Abnormal color vision increases significantly with aging and affects half or more people 70 and older, according to a new study by researchers at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco and the University of California at Berkeley.
The enrollment figures show relatively low turnout among California’s biggest minority. The state estimates almost half of Californians eligible for government-subsidized premiums are Latino, compared with only one-fifth of December enrollees who qualify for financial assistance.
Allowing most women with low-risk pregnancies to spend more time in the first stage of labor may avoid unnecessary cesareans, according to a joint guideline released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
A weapon in the hands of someone with a history of violence or mental instability is dangerous for anyone, but particularly for victims of domestic violence.
A new study by researchers at UCSF finds that babies can pick up on their mother’s stress and express that with physiologic changes. “Our research shows that infants ‘catch’ and embody the physiological residue of their mothers’ stressful experiences,” says lead researcher Sara Waters, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry.
Alameda County has already enrolled 90 percent of the people newly eligible for Medi-Cal under the expansion of the program that is part of the federal Affordable Care Act.
A growing national movement pairs older adult homeowners and renters with roommates who assist with finances, companionship, light housework, or transportation. For some it’s been a salvation.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has released first ever guidelines to prevent strokes in women. “If you are a woman, you share many of the same risk factors for stroke with men, but your risk is also influenced by hormones, reproductive health, pregnancy, childbirth and other sex-related factors,” said Cheryl Bushnell, M.D., M.H.S., author of the new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
When Janna Woods was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last May, the Cupertino resident was unsure how she could possibly cope with the chronic back pain that had plagued her for years, combined with the onset of cancer pain.
Though Geoff and Brei Tobin’s lives became more complicated when their daughter Tessa developed type 1 diabetes, new software now in development promises to lighten some of the load for them and millions of others.