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How California Schools Are Bringing Mindfulness Into the Classroom
In this Los Angeles classroom, teachers lead students in mindfulness exercises, as part of a UCLA program. Photo courtesy of UCLA. By Derek Walter Many of the children at Florence Griffith Joyner...
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By Matt Perry Nearly everyone has a health care horror story. For William and Madeline Jay, theirs is worse than most. After being forced to switch supplemental Medicare plans last year, William was...
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With Legalization of Marijuana, Health Teachers Struggle to Find Right Tone
Nearly a quarter of 11th grade students in California said they had used marijuana seven or more times, according to data from the 2011-13 California Student Survey. Yet, the majority of teens said...
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Slow Down: A Lesson From Caregivers and Millennials
Sally Gelardin By Sally Gelardin I just received a call from a friend, in her 40s, who informed me that her mother, who is over 70, fell and broke her femur. Her mom, who is still working, is facing...
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Lost in the Fog: Family Caregiving in California
A new California task force is trying to simply the state’s fragment support system for family caregivers. Photo courtesy of AgeSong assisted living. By Matt Perry It was dubbed “The Fog Bowl.” On New...
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Ventura County Tries An Alternative to Juvenile Hall
Some of the teens who attend Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme’s Teen Center have been ordered to go there by probation officials in lieu of spending time in juvenile detention....
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New Report Finds Children at a Higher Risk of Lead Exposure in Several...
One of Alameda County’s inspectors checks a house for lead poisoning. Photo courtesy of Alameda County Healthy Homes Department. By Linda Childers In several neighborhoods across California, many...
View ArticleA Global Aging Summit … at Home
By Matt Perry Sit back. Relax. You’re about to hear from some of the world’s leading aging experts in the comfort of your own home. No conference fees. No airfare. No hotel accommodations. Launching...
View ArticleWho Will Be Our Aging Champion?
By Suzanne Reed “Is California prepared to meet the needs of the aging baby boomer generation?” That was the question posed three years ago by the California State Senate Select Committee on Aging and...
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Why Movement Matters
Joan Virginia Allen is one of four women who worked regularly with “Dynamic Aging” author Katy Bowman to improve dexterity, flexibility and core strength. Photo: Willis Allen. By Matt Perry “Get off...
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How California Schools Are Bringing Mindfulness Into the Classroom
In this Los Angeles classroom, teachers lead students in mindfulness exercises, as part of a UCLA program. Photo courtesy of UCLA. By Derek Walter Many of the children at Florence Griffith Joyner...
View ArticleHealth Care That Works: Solving The Curious Case of William Jay
By Matt Perry Nearly everyone has a health care horror story. For William and Madeline Jay, theirs is worse than most. After being forced to switch supplemental Medicare plans last year, William was...
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With Legalization of Marijuana, Health Teachers Struggle to Find Right Tone
Nearly a quarter of 11th grade students in California said they had used marijuana seven or more times, according to data from the 2011-13 California Student Survey. Yet, the majority of teens said...
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Slow Down: A Lesson From Caregivers and Millennials
Sally Gelardin By Sally Gelardin I just received a call from a friend, in her 40s, who informed me that her mother, who is over 70, fell and broke her femur. Her mom, who is still working, is facing...
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Lost in the Fog: Family Caregiving in California
A new California task force is trying to simply the state’s fragment support system for family caregivers. Photo courtesy of AgeSong assisted living. By Matt Perry It was dubbed “The Fog Bowl.” On New...
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Ventura County Tries An Alternative to Juvenile Hall
Some of the teens who attend Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme’s Teen Center have been ordered to go there by probation officials in lieu of spending time in juvenile detention....
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Aiming to Reduce Absences, A Fresno School Puts a Health Clinic on Campus
Gaston Middle School in Fresno has a health clinic on campus in an effort to reduce chronic absences. Photo courtesy of Fresno Unified School District. By Derek Walter On a recent Tuesday morning, a...
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Cabernet Over Chemo: 4 Physicians, 4 Lessons
Dr. B.J. Miller of UCSF Medical Center spoke at the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California conference about how palliative care can go deeper. Photo: Owen Egan By Matt Perry “Medicine is not a...
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Driven By High Asthma Rates, Central Valley Tries to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Stephani Pineda, program coordinator of the Central California Asthma Collaborative, prepares to visit several families who are enrolled in the Asthma Impact Model. Photo by Maria Vazquez. By Linda...
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Older, Wiser and Fighting Climate Change
Mick Smyer is working on a fellowship on climate change and aging at Stanford University. Photo: Patrick Beaudouin By Matt Perry It’s a common misconception: Older adults don’t care about climate...
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