Palomar Health Accepts $1 Million Donation To Build Conference Center
ESCONDIDO–The Palomar Health Foundation received a $1 million leading gift for a state-of-the-art conference center at Palomar Medical Center Escondido. Envisioned as a place dedicated to continued...
View ArticleEight People Die From Hepatitis A Outbreak In San Diego
SAN DIEGO–San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency reports that eight people have died as a result of the hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego. All eight people had underlying medical conditions...
View ArticleNovel Studies Deliver Crucial Insight On Opioid And Overall Drug Abuse Trends...
SAN DIEGO–(Newswise)–A new study shows that a change in policy placing more restrictions on all hydrocodone-containing drugs has successfully decreased the use of certain opioids such as Vicodin. This...
View ArticleHalf Of US Parents Skip Back-To-School Eye Exams For Their Children, Survey Says
Rancho Cordova, CA–(USNewswire)–As much as 80 percent of learning a child does is visual, with children spending most of the school day reading, looking at a blackboard, and using laptops and tablets....
View ArticleWhere Do Heart Cells Come From?
LA JOLLA–(Newswise)–Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), the Cardiovascular Institute at Stanford University and other institutions were surprised to discover that...
View ArticleEye Changes May Signal Frontotemporal Lobe Degeneration
(Newswise)–Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that is present in tens of thousands of Americans, but is often difficult to diagnose accurately. Now in a...
View ArticleWatchdog Warns About Replacing Opioid Epidemic With A Psychotropic One
LOS ANGELES–(Newswire.com)–The mental health watchdog group Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) International warned that a drug being used to treat the opioid crisis in the United States could...
View ArticlePalomar Health Gives The Gift Of Hearing This Holiday Season
ESCONDIDO–Hearing the sound of your loved one’s voice or a favorite song on your iPod is something many take for granted but millions of Americans can’t enjoy due to hearing loss. This holiday season...
View ArticleNew Partnership Focuses On Including Children With Disabilities
SAN DIEGO–(PRNewswire)– Kids Included Together (KIT) commemorated the start of Disability Awareness Month this October by announcing a new national partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs of America to...
View ArticleIndoor Tanning Dependency Common in Young Women, Especially In Those With...
WASHINGTON–(Newswise)–A survey of young, white women who have used indoor tanning at least once in the past year showed that more than one in five of them have signs of being addicted to the high dose...
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