Doctors are seeing an increase in adults with no childhood history of allergies sneezing, wheezing and coughing. A growing number...
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly backed approval for a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill...
A diet drug developed by a Bay Area company gets a second chance in front of the FDA.
The LipoSonix System is a method of non-invasive waist circumference reduction. It uses special technology called HIFU (High...
Scientists at the UC Davis Center for Comparative Medicine are developing a vaccine against salmonella, the increasingly antibiotic-resistant bacteria that kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year.
A local Bay Area vocational school is being shutdown by state regulators amidst claims of misleading students with false accreditation. The move follows a recent CBS 5 ConsumerWatch investigation.
Implanted medicine is a hot field, aiming to help patients better stick to their meds and to deliver those drugs straight to the body part that needs them.
From wine, to cheese, to sophisticated styles, Americans have adopted certain tastes from the French. But will Bay Area parents adopt a Gallic parenting style?
Much as we love modern technology, it seems in advancements sometimes come with a cost to our general health. Many users of the iPad have reported pain in the neck or shoulder – labeled by some as “iPad shoulder.”
The name Jaya in Hindi means victorious. And little Jaya Maharaj was just that, when she became one of the smallest recipients of a pacemaker when she was just 15 minutes old.
An estimated 53,000 residents in Contra Costa County are eligible for free health care under the Low Income Health Program, but just over 10,000 people are enrolled.
Recent studies linking food dyes to hyperactivity and other behavioral problems in children is causing some parents and doctors to call for a ban on artificial food coloring.
The researchers found that patients treated with stem cells experienced almost a 50 percent reduction of heart attack scars within 12 months of treatment, while the eight patients who received conventional treatment saw no reductions in damage.
Pop singer Adele’s voice problems are getting lots of attention, but vocal-cord issues are growing among non-singers as well — fueled by new technologies that have us all talking more.
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