California Hospitals Urge Moms To Favor Breast Milk Over Formula
Exclusively breastfeeding babies for at least six months is widely viewed as a significant health benefit. White moms are more likely to do so than blacks, Asians or Latinas.
L.A. County Unlawfully Terminated Thousands Of Medi-Cal Recipients, Court Rules
A judge orders the county to fix problem that harmed low-income seniors and people with disabilities, including those with serious health conditions.
Use Of Psychiatric Drugs Soars In California Jails
A combination of factors has led to an 鈥渁stronomical鈥 increase in mentally ill inmates, followed by increased efforts to identify those who need prescriptions. Some say the meds are underprescribed; others, that they are given inappropriately, without the benefit of comprehensive treatment.
Weak Oversight Blamed For Poor Care At California Nursing Homes Going Unchecked
The scathing report cites a significant increase in cases of poor care 鈥 especially ones with the potential to cause serious injuries or death. A state lawmaker called the findings 鈥渧ery, very disturbing.鈥
Voces oficiales aseguran que esta supervisi贸n deficiente hizo que el n煤mero de incidentes que podr铆an causar lesiones graves o la muerte haya aumentado significativamente en los 煤ltimos a帽os.
鈥淯n acertijo persistente鈥: californianos adoptan Medicaid, pero鈥 驴cupones de alimentos? No tanto.
Millones de californianos que podr铆an participar de este programa, no lo hacen. Expertos explican las posibles razones y qu茅 se est谩 haciendo para que m谩s familias obtengan este beneficio.
‘A Persistent Puzzle’: Californians Embrace Medicaid 鈥 But Food Stamps? Not So Much.
The Golden State ranks near the bottom in its enrollment of eligible people in the food assistance program known as SNAP. Now state officials want to tap its robust Medicaid rolls to boost SNAP signups. 聽
M谩s mujeres que hombres sufren ahora una “aterradora” enfermedad pulmonar
La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva cr贸nica (EPOC) est谩 afectando a millones de mujeres que comenzaron a fumar en los a帽os 60 y 70, casi como una forma de rebeli贸n.
鈥楽cary鈥 Lung Disease Now Afflicts More Women Than Men In U.S.
Barbara Bush鈥檚 case highlights that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 鈥 a disease linked to long-term smoking and traditionally considered a men鈥檚 disease 鈥 is now more prevalent among women.
Former California State Contractor Sued Over Breach Of HIV Patient Privacy
A lawsuit claims that a private company hired by the state public health department to manage enrollment in an AIDS drug assistance program for low-income patients inadvertently allowed unauthorized access to their medical status.
Psiquiatra se queda cerca de casa, fiel a su promesa de la infancia
La doctora Yamanda Edwards es la 煤nica psiquiatra en el Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital. Ella decidi贸 ejercer en el vecindario en donde creci贸, que tiene una necesidad acuciante de servicios de salud mental.
Psychiatrist Stays Close To Home And True To Her Childhood Promise
Yamanda Edwards is the only psychiatrist at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, caring for residents in South Los Angeles, a community with a shortage of mental health care.
States Extend Medicaid For Birth Control, Cutting Costs 鈥 And Future Enrollment
Medicaid family planning programs reduce unplanned births, but some are caught in disputes over federal funding to Planned Parenthood.
Aumenta el uso de una droga que previene el VIH, pero no entre minor铆as
Cerca de 300,000 hispanos podr铆an beneficiarse de PrEP, pero de ese n煤mero, solo 7,600 han recibido una receta.
Use Of HIV-Prevention Drug Grows, But Lags Among Non-Whites
The pill, known as PrEP, can reduce the risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS by 90 percent. Its use has expanded sharply in recent years 鈥 but primarily among a white demographic.
Impuesto a los millonarios genera grandes beneficios para pacientes de salud mental
Un impuesto estatal a los ricos ha impulsado significativamente los programas de salud mental en el condado m谩s grande de California, ayudando a reducir la falta de vivienda, el encarcelamiento y la hospitalizaci贸n.
California鈥檚 Tax On Millionaires Yields Big Benefits For People With Mental Illness, Study Finds
The research, focused on Los Angeles County, casts a positive light on a 2004 initiative that expanded mental health services statewide. A recent state audit, however, suggested hundreds of millions of dollars from the initiative were piling up, left unspent by counties.
C贸mo Medicaid se convirti贸 en un proveedor de fondos para las escuelas
El programa federal gerenciado por los estados para que las personas de bajos ingresos tengan atenci贸n de salud tambi茅n apoya a estudiantes con necesidades especiales en todo el pa铆s.
How Medicaid Became A Go-To Funder For Schools
Begun as a health care safety net for children and low-income families, Medicaid increasingly underwrites a range of services in America鈥檚 public schools.
Campus Voices: Should Student Health Centers Offer Abortion Pills?
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would require student health centers at all of the state鈥檚 four-year public universities to carry the abortion pill. Students at campuses across the state sounded off on the proposal.
