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After Sunday's 13 mile run thru SF, kick back & enjoy the sounds of "The Neighbourhood"
Vegetarians may have a lower BMI and drink alcohol sparingly, but vegetarian diets are tied to generally poorer health, poorer quality of life and a higher need for health care than their meat-eating counterparts.
Small nonprofits offering insurance plans on California's health care exchange are lagging well behind major insurers in sign-ups, potentially undermining a key goal of the federal Affordable Care Act, which sought to drive down costs by increasing competition.
Despite an extended deadline to sign up for health care under Covered California, some in the Bay Area are choosing to pay a penalty instead of insurance because of the cost.
Late in the day, as it became apparent that some consumers could not even begin their application process, Covered California announced a new policy that effectively extends the sign-up deadline for two weeks.
What to consider as the first open enrollment period in California under the federal Affordable Care Act comes to an end:
Monday is the deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administrations health reform law.
Some patients at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco have been warned to get tested for HIV and other infectious diseases after hospital officials learned some equipment was improperly sterilized, a hospital spokesman said Friday.
UCSF is recommending several changes following an independent review of the security program at San Francisco General Hospital after last year's case involving Lynne Spalding prompted them to do so.
There's no extension of the deadline to sign up for Covered California, but people who start their applications by Monday will have until April 15th to finish the process.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has ranked Marin the healthiest county in California.
Smoking e-cigarettes is getting harder to do in parts of the Bay Area after the San Francisco and Santa Clara County boards of supervisors approved restrictions on the devices Tuesday.
"The Jungle" has been described as one of the largest homeless encampments in the nation. Santa Clara County health officials say it's become a breeding ground for sexually transmitted diseases.
With less than a week to go from its Monday deadline, Covered California has blown past its enrollment goals for the new health insurance program, according to officials.
The Assembly Health Committee voted 15-0 Tuesday to repeal and revisit the regulation before enforcement begins this summer, following opposition from chefs and bartenders.
