April 11, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit (New York Times)
• Vaping now an epidemic among U.S. teens (CNN)
• 1 in 5 U.S. gun owners use drugs, report mental health condition (Newsweek)
• Warning over world’s hottest chili peppers (BBC)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Facebook and Cambridge Analytica face class action lawsuit (The Guardian)
• Five takeaways from Zuckerberg’s testimony (The Hill)
• Facebook to verify major page users (BBC)
• Uber to buy Jump, maker of electric bicycles, after ride-sharing test (New York Times)
• Dutch 'singing road' closed after neighbours’ complaints (BBC)
• Earth's magnetic ocean tides mapped from space (BBC)
• Dozen black holes found at galactic centre (BBC)
• Space junk demo mission launches (BBC)

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By Miriam Raftery

April 4, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - With mosquito season near, County officials want your help to keep everyone safe from illnesses such as West Nile virus and Zika.

At a press conference on Tuesday, County Supervisor Greg Cox urged the public to follow the “prevent, protect, and report” mantra.

April 4, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Marijuana legalization could help offset opioid epidemic, studies find (CNN)
• Surprise! Medical Research a Big Winner in New Federal Budget (Healthline)
• New Human 'Organ' Was Hiding in Plain Sight (National Geographic)
• 'Nightmare bacteria' spreading across the U.S. (NBC News)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• The Taliban have gone high-tech. That poses a dilemma for the U.S. (NY Times)
• SpaceX launches 10 Iridium satellites from California (KPBS)
• Tesla: Car in fatal CA crash was on autopilot (10 News)

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East County News Service

April 2, 2018 (La Mesa) – The San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce will present Health Fair Saturday, one of the largest annual free health fairs in San Diego’s East County Region, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, in the promenade area near the movie theaters at the Grossmont Center mall, 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, La Mesa.

March 28, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Dr. Robert Redfield appointed CDC director (CNN)
• After Harvey, unpublicized chemical spills come to light (CS Monitor)
• How social media can reveal overlooked drug reactions (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Monsanto backs new company based on gene editing, not GMOs (Reuters)
• Stephen Hawking to join Newton, Darwin in final resting place (Reuters)
• Apple goes to Hollywood. Will its story have a happy ending? (New York Times)
• How DNA can be used to store computer data (BBC)

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By Sharp Health News Team

Reprinted with permission from Sharp Health News

March 23, 2018 (San Diego) - Helping a loved one “age in place,” or remain in their home for as long as they are able while maintaining dignity and quality of life, is ideal. However, knowing where to start and who might be able to help can be overwhelming.

March 15, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Battling skin cancer with a piece of tape instead of a scalpel (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Dentists keep dying of this deadly lung disease. The CDC can’t figure out why. (Washington Post)
• Genes have a role in empathy, study says (BBC)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Amazon looks at drones dropping packages on your patio from as high as 25 feet (Mercury News)
• Burger flipping robot begins first shift (BBC)
• Data breach victims can sue Yahoo in the United States: judge (Reuters)
• Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones (NPR)
• This Is Why You Don't See People-Size Salmon Anymore (NPR)

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East County News Service

March 11, 2018 (La Mesa) – El Cajon resident Shirley Apple Murphy, a cultural psychologist, life coach and advocate for Native American issues, has been appointed to serve on the Grossmont Hospital Corporation (GHC) board of directors as a representative of the Grossmont Healthcare District (GHD). Murphy will serve on the GHC as a designee of GHD board member Gloria Chadwick.

East County News Service

March 9, 2018 (La Mesa) – The Grossmont Healthcare District’s Dr. William C. Herrick Community Health Care Library in La Mesa will host “Reiki: Healing with Energy,” a free program from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 28. The program is part of the library’s “Wellness Wednesday” series, normally held on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Admission is free and RSVP is not necessary. Light refreshments will be served. Handouts will be available. The library is located at 9001 Wakarusa St.

