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It was kind of amazing how little coverage the recent report on healthcare in our prison systems got. Heck, you may be thinking, I don’t think that’s amazing – why waste airtime on that topic – why should I fret and worry about the healthcare that prisoners get when my child is burning up with […] Doc Gurley is going back to Haiti in October and this is your chance to go with her! If you are a medical or related professional who would love to spend a week in Haiti helping deliver medical aid and relief then get in touch with Dr Enoch Choi – enochchoi at gmail dot com […] Image via Wikipedia First, it was the opening of a Kroger in East Oakland. Now it’s the announcement that Tesco’s Fresh and Easy is heading to the Bayview. What exactly, you may be asking yourself, makes these stories major headline news? And why is a doctor spending time writing about grocery stores too? Turns […] Another in a sobering series of food-borne outbreaks is recognized. This time, Typhoid Mamey was identified as the cause of smoothie (and milkshake) induced episodes of life-threatening typhoid fever here in California, as well as in Nevada. Why the big alert, if only a few cases have been identified? First, typhoid is a serious infection. […] The last two days’ news have made it feel like cocaine week: President Obama finally signed a long-overdue law equalizing mandatory sentencing between powder cocaine and crack cocaine users. On a truly tragic note, a 21 year old UC student is reported to be brain damaged and living on life support after lying for three […] Has the recent six-month post-earthquake Haiti coverage got you wondering what’s really up – and if things are slowly getting better or not? We all know Haiti is a complex, evolving situation. The mega-earthquake, a once-in-a-250-year-occurrence, was one of the world’s largest urban implosions, in an area already chronically deprived – but located only a […] |
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