Tag: La Maestra Clinic

  • La Maestra Launches Mobile Breast Exam Unit

    Community leaders celebrated San Diego’s first mobile mammography coach Monday. It’s a bus outfitted with state-of-the-art imaging equipment and will bring mammograms to women where they live, work and run errands. Susan G. Komen San Diego reports local doctors see slightly more late-stage breast cancer diagnoses than doctors in other parts of the state. La…

  • Antibiotics Without a Prescription Still Common in Tijuana

    Sue Eriksen buys antibiotics without a prescription in Mexico. She’s prone to bronchitis during the winter and doesn’t have health insurance. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Antibiotics Without a Prescription Still Common in Tijuana, Aired on KPBS Feb. 1, 2013 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/SCRIP1-meb.mp3] Haga click aquí para leerlo la en Español Only about 5…

  • City Heights Imaging Clinic Opens to Find Cancer, Osteoporosis

    By Peggy Pico A new state-of-the-art imaging clinic officially opened Friday in City Heights. The center uses high-tech digital scans to detect cancer and osteoporosis. Since its unofficial opening in February, the Imaging Center at the La Maestra community health clinic has screened 500 patients and found six breast cancer cases. John Lethin, the director…

  • Tweet City Heights: La Maestra to Build ‘Generations’ Center

    By Megan Burks Gloria Heads to Sacramento to Protect Local Canyons Current City Heights Councilman Todd Gloria headed to Sacramento Tuesday to testify before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water. He advocated for the approval of Senate Bill 1169, which was written by Senator Christine Kehoe to add a layer of protection to…