Friday, April 15, 2011 - 2:20pm
Wildfires are a yearly occurrence in the Sierra Nevada. Low fuel moisture, high temperatures and human impacts in the wildland-urban interface combine into the ideal conditions for fast-moving fires. At the same time, ozone pollution levels regularly approach unhealthy levels. The area itself does not generate the pollution, but prevailing winds push pollution out of the Bay area and Sacramento corridor against the foothills and peaks of the region. U.S. EPA and the American Lung Association have consistently ranked Nevada County among the dozen most ozone-polluted counties in the nation.
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April 15, 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011 - 1:13pm
In recent years it has become apparent that the poor quality of processed food is driving an epidemic of ill health in the U.S. and disproportionately affecting low-income Americans. As a local food bank official put it, "We have gone from the Cold War of too few calories to the terrorism of too many calories." A consortium of community groups, rooted in Central California's farming community, has become a leader in the search for solutions.
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April 15, 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011 - 11:22am
A columnist calls for a more "humane" health care spending plan, a seventh-grader tries to start a lunch revolution, and food prices are going up for lots of unexpected reasons as we close out the week in the Daily Briefing.
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April 15, 2011
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Friday, April 15, 2011 - 6:00am
The idea of telling health care workers they should not wear their scrubs outside the hospital lit up the social media world this week. Dr. David C. Martin, a retired Sacramento anesthesiologist who abhors the too-casual practice of scrubs on the street, has hit a nerve.
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April 15, 2011
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 4:48pm
It’s happening several times a day now. “My friend may have a brain tumor.” “I have been short of breath.” “What do you think I should do?” I am not a doctor, but people are increasingly looking to me as if I were one. It’s a little daunting.
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April 14, 2011
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:15pm
In today's Daily Briefing, we are looking at the effects of proposed budget cuts, the hurdles for mobile apps and foreign doctors, and the pay of mental health professionals. What are you reading? Share in comments.
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April 14, 2011
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:00am
San Francisco's City Clinic has been dishing out frank talk about sex for 100 years. The shocking thing is not how much things have changed, but how much they haven't.
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April 14, 2011
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 12:25pm
Health journalism critiques, Remote Area Medical in an urban setting, and intentional lies about Planned Parenthood are featured in today's Daily Briefing. What are you reading? Share in comments.
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April 13, 2011
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 6:00am
On Monday, Dr. David C. Martin, a retired Sacramento anesthesiologist, introduced the idea that the public should be on the watch for health care workers wearing hospital scrubs outside of a medical setting, especially in restaurants. Martin's plea for a public health response continues.
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April 13, 2011
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 11:21am
A new database of health care costs, praise for Millenials and doctors in Libya, in today's Daily Briefing.
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April 12, 2011
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 12:00am
How many people leave our prisons with no fixed destination? If only for public safety reasons, you might assume the correctional system would want to know. You would be wrong.
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April 12, 2011
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Monday, April 11, 2011 - 6:00am
You probably have been to a restaurant near a hospital and seen a doctor, nurse or medical assistant wearing scrubs and standing in line for a sandwich. You probably didn’t give this a second thought, but Dr. David C. Martin thinks you should be alarmed.
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April 11, 2011
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Monday, April 11, 2011 - 6:00am
Doctors aren't sure why girls are hitting puberty earlier, the link between brain damage and freeway pollution, and more from our Daily Briefing.
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April 11, 2011
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Friday, April 8, 2011 - 1:09pm
Blogging regularly can be very satisfying and give you a chance to connect directly with readers. But is it good for your career? The New England Science Writers hosted a panel of science bloggers at the Harvard Faculty Club in January and MIT Tech TV is hosting a video of the event. The speakers will be familiar to the ReportingonHealth community and all have very interesting things to say about their blogging lives. This week at Career GPS, we explore how blogging has affected the careers of these science writers.
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April 08, 2011
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