As we reported earlier this summer, the Fresno area could soon be home to two medical schools. While that may seem like a great opportunity for creating home-grown doctors, research suggests local residencies and fellowships could be more important for keeping doctors here. But the Valley lags behind the state …
Read More »Surprise medical bills prohibited by new California law – if you follow the rules
Before Kevin Powers underwent lung cancer surgery last October, his girlfriend, Agi Orsi, meticulously checked and double-checked to be sure his Santa Monica hospital and surgeon were in his health … Click to Continue »
Read More »Should The Feds Pay For Higher Medi-Cal Rates In The Valley? Two Congressmen Say ‘Yes’
The expansion of Medi-Cal in the Central Valley under the Affordable Care Act has been key to slashing the area’s uninsured rate in half in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of people signed up, and in most valley counties, about half of the population is on Medi-Cal. But according to …
Read More »Deputies raid grow houses, medical marijuana dispensary near Merced
Another marijuana raid, another reported medical dispensary shut down. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office raided eight marijuana grow houses across the county Friday, confiscating more than 3,500 plants and shutting … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fresno State’s Castro Says Talk Of New Valley Medical School Should Include UC
Fresno State President Joseph Castro says he wants to see any new effort to build a public medical school in the San Joaquin Valley be a collaboration between the UC and CSU systems. Last month, Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula introduced a bill in Sacramento that would authorize a new medical school …
Read More »Location, health insurance and new provisions make for medical provider shortages
Cierra Shelton has been on the hunt for primary care physicians for the last several years. She said she has been trying to make doctor appointments for herself, her fiance … Click to Continue »
Read More »Turn on the grow light: Merced sets allowances for medical cannabis
There will be four dispensaries when regulations are in order The dispensaries can deliver from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Advocates for marijuana patients praised the decision … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deadlocked over medical marijuana dispensaries
With a councilman absent Tuesday, the council could not agree on an ordinance They disagreed on how soon dispensaries would open in Merced Cultivation would have only been allowed indoors … Click to Continue »
Read More »New 3-D mammography coming to Mercy Medical Center
Locals no longer have to travel for 3-D images 3-D images help physicians detect breast abnormalities earlier Catching abnormalities earlier can save complete removal of breasts … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced medical pot ordinance gains planners’ recommendation
Planning Commission supports medical cannabis proposal with some changes Members said patients should be allowed fewer plants than initially proposed City Council will see ordinance July 5 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Medical cannabis advocate reacts to Merced decision
Lakisha Jenkins, owner of Kiona’s Farm’acy, speaks about Merced City Council’s decision Wednesday, April 20, 2016, to move toward allowing medical marijuana dispensaries and deliveries in town. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced council says ‘yes’ to medical cannabis dispensaries, deliveries
The members agreed four dispensaries is a good start Cannabis advocates celebrated the decision … Click to Continue »
Read More »Emanuel Medical Center resumes operations after bomb threat
A bomb threat called in to Emanuel Medical Center briefly interrupted operations Thursday morning. Someone called the hospital, saying only, “There’s a bomb,” Capt. Nino Amirfar said. “The hospital went … Click to Continue »
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