Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act leaves patients in limbo
As Californians, along with the rest of the nation, brace for a possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, local residents feel more or less unsafe.
Read MoreSome Bay Area workers commute for hours for the sake of affordable rent
Cindy Wood spends her weeknights in a vacant apartment at the Pacifica Senior Living facility in Oakland Heights, a long commute away from her husband and children in Santa Rosa. She works as the executive director of the gated senior living community, and recently had to move into an apartment on the property after being…
Read MoreOakland heart study subjects want another 30 years
After 30 years participation in a landmark study, Oakland participants celebrate healthy hearts and their contributions to scientific literature.
Read MoreGrant sends residents out of hospital, into community
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland can add one more item to its list of achievements: a $1.3 million Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant.
Read MoreKaiser reunion celebrates premature birth success stories
Family members and their once-premature babies reunited with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) staff of Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center to celebrate the health of their children.
Read MoreNew nonprofit raises awareness about prescription opioid overdose in Alameda County
Savannah O’Neil says, for her, knowing someone who has battled an opioid addiction started with a family member. Most recently, she says, one of her friends had a stint at sobriety, but fatally overdosed on a combination of prescription opioids and benzodiazepine.
Read MorePublic health experts ask: Does your zip code affect your health more than your genetic code?
At their first meeting of the year, the Bay Area chapter of NFBPA hosted public health experts to help its members better understand the socio-economic roots of national health disparities.
Read MoreReport shows growing racial disparities in Oakland residents’ health
A major report on urban health in America has given Oakland mixed grades.
Read MoreMobile Medicare Clinic to hold health fair at Allen Temple Baptist Church
The Allen Temple Baptist Church will partner with the University of the Pacific this Saturday to hold a health fair to help seniors understand their medications.
Read MoreOakland researchers propose a way to explain why what you eat may affect your behavior
Vitamin D and Omega-3 fatty acids improve cognitive function and behavior in people with certain mental disorders, studies have shown. But scientists haven’t been sure how. Now, researchers at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) have come up with a possible explanation. After extensively reviewing the scientific literature, Dr. Rhonda Patrick and Dr. Bruce Ames…
Read MoreAmerican Red Cross encouraging African-Americans to donate blood
In honor of Black History Month, the American Red Cross is commemorating the development of modern-day blood banking, pioneered by an African-American surgeon—Dr. Charles Drew. They have organized more than a dozen blood donation opportunities throughout February in the East Bay. “We need people of all ethnicities to donate,” said Sara O’Brien, the external communications…
Read MoreKaiser nurses strike amid contract negotiations
The California Nurses Association, part of the National Nurses United labor union, staged a 2-day strike this week after contract negotiations with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California halted earlier this month over a range of staffing and workplace issues. The union said that 18 thousand nurses walked off the job on November 11 and 12. But health…
Read MoreStudent pharmacists help seniors manage healthcare
The Allen Temple Baptist Church’s large auditorium was packed with community residents young and old, as student pharmacists from the University of the Pacific helped seniors grapple with updates to their Medicare plans and manage their medications.
Read MoreLa Clínica offers support for those living with HIV or AIDS
Oakland’s La Clínica de la Raza offers an array of programs to improve the physical, psychological and social well-being of men and women living with HIV.
Read MoreChildren’s Hospital Oakland implements new contract for doctors union
After 18 months of negotiations, pediatric resident physicians and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland reached an agreement last week on a new contract that doesn’t include a salary increase, but raises the residents’ educational allowance for such things as books, computers and supplies.
Read MoreRare enterovirus infects two Alameda County residents
Among 14 confirmed cases of a rare respiratory virus in California, two are Alameda County residents
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