All posts tagged "Health"

Opinion: Time to Get Healthcare Through #CoveredCA

By Congresswoman Barbara Lee Health care is a basic human right. No matter where you live or how much money you make, you should be able...

Opinion: The Flu and Your Family

By Dr. Nailah Thompson,  Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center As the seasons change, the weather gets cooler, children return to school, and colds and the flu...

It’s Enrollment Time at Covered California!

By Charlene Muhammad, California Black Media Enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) opens November 1, and Covered California, the state’s hub for affordable...

How to Have a Conversation About the End of Your Life

Give yourself and your loved ones a special gift by having a life care planning conversation, which Ellen Goodman, co-founder of The Conversation Project, calls “estate...

2 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2017

By Nina Bai, UCSF News Center A clinician-scientist and a cardiologist from UC San Francisco are among the 70 new members and 10 international members elected to...

Opinion: Changing Medicare Would Threaten Hispanics’ Health

By Dr. Yanira Cruz Hispanics are 50 percent more likely than whites to die from diabetes and liver disease. This gap could widen if lawmakers proceed...

Five Steps To Ensure Your End of Life Wishes Are Honored

Radiant Scoggins, LCSW, psychiatric social worker at Center for Elders’ Independence, a comprehensive health plan for East Bay seniors, counsels CEI participant Jessie Doublin to complete...

Caregiver Support Through the Alameda County Care Alliance

Providing care for someone with an advanced illness can be incredibly difficult. For many the pressure to assess medical needs, monitor medication, assist with basic needs...

To Honor World Food Day, Mandela Foods Co-op Hosts Nutrition Justice Advocate

ACE Home Health Services – What is Hospice?

Home health services address many different needs and scenarios. In this last article of a 3-part series about ACE Home Health and Hospice, Inc., we focus...

Addressing Advanced Illness Care Community Needs in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

The Alameda County Care Alliance – Advanced Illness Care Program (AACA-AICP) Care was founded three years ago after five pastors from various denominations in Alameda County...

Seeing Is Believing: Eye Care Comes to West Oakland Health Clinic

A strong partnership between the West Oakland Health Council and UC Berkeley’s School of Optometry will now bring eye care to West Oakland residents. On Monday,...

Lag in Organ Donors Hampers Understanding of Dementia in Blacks

Dorothy and Levi Reeves stand in their Oakland home, holding their wedding photo from 57 years ago. Dorothy Reeves agreed to become organ donors and to...

Angelique Keyes Hosts Cancer Benefit with Sleeve Sisters

Angelique Keyes Purple reigned at the Hayward City Hall Rotunda on Saturday, August 12 at the 50 Shades of Purple Cancer Benefit.  Presented by Sleeve Sisters,...

Free Mental Health Classes in Richmond, Aug. 31

If you have a loved one with a severe and persistent mental health issue, enroll in these 12 free mental health classes. They are one night...

Rep. Lee Tours Highland Hospital’s Newly Designated Level 1 Trauma Center

Congresswoman Barbara Lee toured Highland Hospital’s adult Level 1 Trauma Center and the Intensive Care Unit, which the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has recognized with...

Vision Van Gives Students Free Exams, Glasses Before School Year

More than 30 local students had the opportunity to receive free eye exams before school starts this year. The Vision Van stopped by the Richmond Public...

Allen Temple Hosts 40th Annual Health Fair with Horizon/ACE, AC Transit and Kaiser Permanente

Allen Temple Deacon Harold Goodman, who is a partner in the Horizon/ACE Home Health and Hospice, Inc., is the lead coordinator of the 40th Annual Health Fair...

Kaiser Permanente School Seeks Applicants for Medical Assistant Training Program

Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences (KPSAHS) is accepting applications for its second cohort of Medical Assisting students. To encourage applicants in this fast-growing field,...

Asthma: Are Efforts Stalled to Regulate Breath-Robbing Big Rigs? – Part 1

By Ngoc Nguyen, Kaiser Health News James Lockett sits on his bed and opens the drawer of his nightstand, revealing a stash of asthma inhalers: purple...

To Fight the HIV Epidemic, We Need the Black Church

 By Dr. Marjorie Innocent Black Churches are more than places of worship. They are the vibrant hearts of the African-American community that bring the Gospel into...

Medical Marijuana: The Potential to Stabilize Brain Cancer

Krista Stryker. Photo by Paul Curatolo. Krista Stryker’s life was transformed by medical marijuana. It may have in fact, saved her life. Late last year, she began...

Senator Dianne Feinstein Urges Safeguarding Medicaid

Sen. Dianne Feinstein toured UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco on Friday, July 7, highlighting the importance of safeguarding Medicaid for the health of children and...

$20 Million Earmarked for Community Clinics for California’s Poor

By Ana B. Ibarra, Kaiser Health News California State Treasurer John Chiang this week announced grants totaling $20 million for community clinics that serve low-income and...

Uncertainty Over Federal Money Could Spur Covered California Rate Hikes

By Emily Bazar,  Kaiser Health News If the federal government does not clarify by mid-August whether it will continue an important health insurance subsidy for consumers...