Vaccinations Key to Healthy, Resilient California Communities
Dr. Nilesh Hingarh Many vaccine-preventable illnesses previously thought to be eradicated have reemerged, and declining vaccination rates among some California communities and persistent misinformation...
View Article22,000 California women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year
By Margo Connolly October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a critical opportunity to promote breast cancer awareness, share information on the disease, and help ensure greater access to...
View ArticlePublic Health Protections Are Not Sign of a Nanny State
By Carolyn Newbergh Cries that we live in a nanny state that protects people who need no protection ignore an extraordinary fact: public health measures have had a long, proud history in this country...
View ArticleObamacare and Me, California-style
By Herbert A. Sample As a 50-something, self-employed California resident repeatedly denied health insurance through the private market, I was looking forward to getting covered by the Affordable Care...
View ArticleNew Study Reveals the Hidden Health Cost of Cutting Food Stamps
By Rob Waters Millions of Americans run out of money for food before the end of each month. A new study shows many may face serious health risks. About one in seven American households can’t...
View ArticleHealth Cost Growth Is Down, Or Not. It Depends Who You Ask
By Drew Altman Studies show that health care costs have been rising more slowly than at any time in the last fifty years, but the American people think they are rising faster than ever. Who’s right,...
View ArticleMaking connections to boost family medicine
By Ronald Fong. M.D. While medical schools graduate a lot of students who have been trained in family medicine, most new doctors eventually choose to practice as specialists in fields like radiology,...
View ArticleAsthma Sufferers Face New Challenge in Climate Change
By Anne Kelsey Lamb May 6 marks World Asthma Day, and it also marks the release of a major study on climate, the National Climate Assessment. The timing may be coincidental, but the connection isn’t:...
View ArticlePrevention-Based Policy Solutions for Ending California’s Diabetes Epidemic
By Ian McLaughlin Nationwide, type 2 diabetes affects more than 20.9 million children and adults. California has not been immune; in fact, diabetes diagnoses in the state have increased by 35 percent...
View ArticleWhat is it about giving thanks that makes us healthy?
By Eric Nelson In remarks made to a conference convened this summer by Cal Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC), renowned gratitude expert Dr. Robert Emmons explained why giving thanks is so...
View ArticleBuilding A Healthy Future for California’s Children of Color
By Mayra E. Alvarez As the nation observes National Minority Health Month, April will be a good time to reflect on the progress we have made addressing disparities in health. It’s also time to recommit...
View ArticleExposure to Trauma & Chronic Adversity Can Be Life-Threatening for Our Children
By Alex M. Johnson California is facing a public health crisis – children’s exposure to trauma and chronic adversity. A growing body of research shows that exposure to trauma harms children’s...
View ArticleA Key to Health Equity in California is Diverse Physicians
By Dr. David M. Carlisle In California and across the nation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought historic increases in coverage to people that have long been left out of the health care system,...
View ArticleKeeping to Our Ideals and Providing Coverage to All California Families
By Mayra E. Alvarez Robert Kennedy once said, “Our attitude toward immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who start at the bottom to...
View ArticleWhen autism ages out of the school system
By Pam Raymond California’s day programs for adults with autism are underfunded and overcrowded. But with thousands of young people with developmental delays or disabilities about to reach the age at...
View ArticleLooking out for our most vulnerable children
By Alex Johnson A child’s health and chance to survive a serious medical condition should not be dependent on their family’s income. All children deserve access to high-quality health care services –...
View ArticleWhy I’m fighting the state on behalf of my son
Yuki Baba and Nate Kyle. Photo from Yuki Baba. By Yuki Baba Nate Kyle is 8 years old and diagnosed with a brain malformation characterized by lack of proper wrinkles on the brain. Since he cannot sit...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Caregiver Crisis: African Americans Most at Risk
By Karen Lincoln California’s population is aging. By 2030, 18 percent of the state will be 65 or older. More significantly, this population will be increasingly racially and ethnically diverse....
View ArticleEverything I Knew About Aging Was Wrong, Or, Why I’ll Spend a Week Homeless...
Matt Perry and former California First Lady Maria Shriver. By Matt Perry Everything I knew about aging was wrong. That was the first lesson I learned when I plunged headfirst into the world of aging as...
View Article“I Like to Listen”: The Need for Eldership in Challenging Times
Nader Shabahangi By Nader Shabahangi A group of mostly elders in their 80’s and 90’s liked coming to the Elders Academy presentations every Wednesday afternoon in the cozy Forget-Me-Not-Café, a part of...
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