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California initiative offers free condoms to reduce transmission of STDs among teens

From Modern Medicine. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Family Health Council (CFHC) have launched a new project that is designed to reduce the rate of transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among teens… more »
Feb 17, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

Poll Finds Wide Gap Between the Care Patients Want and Receive at End of Life

From Market Watch. When it comes to how they want to spend their final days, Californians prefer to die a natural death at home without being a burden, financially or emotionally, on their families. Yet according to a new poll released today by the Cal… more »
Feb 17, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

Fur flies over proposed change to animal shelter law

From the Pleasanton Weekly. Valley Humane Society would be negatively impacted if Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to repeal the 1998 Hayden Law goes through. It mandates that public shelters must hold animals for four to six days before euthanizing. If the… more »
Feb 13, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

Lab test rules out connection to mad cow disease for one of two rare Marin cases

From MercuryNews.com. Laboratory tests have confirmed that at least one of the two cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosed recently in Marin is not the variety linked to mad cow disease. "That is definitive," Dr. Craig Lindquist, Marin C… more »
Feb 13, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

300-pound salad gives Monterey Park elementary school students lesson in healthy eating

From the Pasadena Star-News. Elementary school students on Friday got a plus-sized lesson on healthy eating when they helped assemble a 300-pound salad on their school's playground. The salad was intended to teach the students about the importance of… more »
Feb 13, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

Poor, minority residents face most health risks with climate change

From California Watch. Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties. The department examined soc… more »
Feb 03, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

No Whooping Cough Deaths In California In 2011

From Medical News Today. There were no reported cases of whooping cough deaths in the State of California in 2011, says the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) - the first time this has occurred in two decades. Californian health officials sa… more »
Feb 03, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | msholinb

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