Tracy Seipel

SACRAMENTO >> California’s right-to-die law has been embraced by many around the state — from scores of patients and their families to individual doctors, some hospice caregivers and several health...

The benefits of breastfeeding are already known to lower a mother’s risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.But mounting evidence now shows nursing a baby with a mother’s own breast...

With 27 flu deaths and counting, California public health officials on Tuesday urged residents who have not yet received a flu vaccine to get one as soon as possible.That’s because...

SACRAMENTO >> The 93-year-old chronically depressed patient said he’d lived long enough and that his physical problems would only get worse over time.Then he told a few nurses at Santa...

SACRAMENTO >> California’s new cellphone safety guidelines issued last week are being welcomed by the public health, environmental and First Amendment advocates who successfully sued the state to release guidelines...

SACRAMENTO >> Two months after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law what many consider to be the nation’s most comprehensive legislation on transparency in prescription drug prices, the pharmaceutical...

About 70 percent of nursing home residents are eligible for palliative care, but don’t get the kind of support needed to relieve their symptoms and improve their quality of life,...