Tag: health
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....
Valley-Wide OLDlympics continues to attract area seniors to challenging athletic competitions
The annual Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District’s OLDlympics continues to attract hundreds of older residents, some in their mid-90s, to compete in 18 physically...
Big pharma: A monster which needs to be tamed
Millions of people were outraged in 2015 when Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of a 62-year-old drug that is considered the gold standard in...
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...
Riverside County health officer urges e-cigarette users to stop amid concerns over lung illness
RIVERSIDE – Public health officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser is urging those who use vaping products to stop until health officials can determine the cause...
Riverside University Health System Public Health earns national accreditation
RIVERSIDE – Riverside University Health System Public Health has been awarded national accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board.“The designation affirms much of what...
Temecula Valley Hospital performs 1st TAVR procedure
TEMECULA – Patients who suffer from severe aortic stenosis, which is the narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow, now have a...