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State Watchdog to Investigate Another Health District Official
The Bay Citizen continues to investigate of health care districts and both the companies and nonprofits that do business with them. Journalists with Bay Citizen and California Watch have uncovered millions in "questionable transactions." Source: Kqed California's political watchdog agency … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Hercules Misspent Millions, Say Auditors; Study on Bike Path for West Span of Bay Bridge; CHP Officer Youngstrom Memorial Service
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Hercules misspent millions, audit finds (SF Chronicle) City leaders in Hercules spent nearly $50 million of the city's redevelopment agency funds on questionable transactions, many of which had missing or nonexistent records, according to a pair of audits released Wednesday … Continue reading
Video: Bike Trials Pro Danny MacAskill vs. San Francisco
Until 20 minutes ago, I'd never heard of Danny MacAskill, and, despite a long history of international bike trips (this was before having children), I'd never heard of the sport "bike trials" either.
I love this job. I get to learn about all sorts of great new things.
Video: West Oakland Residents On How They Feel About Occupy Oakland
KQED publishes ouRXperience, a blog from community correspondents, to enrich coverage of health issues across California. Xan West reports from her neighborhood of West Oakland. Because Occupy Oakland has so dominated the news in the last several weeks, West stepped outside of the health beat and asked a handful of her friends and acquaintances for reaction to the movement.
Santa Clara County Group Says Bed Sharing With Infants is Dangerous
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A children’s advocacy group in Santa Clara County has launched a campaign to discourage parents from sleeping in bed with their infants. As the San Jose Mercury News reports, advocates say bed sharing is not just dangerous, but can be lethal. … Continue reading
SF Federal Court OKs Compensation to Bone Marrow Donors
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More than 3,000 Americans die every year waiting for a bone marrow donor match. Federal law has banned compensation to bone marrow donors since 1984, under the National Organ Transplant Act which likened bone marrow donation to organ donation. Yesterday, … Continue reading
HIV/AIDS Cases Up Most for People of Color
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Timed to today’s observance of World AIDS Day, California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development released a brief [PDF] looking at over 20 years of hospitalization trends for people with HIV and AIDS. The state’s analysis showed that the number of … Continue reading
Asthmatic Kids at Risk in the Central Valley
Today, KQED’s Sasha Khokha outlines how the lack of effective air monitoring policy in the San Joaquin Valley could be harming the people who live there. As she reports, a recent study from UCSF finds a direct link between air pollution and asthma-related ER visits. The study found what researchers call a “linear association” between certain components of air pollution and asthma ER visits. In other words, as air pollution goes up, the likelihood of an asthmatic child heading to the ER goes up, too.
Biographer: Jobs Tried Exotic Treatments to Fight Cancer; Watch '60 Minutes' Preview
A new biography of Steve Jobs details the choices he made in his cancer treatment. As first reported by Fortune in 2008, Jobs delayed recommended surgery when diagnosed. The day after Jobs died, we blogged about The Daily Beast post … Continue reading
Steve Jobs' "Think Different" Philosophy Included Approach to Cancer Treatment
Since Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO in August, many of the basic facts of his disease have been widely written about. Jobs had a rare form of pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post both feature … Continue reading
