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News from the California Department of Consumer Affairs

Study Connects Money Mistakes and Alzheimer’s Disease Years Before Diagnosis

Law Entitles Consumers to Free Annual Credit Reports

What’s in Your Shampoo?

Be a Champion for California Consumers: Join the DCA Team

Board Games: Gifts That Keep On Giving

Telehealth: The Future Has Arrived

Don’t Fall for These Common Pest-Control Myths

Make Your New Year’s Resolutions with DCA

A Beetle Might Be the Key to Structural Engineering Breakthroughs

New Year Means New Requirements For Paper Prescription Forms

Is Your Car a Lemon? The Arbitration Certification Program is Here to Help

Debunking Mask Myths

Magic of Mushrooms: Growing Furniture and Buildings from Food? Mushroom growing process shows promise for...

Study: Cynics at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease

Are Antibacterial Soaps, Wipes, and Hand Sanitizer Doing More Harm than Good?

Prep Your Home for Winter to Stay Warm, Save Money

What to Do With That Wood-Burning Fireplace?

Physician Assistant Board Appoints New Executive Officer

VIDEO: 3 Simple Steps and Last Responders

Survey: Most Older Americans Avoid Help for Depression

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  • FinanceHealth

    Study Connects Money Mistakes and Alzheimer’s Disease Years Before Diagnosis

    by Brady Oppenheim January 14, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 14, 2021

    Licensed financial and medical professionals can help We’ve always known certified public accountants and professional fiduciaries can play an important role in our financial health. But a new study shows financial experts like these could also hold a key to clients’ overall health through earlier Alzheimer’s disease diagnoses. Alzheimer’s disease…

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  • Finance

    Law Entitles Consumers to Free Annual Credit Reports

    by Brady Oppenheim January 13, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 13, 2021

    Get yours and contact a licensed accounting or fiduciary professional for assistance Your credit can make or break your financial plans for the future. That’s why a federal law—the Fair Credit Reporting Act—now gives consumers the right to request free credit reports every 12 months so you can stay informed…

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  • Beauty

    What’s in Your Shampoo?

    by Brady Oppenheim January 12, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 12, 2021

    Learn about common ingredients and contact a licensed professional for advice Look at the back of your shampoo bottle, and what do you see? A list of ingredients that, more often than not, seems to be in a different language. But what do all the confusing terms mean? POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE? While…

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  • DCA Jobs

    Be a Champion for California Consumers: Join the DCA Team

    by Brady Oppenheim January 11, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 11, 2021

    Start the new year with a new job; positions available statewide Make a difference for yourself and for California consumers by working for the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). Our dedicated employees carry out the mission and vision of the Department: to be the premier consumer protection agency through effective…

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  • Mental Health

    Board Games: Gifts That Keep On Giving

    by Brady Oppenheim January 7, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 7, 2021

    Old-time activities have cutting-edge benefits Old-fashioned board games are getting a new look in 2021: With people staying at home during the pandemic, toy giant Hasbro reports a more than 20% increase in board-game sales this year, and Netflix’s top-rated series “The Queen’s Gambit” is causing once-dusty chess sets to…

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  • Health

    Telehealth: The Future Has Arrived

    by Lana Wilson-Combs January 6, 2021
    by Lana Wilson-Combs January 6, 2021

    The phrase “The doctor will see you now” has taken on a whole new meaning since the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has forced many Californians to skip in-person healthcare visits with doctors and primary care providers and instead chat with them about anything that ails them via video/online, which is…

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  • Pest Control

    Don’t Fall for These Common Pest-Control Myths

    by Brady Oppenheim January 5, 2021
    by Brady Oppenheim January 5, 2021

    True or false: Mice love cheese, bedbugs hate light, and having pets means zero pests. Popular TV home-remodeling host Bob Vila takes on eight common pest myths and offers reality checks for homeowners: Pests mean you have a dirty home—Having a pest problem is inconvenient, but it can also be…

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  • DCA News

    Make Your New Year’s Resolutions with DCA

    by Matt Woodcheke January 4, 2021
    by Matt Woodcheke January 4, 2021

    Happy New Year from the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)! If you rang in 2021 with a New Year’s resolution, we hope you’re sticking to it. But if you need a little inspiration, here are five resolutions DCA and its licensees can help you with: See a doctor regularly.…

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  • ArchitectureContractors

    A Beetle Might Be the Key to Structural Engineering Breakthroughs

    by Ryan Jones December 17, 2020
    by Ryan Jones December 17, 2020

    Scientists looking for ways to develop stronger construction materials have found inspiration in an unlikely source: a bug. More precisely, a beetle. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and Purdue University report in a study published in the journal Nature that the diabolical ironclad beetle—its actual name—has a unique…

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  • News Releases

    New Year Means New Requirements For Paper Prescription Forms

    by DCA News Release December 15, 2020
    by DCA News Release December 15, 2020

    The new year means new requirements for prescription painkillers, narcotics, sedatives, and other controlled substance prescriptions that are written on paper prescription forms. Consumers handing a noncompliant paper prescription form to their pharmacist will find they must first return to their prescriber for a newly compliant form before the pharmacist will fill the prescription.

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