Opinion STEPHEN MOORE: The FDA can save lives by keeping copycat drugs off the market By STEPHEN MOORE Mar 19, 2025 For decades, the United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation — developing drugs that combat cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diab…
+8 News Know Your Numbers program draws wide range of people interested in their health BY STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com Aug 27, 2024 Bakersfield resident Lizandra Rojas is only 20, but she wants to take control of her health, and she's doing something she hopes will make tha…
+6 News Public Health officials urge county residents to eat healthier -- but how to get them to listen? BY STEVEN MAYER smayer@bakersfield.com Jul 9, 2024 Kern County's top public health officials are concerned.
Community Voices Community Voices: Vaccinated. Boosted. And infected. By DR. BRIJ BHAMBI Aug 5, 2022 The wheel has come full circle, but revolutions continue. COVID-19 has lost its novelty but has loaded up on contagiousness. The virus, fortif…
Bakersfield Life How to eat healthy throughout the new year By SAM MORGEN smorgen@bakersfield.com Dec 25, 2021 A new year brings a new opportunity to improve yourself, and there’s no more basic place to start than what goes into your body.
Community Voices Community Voices: Yes, you can be both fat and healthy By JENNIFER HERNANDEZ Dec 15, 2021 As of 2021, weight-based discrimination remains one of the only lasting legal and socially-accepted forms of discrimination in the United Stat…
Opinion Harrop: COVID concentrates minds on obesity By Froma Harrop Dec 10, 2020 Obesity is a major risk factor for those dying from the coronavirus.
Columnists GIFFORD-JONES: Physical activity decreases risk of seven cancers BY DR. W. GIFFORD-JONES AND DIANA GIFFORD-JONES Syndicated columnists Jul 14, 2020 Is physical activity good for you?
