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Topic: California

13,000 healthcare workers set to strike University of California hospitals over lack of contract

13,000 healthcare workers set to strike University of California hospitals over lack of contract

May 20, 2013 11:11 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms ... Read more
UC seeks injunction to prevent upcoming strike, but walkout likely

UC seeks injunction to prevent upcoming strike, but walkout likely

May 17, 2013 6:14 am by | 0 Comments

SACRAMENTO -- Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries that ... Read more
With a band of biotech collaborators, RuiYi sets sail developing new biologic drugs for China

With a band of biotech collaborators, RuiYi sets sail developing new biologic drugs for China

May 16, 2013 9:37 am by | 0 Comments

The La Jolla, California, biotech formerly known as Anaphore is looking a little different these days. Under the leadership of former Fate Therapeutics CEO Paul Grayson, Anaphore changed its name ... Read more
California health insurance exchange announces grants

California health insurance exchange announces grants

May 15, 2013 7:36 am by | 1 Comments

Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced $37 million in grants Tuesday to begin the massive task of educating millions of Californians about the new healthcare law.The grants will ... Read more
Need your dose of medical marijuana? Fingerprint, please

Need your dose of medical marijuana? Fingerprint, please

May 13, 2013 11:19 am by | 0 Comments

As biometrics has evolved from the stuff of James Bond plot lines to an increasingly common security tool, the healthcare industry is beginning to take an interest to better protect ... Read more
Drugmakers face more scrutiny of discordant U.S. prices

Drugmakers face more scrutiny of discordant U.S. prices

May 10, 2013 2:26 pm by | 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The world's biggest drug makers have for years enjoyed rich premiums for their medicines in the U.S. market. Those days may be coming to an end.Companies ... Read more
Startup names don’t have to be terrible. Here’s the proof.

Startup names don’t have to be terrible. Here’s the proof.

May 10, 2013 1:39 pm by | 0 Comments

Here in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the rest of the Bay area, we’re home to plenty of brand names that sound nonsensical at first, but have since become household ... Read more
California weighs expanded role for nurse practitioners

California weighs expanded role for nurse practitioners

May 9, 2013 5:51 am by | 0 Comments

As state governments get ready for the Affordable Care Act coverage expansion, some are taking a close look at their networks of health care professionals to make sure they will ... Read more
Disrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer risk

Disrupted sleep linked to higher prostate cancer risk

May 8, 2013 10:16 am by | 0 Comments

The links between sleep and cancer are now so many, you could build a chain. A new study has found that for men who suffer insomnia and unwelcome wakefulness, the ... Read more
HealthTap wins over Khosla and big Series B round

HealthTap wins over Khosla and big Series B round

May 8, 2013 6:45 am by | 0 Comments

HealthTap has raised $24 million in Series B financing, with Khosla Ventures leading the round.Previous investors Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures also participated. Keith Rabois will join HealthTap’s board ... Read more
Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

Latest pulmonary arterial hypertension drug from Actelion will continue with trials

May 8, 2013 3:13 am by | 0 Comments

ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion should continue a late-stage study into a new heart and lung drug, independent monitors have recommended, with final results now expected by mid-2014, giving the biotech ... Read more
Robots to link San Fernando Valley hospitals together

Robots to link San Fernando Valley hospitals together

May 7, 2013 9:40 am by | 0 Comments

Robots that will link five San Fernando Valley hospitals together were unveiled Monday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where experts said the new technology will create a first of ... Read more
Autism Bay Area founder creates community for families with autism

Autism Bay Area founder creates community for families with autism

May 7, 2013 8:28 am by | 0 Comments

FREMONT -- The Kurada family had just returned from a trip to India when Shanti Kurada started noticing significant changes in her 2-and-a-half year-old son, Rahul.He began babbling. He stopped ... Read more
Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

Work it: Fitbit Flex exercise wristband ships today at $100

May 6, 2013 1:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Fitbit began shipping its Flex wristband today, finding its place among established wearable (but expensive) fitness devices in the market. Flex is Fitbit’s answer to big-name companies like Nike and ... Read more
You’ve got the money – now what?

You’ve got the money – now what?

May 5, 2013 9:15 am by | 0 Comments

So you’ve selected your investors, negotiated the financing documents, closed the funding round and deposited the check. Now the real work begins. You’ve sold your vision to investors who now ... Read more