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Get the Door, It’s the Doctor: House Calls for Older Patients in San Francisco
By Fran Kritz Carol Jenkins Hill has been unable to walk since breaking her ankle two years ago. Her mobility was poor even before that, and despite physical therapy it’s almost impossible for the...
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Activating Young Artists Against Diabetes
By Lynn Graebner A Bay Area-based campaign is recruiting young poets and youth to raise their voices and start a culture shift to end the type 2 diabetes epidemic. The Bigger Picture enlists young...
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UC Campuses Step Up Sex Assault Prevention
UC Berkeley, pictured here, along with other campuses in the statewide system, now mandate sexual assault prevention programs for students. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images). By Jessica Portner...
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Beauty Shop Hazards: Potential Toxins in African-American Hair Products
According to one recent study, African-American women appear to be faced with a greater variety of potentially-harmful products marketed specifically to them. Photo: Thinkstock. By Linda Childers In...
View ArticleFighting diabetes with hip-hop, poetry
By Daniel Weintraub Dr. Dean Schillinger spent much of his life fighting a losing battle against a preventable epidemic that has taken millions of American lives. Now, for the first time, he has hope....
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The Greying of California Farming: Success and Succession
By Matt Perry As farmer’s markets explode all over California and people start to view food as a form of medicine, family farms are emerging as the backbone of a blossoming “shop local” movement and...
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As vaccination mandate rolls out, some parents fret
Photo: Thinkstock/Dmitry Naumov By Lisa Renner State law or no state law, Grass Valley mother Kay Pisarek is adamant that she won’t vaccinate her 8-year-old son – because she believes vaccines are...
View ArticleTrump, Sanders and health care
By Daniel Weintraub In the days before last month’s Iowa caucuses, the Washington Times quoted a stay-at-home mom from Dubuque who wasn’t yet sure how she was going to vote. But the woman had narrowed...
View ArticleNursing Home Culture Change
by Matt Perry Dr. Michael Wasserman, a geriatrician for 30 years, tells this story about a call he once received from a nursing home: a resident had just lashed out and struck a staff member, so the...
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Trauma Should Be Recognized as Disability by Schools, Lawsuit Says
“You have to address trauma in order to do anything about the achievement gap,” said Anne Hudson-Price, an attorney with Public Counsel who represents the students. Photo: Thinkstock By Robin Urevich A...
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“Look Away, Look Away”: Training a Geriatric Workforce
By Matt Perry With California on the precipice of an older adult population explosion – part of the greatest demographic shift in the history of planet Earth — there must be a comprehensive state plan...
View ArticleThe “Hidden Poor” – Older, Sicker, and Uncounted
by Matt Perry They’re called the “hidden poor.” Stuck in the limbo above the federal poverty level yet below adequate income streams to make ends meet, these “hidden poor” are often a forgotten...
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Nonprofit Coffee House Fights Sex Trafficking
By Lynn Graebner In a suburban neighborhood on one of the busiest corners in Rocklin, California, Origin Coffee & Tea serves award winning java along with some awareness about human sex...
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The Dementia Dilemma: California Prepares to Handle Influx of Alzheimer’s Cases
Compared to whites, blacks have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s and Latinos have 1.5 times the risk. Photo: Thinkstock. By Linda Childers By the year 2030 when the last of the Baby Boomers...
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Breathing Air Into Asthma Prevention in Long Beach
In Long Beach, 14 percent of residents suffer from asthma, compared to 12.5 percent in Los Angeles and 8 percent in the U.S. Photo: Thinkstock. By Jessica Portner When Olga Santana’s 7-year-old...
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From Feminism to Ageism: Ashton Applewhite Takes on The Last Prejudice
By Matt Perry When Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique in 1963, the words “sexism” and “feminism” were nary a blip on the cultural radar. The book launched a modern revolution that is still...
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As More California Counties Implement Laura’s Law, Advocates Push Back
Today, Alameda, El Dorado, Kern, Los Angeles, Mendocino, Nevada, Orange, Placer, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo and Yolo have Laura’s Law programs in place. Photo: File/Thinkstock By Linda...
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Crowding on Skid Row Creates a Breeding Ground for Illnesses
Morning on Skid Row in downtown L.A. Photo: Phuc Pham. By Robin Urevich The squalor of LA’s skid row and the dangers it poses to human health took center stage briefly last fall when the director of...
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Healthy Home Cooking: Makeovers and a Cookbook for Ethnic Recipes
By Fran Kritz As always, Nadia Atef, an immigrant from Morocco now living in San Diego with her husband and two young daughters, made special foods for the holidays this year. But while she usually...
View ArticleProgram Review: The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Duals Demonstration Project
by Matt Perry The enrollment process was disastrous. Yet once in, patient satisfaction levels hit 80%. That’s a quick summary of a new review of California’s efforts to steer its most expensive...
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