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Federal changes starting in 2027 could impact 1 million L.A. County enrollees.
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Researchers compared a practice of daily mindfulness meditation to taking Lexapro to control anxiety symptoms.
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Nearly 75% of Americans with disabilities live with a family caregiver, many of them age 60 or older. Updating your care plan now, experts say, can help make sure everyone thrives.
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Health care institutions across the United States have mounted get-out-the-vote efforts in recent years, inspired by a growing belief that voting improves the health of individuals and communities.
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The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.
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The question of why California has granted hookah smokers an exception while banning menthol cigarettes, the choice of 85% of African American smokers, has sparked a debate about which tobacco products — if any — merit protection.
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After it's signed into law, victims will be able to sue for compensation if they think they were mislead
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Pediatric hospitals are slammed with patients.
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Californians are facing the third statewide dialysis initiative in five years. The dialysis industry is spending tens of millions of dollars to defeat Proposition 29 and is running ads saying the measure would force clinics to close — a message that appears to be resonating with patients.
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The majority of Black Californians surveyed said they put extensive effort into getting preventive care.
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In September, American Medical Response, the largest U.S. provider of ambulance services, announced it had “made the difficult decision” to end nonemergency transports in Los Angeles County. It blamed the state for low Medicaid reimbursement rates.
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Low-income patients who need specialized cancer treatment often struggle to get it. Advocates say a new law is a small step toward improving services for those patients.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control decided to list COVID-19 among the vaccines it recommends for children, but each state decides whether to adopt those guidelines. It’s unclear what California will do, given the past controversies over children’s vaccines and the COVID vaccine in particular.
