By Janet Gervers The Harlot Salon is hosting a Breast Cancer Fundraiser on Friday, October 7, 6-10 p.m. with proceeds donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The event will occur during […]
Health Care in 2011
By Roger Linnett The following is part of a continuing series, summarizing the benefits that will go into effect in 2011 as part of the Affordable Care Act, which President Obama signed into […]
New Healthcare Law Provisions Take Effect
By Roger Linnett Many new aspects of the Patients Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the president signed on March 23, 2010, are now in effect and much more soon will be. […]
Nearly half of Venice homeless have serious health problems
St. Joseph’s Center has released a one-year update on its health vulnerability report on Venice homeless people. The study has been expanded to include those living in vehicles. Interviews show that 31 […]
Medical Marijuana Debated in Venice – and L.A.
By Maureen Cotter VENICE – On November 5 the public was invited to join the Neighborhood Council (VNC) for a debate on new regulations controlling medical marijuana. It was held in the […]
Swine Flu: Nothing To Sneeze At
By Greta Cobar Flu season is in full bloom, but most of us are still pondering about what to do. The dilemmas surround not only the regular flu shot, but also the […]
Universal Health Care Versus the Corporations
By Jim Smith No matter what happens in Congress this year, the fight for real health care reform is just beginning. This year we are likely to see a bill that only […]
Whole Foods Picketed for Anti-Universal Health Care Stand
Ever since John Mackey, founder and CEO of Austin-based Whole Foods, wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last month opposing a govern-ment health-care option, picket lines have descended on the […]
Why Doesn’t Obama Tell It Like It Is? The Actually Existing Health Care System
By Carl Ginsburg There is nothing inherently wrong with spending 17 per cent of GDP on health care if the result is a really healthy population. Just like there is nothing wrong […]
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