Plans And Prices For California’s New Health Exchange Unveiled
Federal law will require uninsured Americans to get coverage or pay a penalty beginning January 1, 2014.
Doctors Urge Women To Test For Breast Cancer Gene After Jolie’s Mastectomy
A spokesperson for the health care facility where Angelina Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy has spoken out to...
Ventura County Passes Law Requiring Porn Actors To Wear Condoms
Ventura County has passed a law requiring actors in porn films to wear condoms during production, the Ventura County Star...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Offering Free Meningitis Vaccines
A Los Angeles health organization founded to fight AIDS is moving to take on meningitis after the death of a West Hollywood man.
OC Health Officials Issue Warning On Potential Disease Outbreak
Public health officials are warning of a potential outbreak of meningococcal disease after an 18-year-old Huntington Beach girl...
CBS Local Health News
Michael Jackson’s Mother In Tears At AEG Trial As E-Mails Reveal He Was ‘Weak and Fatigued’ Before Shows
Katherine Jackson listened while e-mails between AEG executives describing how her son looked in the days before his death were reviewed.
13 Insurers To Compete For California’s New Health Exchange
The state’s largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing to provide coverage to millions of Californians through the state’s new health exchange.
Camarillo Mailers Warn Residents Of Health Risks After Toxic Springs Fire
Residents were warned to stay away from the smoke when the blaze became a HazMat situation.
UC Irvine Chemists Come Up With Urine Test For Men To Check For Prostate Cancer
Chemists at UC Irvine announced Wednesday that they have created a urine test that allows men to check for prostate cancer.
Hundreds Of Pot Shops Will Be Ordered To Close As Voters Approve Prop D
The measure sharply cuts the number of store fronts from roughly 800 to 135, eliminating those that have opened since 2007.
Fate Of LA Pot Shops Left To Voters
Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract crime.
WebMD Health News
Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms
Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.
Confused By Health Care Marketplaces? Help Is Coming
Under the Affordable Care Act, people and small businesses will be able to purchase insurance through a Marketplace.
Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: Q&A
Mutations in certain genes raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent, experts say.
