Tag: Health

  • Health Care Advocates Slam Proposed Cuts to Healthy Families Program

    By Kenny Goldberg Criticism continues to mount over Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget. Health care advocates are especially concerned about cuts to the Healthy Families program. Healthy Families provides low-cost dental, vision and health benefits to children of the working poor. About 875,000 kids statewide are enrolled. Brown’s proposed budget would cut the rate the…

  • County Improves Health Care for the Very Poor, But Stops There

    Under a new county program, the poorest of San Diego’s residents will be able to come to health clinics like this one being built on El Cajon Boulevard for regular checkups, not just for emergency care. | Photo Courtesy of City Heights Life By Adrian Florido This year, San Diego County accepted $50 million from…

  • Texting to Keep Moms, Babies Healthy

    Jeanne Watson and her baby Lilah, who was born in October 2011. Watson says she’s gotten some great health tips from the Text4baby text messaging service. | Photo Credit: Kenny Goldberg By Kenny Goldberg People can use their cell phones to do almost anything these days, from finding a good restaurant, to paying their bills.…

  • Childhood Obesity Declines In San Diego; Percentage Remains Alarming

    By Kenny Goldberg San Diego County may be turning the tide on childhood obesity. A new report reveals the percentage of overweight and obese kids fell between 2005 and 2010. Yet still more than one-third of them are seriously overweight. The report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research tracks the change in childhood obesity in all 58…

  • Report Highlights Burden of Asthma on San Diego Latinos

    By Kenny Goldberg Latinos in San Diego are disproportionately affected by asthma. A new reportfrom the American Lung Association highlights some of the reasons why. The report says the social and economic disadvantages Latinos face make them less able to control asthma. For example, a high percentage of Latinos live in poor housing. These dwellings are more likely to be…