By Clare Noonan
A slick Hollywood production it’s not. But a video by four Merced-area teens is a fresh, unvarnished look at the reality of life where they live.
By Clare Noonan
A slick Hollywood production it’s not. But a video by four Merced-area teens is a fresh, unvarnished look at the reality of life where they live.
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that exercise can reshape our bodies. But working out can also change our DNA, and researchers are slowly discovering how the change occurs. When people who don’t work out regularly get their bodies moving with acute exercise, the DNA in their muscle fibers is chemically modified, researchers are reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism.
When Sherry Hirota learned that healthcare reform meant community clinics like hers – Asian Health Services in Oakland’s Chinatown – would be expected to double their capacity, she wasn’t surprised. And she wanted the clinic to serve as many patients as it could hold. There was just one problem – and it was a big one – the clinic was too small. Callie Shanafelt reports on how the clinic tacked the size problem, with some help from federal healthcare reform money.
By Helen Afrasiabi
A day reporting center keeps kids out of juvenile hall in Orange County.