CMA Press Clips
Daily reports on health care policy and medicine from newspapers and magazines throughout California and around the nation.
As older people grow in numbers, experts seek ways to handle the coming boom
Washington Post - 8/10/10 - Imagine a 75-year-old receiving wireless medication reminders, straight to his beeping wristband. Or an 80-year-old with a new hip, linked by body sensors to a device embedded in her carpet that tracks her movement patterns in case her mobility worsens.
Sacramento program helps more elderly patients undergo cancer treatment
Sacramento Bee - 8/10/10 - For almost all of her 89 years, Bobbie Bonti has been healthy and energetic. She and her husband, Gene, a retired telephone company executive, like to travel, and they like to spend time with their family.
Study: Proposed Sutter hospital meets Sonoma County's needs
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 8/10/10 - Despite a potential shortage of beds, a proposed new Sutter Health hospital north of Santa Rosa meets the requirements of a health services contract with the county, a final report by county officials says.
UC Davis receives $1 million to improve Native American health
Sacramento Bee - 8/10/10 - Researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine will work with Native Americans in Northern California to decrease obesity and type-2 diabetes, and they'll pay for it with a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.
Belly fat may double risk of death for older adults
USA Today - 8/10/10 - If you are feeling a bit big around the waistline, take note: Belly bulge can be deadly for older adults, even those who aren't overweight or obese by other measures.
Pay Practices in Health Care Are Investigated
New York Times - 8/10/10 - The Obama administration is investigating pay practices throughout the health care industry after finding that many hospitals and nursing homes do not pay proper overtime to nurses and other employees who work more than 40 hours a week.
Opinion: Reward doctors for spending time with patients
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10/10 - While driving to work the other day, I heard a radio guest speculating that there would soon be a lucrative practice opportunity for physicians catering to patients seeking medical marijuana.
Editorial: State should create hybrid syringe bill
Daily Democrat - 8/10/10 -- In 2004, California gave counties permission to allow pharmacy sales of syringes without a prescription. The program was intended to curb the spread of HIV. But naysayers said it would lead to an increase in drug use and drug-related crime. New state data shows that didn't happen.
Opinion: Medicare misfire
Press Enterprise - 8/10/10 - Americans should not misread the latest report on Medicare: The health care program for seniors is still on course to create fiscal havoc in coming decades, despite this year's health care reform legislation. The program's overall financial picture may be slightly rosier, but Congress still needs to rein in Medicare's long-term costs.
