Surviving cancer changed how director-choreographer works

As Mindy Cooper watches her five-person cast rehearse the curtain call, the fact persists – she has survived breast cancer. While the experience doesn’t define her, she will tell you the life-threatening ordeal has clearly changed her.

Direc…

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Weekly immunization clinic starts Wednesday

Beginning Wednesday, the Yolo County Health Department will offer a weekly immunization clinic in Woodland.

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How Do Humans Affect the Environment

With the growing amount of interest in the welfare of our environment, it is important to do our part in protecting it. Humans affect the environment in many ways. Some examples are cutting down rain forests, polluting, and spilling oil into the ocean….

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Medical checkups by phone ring up savings

A telephone chat with a nurse instead of an office visit with a doctor may seem impersonal, but good medicine sometimes means keeping patients away from doctors and hospitals.

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Obama delivers strong defense of health revamp

The congressional battle over health care entered a new, more sharply partisan phase this week, as Republicans began building a case for dismantling the law while Democrats and President Barack Obama fought back hard.

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Company is in the business of blood

Whether you’re a Good Samaritan rolling up your sleeve or a burn victim awaiting platelets for healing relief, it’s hard to imagine the local blood bank as a business.

BloodSource lead technician Ernest Knox moves racks of blood during a process t…

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Nurses union to protest Blue Shield rate hike

The California Nurses Association said it will stage a rally Tuesday outside the San Francisco offices of Blue Shield to protest the insurer’s decision to go forward with rate hikes on nearly 200,000 Californians.

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Carmichael workshop aims to stop falls

An eight-part workshop designed to help older adults learn to prevent falling begins Feb. 4 at Carmichael’s La Sierra Community Center.

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Home Remedies for Hiccups

A hiccup is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm which is repeated several times a minute. The characteristic sound of a hiccup is at times preceded by a small tightening sensation in the chest, abdomen or throat. A very full stomach can also cause bouts of hiccups that go off on their own. Eating food [...]

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Brown’s Countdown, Day 19: Home health care cuts face legal questions

Many of them voted for Jerry Brown last year, but California disabled activists are willing to fight the new Democratic governor in court if some of his proposed budget cuts are enacted.

Manuela Gaytan of Modesto pushes her son Ramon in a march at…

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