CMA Press Clips
Daily reports on health care policy and medicine from newspapers and magazines throughout California and around the nation.

Doctors rely on iPhones to guide treatment
San Jose Mercury News - 8/4/10 - The mother charged into the emergency room unannounced carrying her 8-year-old daughter, who was having seizures and couldn't breathe. As she placed the girl on a gurney, Dr. Kathy Corby instinctively reached for her iPhone.

CDC survey: More than 30% obese in 9 Southern states
USA Today - 8/4/10 - About a third of people in nine states were obese in 2009, a dramatic increase from 2007, when only three states had obesity rates that high, a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

Woman is mourned as Rancho Cordova doctor faces misdiagnosis allegations
Sacramento Bee - 8/4/10 - Along with family photos and a pink ribbon angel pin, Jessica Aleman keeps another haunting memorial to her late mother.

Bakersfield Memorial says it overexposed patients to radiation
Bakersfield Californian - 8/3/10 - Bakersfield Memorial Hospital said Tuesday that it exposed 16 potential stroke patients to higher-than-recommended levels of radiation despite following guidelines provided by the manufacturer of its CT scanner diagnostic imaging machine.

Budget cuts spark concern about in-home care
Stockton Record - 8/4/10 - On walkers, in scooters, with helping hands or by their own two feet, some of the county's elderly and disabled population made their way to a microphone Tuesday to tell the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors that in-home care is the only thing between them and life in a nursing home, and that cuts to the county budget threatened that last independence.

County: In-home medical services will continue, despite seniors' concerns
Lodi News-Sentinel - 8/4/10 - More than 6,000 elderly people in San Joaquin County who rely on caring workers to help feed and bathe them and help in other ways will continue to receive services, despite what some seniors and employees think.

Whooping cough cases continue to climb
The Press Enterprise - 8/4/10 - California's epidemic of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, shows no signs of slowing, said Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health.

Missouri voters approve challenge to federal healthcare law
Los Angeles Times - 8/4/10 - Striking a largely symbolic blow at President Obama's healthcare overhaul, Missouri voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday challenging the new law's requirement that Americans buy health insurance starting in 2014.

Insurers and ratings groups post information to help patients choose doctors
Washington Post - 8/3/10 - For most people, picking a doctor is hardly a scientific process. They ask friends or family members to pass along names of doctors they like and trust, or rely on another doctor's referral.

Will dengue fever spread in U.S.? Too soon to tell, experts say
USA Today - 8/4/10 - Two more cases of dengue fever were reported by health officials in Florida this week, bringing the total to 46 confirmed cases since last September, but a top government health official said it's too early to say whether the mosquito-borne tropical disease is gaining a foothold in the United States.