Placer County Local News: Health


All Local Health News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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05/24/2023
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Lincoln residents who want to know what can be done about the trichloroethylene plume from a defunct Lincoln missile site can attend a May 31 presentation at 4 p.m. in the Sun Orchard Creek Lodge.

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05/24/2023
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William Lauritsen, a Sun City resident and member of the Lincoln City Council, shares some information about TCE contamination at the missile site near Sun City Lincoln Hills.

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05/23/2023
Truckee’s 2040 General Plan was adopted without including the Tahoe Forest Hospital District’s proposed master plan. The town says the hospital document is incomplete; the district says it was unceremoniously dropped from the town’s GP process.

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05/22/2023
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This winter was challenging for many people in the Tahoe area. Spring is the season to reset the body, mind and spirit.

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05/22/2023
Barton Health has expanded access to care for substance use disorder, offering treatment for greater Lake Tahoe community members.

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05/19/2023
California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills. One would have made the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets more ambitious. Another would have allowed people to sue oil companies over health problems if they meet certain criteria.

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05/03/2023
After attending the U.S. Army Corps presentation at the Lincoln City Council meeting on the missile site’s contaminated plume, several residents were disappointed that their questions about safety and a remediation timeline were not answered.

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04/17/2023
Kaiser Permanente has begun a $1 billion construction project that will include six floors of additional hospital space at its Roseville location. Additional beds, operating rooms, a pharmacy, and more will be included. The project is expected to be complete in 2027.

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04/13/2023
Burnout among healthcare workers has risen sharply since the coronavirus pandemic and is “exceptionally high” in Truckee/North Tahoe among Tahoe Forest Health System primary care and advanced practice providers. The district is responding.

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04/13/2023
Icy lakes, cold showers, and frigid plunge pools—cold water immersion is all the rage. Does it offer more than a photo op and bragging rights? Absolutely.

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04/13/2023
The trichloroethylene-contaminated groundwater plume has traveled from the former Titan 1 missile site in Lincoln to a few Sun City Lincoln Hills backyards, according to maps produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor.

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04/05/2023
Placer County was rated as one of the healthiest counties in California, according to the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps study by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

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04/05/2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study on the former Lincoln Titan 1 missile site, scheduled for public release in spring/summer 2023, will not be released until 2024. And the agency’s “recommended course of action” won’t be known until the end of 2025.

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03/19/2023
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Willow Esch is an herbalist who offers classes and workshops about the benefits of herbs, how to use them and create recipes for wellness.

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03/07/2023
The Loomis Lions Club will present a town hall meeting on March 21 at 6pm at the Blue Goose Event Center in Loomis. Three speakers, including state Assemblyman Joe Patterson, will be present.

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03/06/2023
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A friend called me the other day to ask if it was OK to eat the eggs in her fridge that were a few days past their sell-by date. I told her I would eat them.

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02/21/2023
Alison Ganong, MD, has joined the teams at the Tahoe Forest Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and the Incline Village Community Hospital.

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02/16/2023
Winter is in full force in Tahoe, and with it comes an influx of eager snowplayers. Dr. Targhee Oeveraas offers tips safety tips.

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02/16/2023
As of Jan. 1, California joined 45 other states with next-of-kin laws that designate a surrogate to make decisions on a patient’s behalf—even if that person wasn’t specifically authorized by the patient before the medical situation arose.

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02/13/2023
In January, California became the first state permitted to provide some benefits under Medicaid to incarcerated individuals—an effort to create a smooth transition from behind bars.

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