Month: July 2012

Hear Hear

John Tracy Clinic brings hope to hearing impaired children – and their parents.

Photo: Julia Landau/California Health Report

Clinic treats pain with “addiction drug”

After years of strategizing, Highland Hospital departed from convention with the Pain Management and Functional Restoration Clinic. Both chronic pain and opiate addiction are endemic in the low-income communities that make up their patient base. They wanted to address the first problem adequately, without adding to the second – so they turned to an “addiction drug.”

Program trains docs to treat underserved groups

A new program is training doctors, most of whom are from the San Joaquin Valley, who want to treat underserved populations in the area. Currently, the San Joaquin Valley has too few doctors, including both primary care physicians and specialists.

Making restaurants healthier in California

New York City is making headlines right now with its proposal to limit the sale of large sugary drinks in the city. But California leads the nation when it comes to statewide policies aimed at making restaurants healthier – and there’s plenty more we can do.

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