Health

  • Dealing With Unsanitary Floodwaters

    Santa Clara County Health Officer Statement Regarding Potential Risks in Coming in Contact With Floodwaters   SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. After the flooding incidents throughout the South Bay, Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County Health Officer, provides the following information for people living in areas that are flooding. Specifically, contact...
  • Defensores sienten nueva urgencia de defender Medicare

    Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif – El Representante Republicano Tom Price, de Georgia, inicio el 13 de febrero su primera semana completa como Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos (“Health and Human Services”). Y varios defensores de Medicare, como la AARP California, aprovechan el momento para llamar...
  • Advocates Feel New Urgency to Defend Medicare

    Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif. – Rep. Tom Price began his first full week as secretary of Health and Human Services the week of February 13th, and Medicare advocates say they will continue to push Congress and the new administration to protect the program they call “crucial.”...
  • How To Have Fun, Dine Out And Stay In Shape

    NAPS According to recent Nielsen reports, more than one in three Americans have resolved to stay fit in 2017. If you’re among them—or would like to be—you may be glad to learn that being healthy doesn’t mean you have to give up a lot of time or sacrifice the...
  • Cuatro medidas que puede tomar hoy mismo para garantizar su salud cardiaca

    BPT En el camino a la buena salud, vale la pena escuchar a su corazón, literalmente. Un corazón sano es esencial para mantener una buena salud general. Sin embargo, muchos ignoran las señales de alerta de que su corazón no está tan saludable como debería. Una encuesta encargada en...
  • 5 Ways to Avoid Winter Health Woes

    StatePoint The chilly months can mean colds, flu and feeling worn down. But just because it’s cold outside doesn’t mean you have to hibernate all winter. In addition to taking precautionary steps to stay healthy, it’s important to stay active with your family. Here are five great ways to...
  • Proteja su vista

    Lo que debe saber sobre la salud de su visión Family Features La visión cambia a medida que se envejece; sin embargo, algunos cambios podrían indicar un problema más grave. El glaucoma y la degeneración macular relacionada con la edad son las dos afecciones oculares más comunes en los...
  • Tobacco Use in CA: Making Strides, but Room to Improve

    Logan Pollard California News Service LOS ANGELES – In California alone, 40,000 people die every year from tobacco-related illnesses, which also cost the state just over $18 billion in healthcare and loss of productivity. Two reports out today explain what states are doing to curb tobacco use. Lindsey Freitas,...
  • Student Athletes Emulate the Pros in Abusing Prescription Painkillers

    NewsUSA Sometimes we’re so caught up in all the pro sports stars whose lives have been wrecked by misusing prescription painkillers that we forget the problem extends down to the amateur level. And, yes, that does mean college and even high-school sports. At least one study put the number...
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