Health Headlines

Cancer awareness event scheduled at Ports game

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:29 EST

STOCKTON - Sutter Gould Medical Foundation and the Stockton Ports will host "Strike Out Cancer" on Sunday, when the Ports host the San Jose Giants at Stockton Ballpark, 404 W. Fremont St.

Medicare scam targeting seniors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:58 EST

STOCKTON - Seniors in the region have been getting unsolicited phone calls recently from people claiming to be from Medicare and telling them that a new Medicare card is in the mail. If you get such a call, hang up.

Aetna to stop selling individual plans in state

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:31 EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Aetna Inc. has notified state regulators that it will stop selling individual health insurance policies in California, just weeks after opting out of the exchange that is being established as part of the national health...

Grant proposals sought

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:46 EST

STOCKTON - St. Joseph's Medical Center and St. Joseph's Behavioral Health are now accepting proposals for the 2013 Community Grants cycle. Nonprofit organizations in San Joaquin County may submit letters of intent for grants by July 1.

Eventually, they grow up

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:06 EST

STOCKTON - A photo identification is affixed to Matthew Cirimele's left shoulder as he marches from classroom to classroom at Colonial Heights Elementary on a recent Monday morning.

With autistic siblings, 'the job is constant'

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:44 EST

MOUNTAIN HOUSE - Stephanie Coles kneels next to 4-year-old Rachael, braces her daughter's shoulders and holds eye contact for as long as she can.

Trying to do what's best

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42 EST

STOCKTON - A file folder, bursting at its seams, sits atop a table in Gorge Sanchez's north Stockton apartment. It's filled with Individual Education Plans for daughter Valeria, reports, printed emails and evaluations regarding the autistic 7-year-old's...

One day at a time

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:07 EST

TRACY - From the moment Nicole Rocha gave birth to her son, Brody, in April 2008, she knew something was wrong.

Characters raise awareness, but reality is different

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:37 EST

LODI - Lodi Unified autism specialist Karen Honkala said that when many Americans think of autism, the most common reaction is for them to pull a quote or a memory from the 1988 Hollywood film "Rain Man," which starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman as...

Long, hot, hungry summer

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:51 EST

STOCKTON - Hunger doesn't take a vacation.