Last Thursday, a San Francisco Superior Court handed a setback to the California Medical Association in their bid to eliminate furloughs for staff at the Medical Board of California. The court ruled t...
The California Department of Public Health has released its latest list of H1N1 statistics. The statistical period began April 23, 2009 and goes through February 27, 2010. Provisional N...
After a conflict of interest involving three board members surfaced last week, the Eden Township Healthcare District again delayed the sale of the San Leandro Surgery Center to Sutter Health’s Eden ...
A controversial late phase trial on an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease ended in unexpected failure, leaving San Francisco’s Medivation, looking for answers and physicians, patients,...
After considerable political pressure was applied from both parties, Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning dropped his objections to a bill (HR 4691) that will temporarily delay the 21% Medicare payment cuts t...
As the month of March began, Congress missed another opportunity to enact change and the scheduled 21% cuts in the Medicare Sustained Growth Rate (SGR) took effect. A Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) announced last week that he would introduce a state constitutional amendment (SCA 29) that would keep many of the proposed requirements of any health care re...
A US Senate report this week linked the type II diabetes treatment Avandia with thousands of heart attacks, as the US Food and Drug Administration scrambled to set up hearings on the drug’s safety. ...
Foster City’s Gilead Sciences announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing approval for the company’s Cayston (aztreonam for inhalation solution) trea...
When you see patients, you talk with them about type II diabetes, about obesity, and about their diet and which foods and beverages they consume. But one way to perhaps reduce the amount of calories t...
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The California Department of Public Health has released its latest list...
Saying the harm done to the public by these new nicotine-delivering devices is outweighed...
What do you do with those bags and the proceedings and papers from the medical conferences...
In the State of Tobacco Control 2009 report, the American Lung Association has slammed...
The California Department of Public Health has made the most recent H1N1 flu statistics...
After a conflict of interest involving three board members surfaced last week, the...
Five Bay Area Hospitals earned the Clinical Excellence Award from HealthGrades, an...
The regents of the University of California system last Thursday approved more than...
As part of its ambitious project to expand the John Muir Medical Centers in Concord...
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $3.75 million in settlement of claims that it...
A controversial late phase trial on an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease...
Foster City’s Gilead Sciences announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
The agreement between Hill Physicians Medical Group and the physicians of the UCSF...
Sunnyvale-based Cepheid announced this week that the United States Food and Drug...
CIGNA insurance company’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board H....
After considerable political pressure was applied from both parties, Kentucky Senator...
As the month of March began, Congress missed another opportunity to enact change...
In 2009, insurance providers such as Blue Cross-Blue Shield, United Health Group,...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, after his final State of the State address yesterday...
November 10--While not getting as much publicity as the health care reform bill that...
State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) announced last week that he would introduce...
When you see patients, you talk with them about type II diabetes, about obesity,...
The California Medical Association (CMA) and the American Medical Association...
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) has proposed an amendment to the current healthcare reform...
By Rebekah Stone Hart On Dec. 16, the House voted 395-34 to approve a $636.3 billion...
Concluding that physician supervision of certified registered nurse anesthetists...
Which are the best performing Medical Groups in Northern California, based on Patient...
In response to a series of NY Times articles on mistakes made during radiation therapy...
A patient comes into your office, and after an examination, tests, and the like,...
California again ranked in the bottom half of states in health system performance,...
Catholic Healthcare West’s Bay Area Hospitals are giving almost $270,000 in grants...
Sacramento / NorCal Henry Kaiser inducted to California Hall of Fame This month,...
Two Bay Area health care institutions had positive news about gifts/donations this...
What would you do if the mother of a sick baby came to you overwhelmed, obviously...
In May Santa Clara County Medical Association absorbed the administrative functions...
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| Thu, Mar 11th, 2010 - Fri, Mar 12th, 2010 9th Annual Developmental Disabilities: An Update for Health Professionals |
| Thu, Mar 18th, 2010 - Sat, Mar 20th, 2010 Diabetes Update and Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism |
| Thu, Mar 25th, 2010 - Fri, Mar 26th, 2010 Compassion in Action—The Evolving Landscape of Advanced-Illness Care |
| Sun, Apr 4th, 2010 - Fri, Apr 9th, 2010 Primary Care Medicine: Update 2010 |
| Tue, Apr 6th, 2010 - Tue, Apr 6th, 2010 16th Annual Stanford Symposium on Emergency Medicine |
| Sun, Apr 11th, 2010 - Tue, Apr 13th, 2010 Annual Review in Family Medicine |
| Thu, Apr 15th, 2010 - Sat, Apr 17th, 2010 UCSF Vascular Symposium 2010 |
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