March 7, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• What parents need to know about Juuling (Offspring)
• Ticks that cause `intense infestation’ found in U.S. for first time (Business Insider)
• Saline in IVs may increase risk of death, kidney failure (AJC)
• Patients Like Hospital Care at Home, But Some Insurers Are Skeptical (NPR)
• Test for Breast Cancer Gene Will Be Available in Weeks (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• Phytoplankton population drops 40% since 1950 (Scientific American)
• North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists (Washington Post)
• World’s first plastic-free supermarket aisle opens in Netherlands (BBC)
• Signals detected from ‘cosmic dawn’ (BBC)
• 21 Tech Companies Band Together Against Wildlife Trafficking (NPR)
• Ex-Google Recruiter Sues, Alleging Policies Discriminate Against White and Asian Men (NPR)

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By County News Center, County of San Diego Communications Office

Image credit:  PhotoSpin

March 1, 2018 (San Diego) - In response to increasing elder abuse crimes in the region and an impending explosion of the elderly population, County prosecutors, health and aging officials and local law enforcement are committing to a new “blueprint” of goals and coordinated community response to abuse of these vulnerable residents.

By Miriam Raftery

February 28, 2018 (San Diego) - County health officials are warning that 16 mice have tested positive for hantavirus, or about  5 percent of all wild mice tested. One meadow vole also tested positive for the disease.  The infected rodents were found in Borrego Springs, Boulevard, Julian, Ramona, San Diego, Santa Ysabel, 4S Ranch and Black Mountain.

February 27, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Deaths Linked to Anti-Anxiety Drugs Rise, But Fly Under the Radar (KPBS)
• WHO warns of soaring rates of measles in Europe (BBC)
• Twenty U.S. states sue federal government seeking end to Obamacare (Reuters)
• Serious eye diseases accurately diagnosed through artificial intelligence (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Cancer therapy poised for rapid advances, noted researcher says (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Can alcohol really help you live longer? Here’s what the research says (Time)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• What happens if earth gets 2 degrees Celsius warmer? (Popular Science)
• White nationalist Jared Taylor sues Twitter over ban (BBC)
• 'Big data' predictions spur detentions in China's Xinjiang: Human Rights Watch (Reuters)
• Facebook told to stop tracking in Belgium (BBC)
• .Primatologist and Author: Morality Wasn’t Invented By Religion (KPBS)
• Trunk show: Elephant genome study offers surprises (Reuters)

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East County News Service

February 14, 2018 (La Mesa) – Dr. Michael T. Long, a prominent neurologist and past president of the Grossmont Healthcare District’s Board of Directors, passed away on January 31^st I Grossmont Hospital.

Dr. Long, who started his practice in La Mesa in 1967, was the founder and first president of the San Diego Neurological Society.  He served for 12 years as a medical staff executive at Grossmont Hospital and was elected to the Grossmont Healthcare Board of directors for four years, serving as president for one year. He also served as Chief of Staff in 1987, and as Medical Staff Executive in support of the Chiefs of Staff from 1988 until his retirement in 2006.

February 13, 2018 (San Diego's East County) -- Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

HEALTH

• Germs in airplane cabins are bad, but it's even worse at the airport terminal (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Middle age is not too late to increase cardiac fitness, studies show (Jewish World Review)
• U.S. flu outbreak worsens; hospitalizations highest in nearly a decade: CDC (Reuters)
• Where do you go when you die?  The increasing signs that human consciousness remains after death   (Newsweek)
• Blue Dye Kills Malaria Parasites — But There Is One Catch (NPR)

SCIENCE AND TECH

• Count marks sharp drop in Monarch butterflies wintering in California (Reuters)
• Robots take to the slopes on sidelines of Winter Games (Reuters)
• Second asteroid in a week to pass close to Earth on Friday (Reuters)  
• Cheddar Man: DNA shows early Briton had dark skin (BBC)
• Artificial intelligence plays budding role in courtroom bail decisions (CS Monitor)
• Be My Eyes - new app for the blind (Reason)
• 50 Top Women in STEM (TheBestSchools.org)
• Seattle finds Facebook in violation of city campaign finance law (Reuters)
• Dry, warm start to winter saps Rocky Mountain snowpack (KPBS)

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