Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text
TOM MURPHY
AP Health Writer
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning....
California OKs pharmacists to dispense HIV prevention meds
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Pharmacists in California will be able to dispense HIV prevention pills to patients without a doctor's prescription after Gov. Gavin Newsom...
Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deaths
CHRISTINA LARSON and MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — One afternoon last month, a young woman with a tablet computer sat next to...
Clampdown on vaping could send users back toward cigarettes
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only two years ago, electronic cigarettes were viewed as a small industry with big potential to improve public...
Vail Headquarters hosts blood drive with San Diego Blood Bank
TEMECULA – Vail Headquarters is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4...
US official expects ‘hundreds more’ cases of vaping illness
The number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. could soon climb much higher, a public health official said recently.Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers...
A spoonful less sugar, tad more fat: US diets still lacking
Americans’ diets are a little less sweet and a little crunchier, but there’s still too much sugar, white bread and artery-clogging fat, a study...
Understanding fitness-related ‘rhabdo’
TEMECULA – Have you heard of “rhabdo?” No, it’s not the latest superfood seed imported from the heart of the rainforest. Also dubbed the...
CVS stops sale of heartburn drugs with suspect contaminant
The Associated Press
CVS has halted sales of popular heartburn treatment Zantac and the store generic version after warnings by U.S. health regulators.
CVS is the...
Kohl’s Murrieta to host blood drive
MURRIETA – Kohl’s Department Store is hosting a blood drive in partnership with the San Diego Blood Bank Thursday, Oct. 3, from 10 a.m. to...