth grade class completes an activity on one of the classroom computers. Students at Miramonte Elementary School in Clovis are encouraged to develop technology...
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Addiction Treatment Changes Following Pressure from New Federal Rules
Photo: Thinkstock. By Robin Urevich Drug treatment professionals have long preached abstinence from all drugs—including medication aimed at managing addiction. But those who oppose medication-assisted...
View ArticleNew Law Aims to Protect Child Sex Trafficking Victims, Instead of...
By Hannah Guzik Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill last week that aims to protect child sex trafficking victims instead of criminalizing them. Senate Bill 1322 prohibits law enforcement from arresting or...
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Not One Size Fits All, Researchers Find In Project to Reduce Disparities
“I know one of the things that we found out when we were doing the research is Native agencies are tired of getting one-time money to do something that does great things in community, but then it’s...
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Creative Aging: “Come Together, Right Now”
By Matt Perry One floor beneath the exhibit for famed filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum last month hosted the one-year anniversary of a unique collaborative – the...
View ArticleThe Art of Dying: San Francisco’s Death Week
By Matt Perry The San Francisco Bay Area has redefined everything from technology to sex and spirituality. Now it’s death’s turn. Starting Oct. 24 and continuing through Halloween, San Francisco hosts...
View ArticleTea Dance
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Going the Distance for Clean Mouths and Oral Health
Katherine Turcios, 5, is among the first patients in a new teledentistryprogram designed to get care to underserved children. Photo: Jazley Faith Sendjaja. By Amy DePaul Five-year-old Katherine Turcios...
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Dismal Dental Care Access for Low-Income Californians Prompts Counties and...
By Lynn Graebner One third of California residents and half of the state’s children qualify for Denti-Cal, the state’s Medi-Cal dental program. So leaders in counties like Santa Cruz, where 82 percent...
View ArticleGov. Brown Signs Bill Granting Paid Parental Leave to School Employees
By Hannah Guzik Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill late last month that will give paid parental leave to all California school employees for up to 12 weeks, including those who work in classified...
View ArticleFewer California Doctors Accept Medi-Cal, Despite Surge in Number of Patients
By Hannah Guzik Although enrollment in California’s low-income health plan has surged in the last three years, fewer physicians are accepting these Medi-Cal patients, according to a new report. That...
View ArticleStatistics Show Many Parents Experienced Childhood Trauma
By Hannah Guzik One in five California adults with children living in their homes said they were physically abused as a child, and one in 10 were sexually abused, according to data released last week....
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Home Sweet Home… For Dementia
By Matt Perry When first planning a new concept in dementia living in The Netherlands, Yvonne Van Amerongen had trouble explaining that she wanted a real world village — not the sterile confines of a...
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