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

Doctors' practice ailing
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - 7/5/10 - Ever since he was a little boy, Harvey Cohen dreamed of becoming a doctor.

Santa Clara County leaders push ballot measure that would rescue children's health care coverage
Santa Cruz Sentinel - 7/6/10 - In an urgent attempt to maintain universal health coverage for children in Santa Clara County, community leaders are organizing a campaign to rescue one of the region's landmark programs for working poor families.

Tulare County medical providers await direction on new health care laws
Visalia Times-Delta - 7/6/10 - Health care reform will affect the area's major providers differently, officials say, but its specific provisions remain to be outlined.

California's New Health Information Exchange Hires CEO
California Healthline - 7/6/10 - Cal eConnect, the new organization overseeing California's metamorphosis from paper-based to electronic health care, has hired a CEO -- Carladenise Edwards.

California bill would require insurers to pay for stop-smoking drugs
Sacramento Bee - 7/4/10 - Few doubt the perils of cigarettes: Smoking kills, and it adds billions of dollars to America's escalating health care bill.

Despite shortages, nurses not finding work as quickly
Los Angeles Daily News - 7/5/10 - As a nursing student, Courtney Hansen trained for the unexpected. Now a nursing graduate, the training has come in handy: Unexpectedly, Hansen is finding it tough to find a nursing job.

In a World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste
New York Times - 7/5/10 - The health care industry has a garbage problem.

Taking Medical Jargon Out of Doctors' Visits
Wall Street Journal - 7/6/10 - When it comes to understanding medical information, even the most sophisticated patient may not be smarter than a fifth grader.

Health care reform may spur more office wellness programs
Modesto Bee - 7/6/10 - It is lunchtime, and dozens of workers at University of Miami's medical campus are running on treadmills, stretching in yoga classes and lifting weights in an on-site gym the size of a football field. Anne Auguste emerges from a spinning class drenched in sweat and proclaiming she feels energized.

FDA has no firm rules on deciding medications' safety
Monterey County Herald - 7/4/10 - The arthritis pill Vioxx was withdrawn but menopause hormones were not, though both were tied to heart risks. A multiple sclerosis medicine was pulled and later allowed back on.