SPECIAL REPORT: Concussions in high school sports - Part 2
By Matt Sizemore, KION | November 16, 2016 SALINAS, Calif. – "I was starting to fade out a little bit and like blackish, and I was like, oh my God, I just got a concussion right now. And I was like, I’m really dizzy. Then
SPECIAL REPORT: Concussions in high school sports - Part 1
By Matt Sizemore, KION | November 16, 2016 SALINAS, Calif. – Parents at a football game. Most are hoping for a win and are probably a little nervous about injuries. Concussions are one of the most serious injuries in sports,
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Why a Hospital is taking farm workers out of the field and training them a medical interpreters
By Nina Porzucki, PRI | November 9, 2016 An overwhelming majority of Californians voted "yes"on Tuesday for bilingualism — that is, bilingual education. As we publish this post, 73 percent of Californians voted in favor of Proposition
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Concussion Program Launces in Salinas
By Sophia Miraggio, KION | October 19, 2016 Salinas, Calif. – One in five high school athletes will sustain a concussion. "I think that there’s a lot more kids, athletes, competing in sports," said Natividad Medical Center Dr. Debi
Fresh Produce Prescription Programs Impact Diet-Related Disease
By Lynn Graebner, California Health Report | August 12, 2016 As health care providers struggle to reduce the tsunami of diet-related disease washing over communities, a national movement is pairing hospitals and community clinics with local farmers markets
Walls new NMC chief medical officer
From The Californian SALINAS, CA (August 5, 2016) – Natividad Medical Center announced that Dr. Craig Walls M.D., Ph.D., is its new chief medical officer. The appointment was effective July 25 and announced on Thursday. In this role, Walls
Healthy diet program offers $25 food vouchers
From The Californian SALINAS, CA (July 5, 2016) – The program is called Fresh Produce Prescription and offers families with diet-related illnesses incentives for healthy eating. The vouchers can be used toward the purchase of fruits and vegetables.