Inmate advocates question state's commitment to prison healthcare

Reporting from San Quentin -- Fifteen years ago, Jackie Clark was so disgusted with the healthcare at San Quentin prison that she quit her...

Federal oversight of state prison healthcare to end

Reporting from Sacramento -- Federal oversight of prison healthcare in California is nearing an end, a judge said Tuesday, six years after...

L.A. City Council OKs law requiring condom use by porn performers

In a significant defeat for the adult film industry, the Los Angeles City Council has given final approval to a city ordinance requiring...

U.S. healthcare spending rises 3.9% in 2010

U.S. healthcare spending grew at the second-lowest rate on record in 2010 as recession-spooked consumers avoided going to the doctor, taking...

New Hampshire voters are no pushovers

Consider the cranky New Hampshire voter.

Investing in beaten-down sectors could be a good bet this year

Investors placing their bets for 2012 are faced with the classic dilemma: Stick with market sectors that performed best last year or...

Survey shows California healthcare costs rising, benefits shrinking

Fewer California companies offered their workers health insurance last year, and the ones that did charged employees more for their...

Her case shows why healthcare privacy laws exist

Of all the personal information that you might want to keep private, your medical records are the most important. That's why federal and...

Hospital is facing a bleak prognosis

In September, state Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris killed the proposed takeover of a struggling Victorville hospital by a nonprofit arm of...

Aunt's nursing home hinders exit

My aunt is in a nursing home. They tell us she isn't allowed to leave unless she gets the doctor's permission. If she does, she has to...

Therapy dogs make the rounds in more healthcare settings

"Pets are embedded in the soul of our humanity," says Dr. Edward Creagan, an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., as he...

Joseph Hittelman dies at 100; physician persecuted in McCarthy era

Dr. Joseph Hittelman, a Los Angeles physician whose advocacy of reforms such as healthcare for the poor led to his persecution as a...

Medicare guidance is here

I've had trouble finding a doctor who accepts Medicare. Is there a source that can help?

When advance directives are not honored, and how to get data on medical prices

When I checked into a surgical center recently for a procedure that required general anesthesia, I presented my advance healthcare...

Don't let under-26 son go without insurance

My son graduates from USC this year. He doesn't have a job lined up with health insurance. Because he is under 26 years old, we can put...