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Category Archives: Health
State Disability Center Forfeits Funding Over Abuse
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Ryan Gabrielson, California Watch California's largest board-and-care center for the developmentally disabled will surrender more than $1 million a month in federal funding for failures to protect patients from abuse and provide quality medical care, state officials announced Friday. In … Continue reading
Lance Armstrong: 'A Myth That Kept Rolling Down the Tracks'
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The first half of Oprah Winfrey's much-anticipated interview with Lance Armstrong aired Thursday night. Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs while winning his record seven straight Tours de France. Armstrong's admissions, which came after years of denials, are stirring conversation … Continue reading
SF Supes Give Initial Approval to Smoking Ban at Some Street Fairs, Festivals
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave unanimous initial approval on Tuesday to two pieces of legislation addressing smoking in the city. The first item will ban smoking at certain street fairs and festivals in the city, … Continue reading
Besieged Oakland Residents Rally Against Gun Violence
by Ingrid Becker Four more dead, 11 shot. That’s the grim tally coming out of another bloody weekend in Oakland. A tragedy of “epic proportions” is how District 4 Councilwoman Libby Schaaf characterized six killings that have rocked Oakland in … Continue reading
Video: UCSF Professor Sings His Neurology Lessons
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It's not exactly Gagnam Style, but if you want to learn about meningioma or foamy macrophages, Arie Perry may have a musical solution for you. The University of California, San Francisco pathology professor composes and performs his own original songs … Continue reading
What to Pay Attention to As the California Fracking Debate Heats Up
Last week, California issued draft regulations for fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly popular but controversial method of oil and natural gas retrieval. How does fracking work? KQED Science's Lauren Sommer explains: Millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand … Continue reading
Videos: New Anti-Tobacco Ads Target Calif. Ethnic Groups
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Daggers fly at an Asian man holding a cigarette. A Hispanic smoking father discovers that his child has asthma. An African American woman laments the absence of her deceased father, a smoker, at her wedding. With images like these, Tobacco … Continue reading
Jerry Brown Undergoing Treatment For Prostate Cancer
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Statement from the Governor's office… The Governor’s Office today announced that Governor Brown is undergoing treatment for localized prostate cancer. Dr. Eric Small, Brown’s oncologist at UCSF, issued the following statement: “Fortunately, this is early stage localized prostate cancer, which … Continue reading
News Pix: Olive Harvest, Holiday Festivities and Miss Richmond
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Much of the olive oil on grocery store shelves is imported from Italy or Spain, but California has a growing reputation as a producer of quality olive oil. KQED's Bay Area Bites visited one farm about 60 miles north of … Continue reading
Accuracy Isn’t Priority as VA Battles Disability Claims Backlog
by Aaron Glantz, Center for Investigative Reporting U.S. Navy cook Hosea Roundtree watched the 1983 shelling of Beirut from the deck of a ship, feelings of helplessness washing over him as people perished onshore. That memory haunted him, resurrected in … Continue reading
