Toxic Algae Poison Causes Devastating Brain Damage, Memory Loss In California's Sea Lion Population
Stranded sea lions are coming ashore in California with symptoms of memory loss one would expect to see in a human Alzheimer's patients.
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Stranded sea lions are coming ashore in California with symptoms of memory loss one would expect to see in a human Alzheimer's patients.
The biological father of a girl who remains on a ventilator to keep her heart beating after she was declared brain-dead nearly two years ago has sued an Oakland hospital and the doctor who performed a sleep apnea operation.
A chemist has created a new type of coffee that could offer some of the same health benefits as red wine.
More than 1,000 people, including 350 infants, may have been exposed to tuberculosis this fall after a nurse at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose was diagnosed with the disease
Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and broadcasting legend John Madden recently underwent successful open-heart surgery at a San Francisco hospital, according to the National Football League.
As China issued its first ever red health alert due to severe smog, scientists are studying just how much of that pollution makes its way across the Pacific for us to breathe in the Bay Area.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Vallejo was fined nearly $150,000 Thursday for poor upkeep of needle collection boxes that led to at least three custodial employees being stuck with needles.
When it costs more to smoke, fewer babies die, according to a new study that links rising cigarette taxes with declines in infant mortality.
A connected stethoscope developed in the Bay Area has been declared one of the best inventions of the year by Time Magazine.
Prisons can be described as many things, but "peaceful" is not usually one of them.
She exercised, dieted and lost 150 pounds. Now a woman is fighting to get rid of something else -- the folds of loose skin that hang from her body.
A Tracy farm is recalling packages of diced onion and celery after the blend was linked to an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened at least 19 people in seven states.
A joint study by Duke University and the Environmental Working Group, found what comes out of the nail polish bottle ends up not just on your nails.
Authorities now say 13 people have become ill -- two of them seriously -- in Southern California after apparently overdosing on a bad batch of the synthetic marijuana drug mix known as "spice."
A newly-approved drug being hailed as a major advance in treatment of cystic fibrosis comes with a punishing price tag: about $710 per patient per day.
