Newsom Promotes Affordable Insulin, but California’s Generic Label Off to a Slow Start
SAN FRANCISCO — At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes…
Microdosing Ozempic: Benefits, risks and what doctors say
It doesn’t take much these days to fall down a GLP-1 rabbit hole on the internet. TikTok, Instagram,…
MLK program brings amputations to zero for at-risk diabetic patients
More than three decades after a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, Michelle Caldwell says her disease is better…
Suspect dead after 15-hour hostage situation in downtown Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A suspect is dead on Wednesday after taking multiple hostages and threatening to blow up…
Opinion: GLP-1 drugs aren’t just cosmetic; Medi-Cal must cover them
A patient prepares his weekly Zepbound injection. Using the GLP-1 weight loss drug, he has dropped from 300…
Planet Fitness opens on Crenshaw Blvd. and Slauson Ave.
The new fitness center in the Crenshaw Plaza offers weight training, cardio, yoga, and other forms of exercise…
California launches low-cost insulin, helping Kern County patients
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — If you’re thinking about going to the doctor to get insulin but it’s been…
San Francisco sues nation’s top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods
The city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against some of the nation’s top food manufacturers on Tuesday,…
As a cardiologist, I know the dietary guidelines are failing our hearts
Meals at a restaurant on the UC San Diego campus. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego)…
‘Severe’ Kern Public Health cuts worrying | News
Less than four months after the Kern County Board of Supervisors sliced away one-quarter of the county Department…
Free diabetes tests offered to blood donors this month
San Diego Blood Bank employees help donate blood. (File photo courtesy San Diego Blood Bank) In recognition of…
California To Launch Insulin for Just $11 a Pen | Health
Key Takeaways California’s CalRx insulin pens will launch Jan. 1 at $11 each, or $55 for a five-pack…