U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. said Friday he will rule next week on the California Hospital Association’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would block a freeze of reimbursement rates to hospitals for inpatient care of Medi-Cal benefi…
Redding, where the Valley meets Cascade foothills, and Victorville, in the Mojave Desert, have little in common but an unusual statistic: In each city, a hospital has reported alarming rates of a Third World nutritional disorder among its Medicare pati…
A panel of pharmaceutical and health care experts will address questions about prescription drugs during a Thursday forum with the goal of helping the public become smarter drug consumers.
There are two separate entrances into St. Luke’s Family Practice.
Dr. Richard Heck listens to Satya Singh breathe during an exam at the St. Luke’s Family Practice in Modesto, which he operates with Dr. Robert Forester. “Benefactor” patients pay a …
Woman’s Day magazine has honored Delores E. Covington, past president of the Sacramento chapter of the African American women’s service organization The Links, Incorporated, for her efforts to educate black women about how to avoid heart disease.
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Almost unnoticed in the wars over the federal budget has been a pitched battle over funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides contraception, medical services and abortions at 800 clinics around the country.
A final steel beam will be blessed and maneuvered into place today for the new Mercy General heart center.
Scientists haven’t discovered a cure for the common cold, but researchers now say zinc may be the next best thing.
The number of influenza cases is on the rise statewide, according to California health officials, possibly signaling that the peak of flu season is around the corner.
Ryan Jeffers and Leah Vang saw life seeping out of their toddler’s body during five hours of waiting in Methodist Hospital’s emergency room and begged for help, alleges a lawsuit filed Monday.
Malyia Jeffers undergoes therapy last week at Stanford…
