New Workout Gets Attention From Bay Area Athletes, NASA
Exercise programs that make bold claims is nothing new. But a new kind of workout has grabbed the attention of Bay Area athletes, rescuers and NASA scientists.
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Exercise programs that make bold claims is nothing new. But a new kind of workout has grabbed the attention of Bay Area athletes, rescuers and NASA scientists.
In the last two months, nearly 30 schools in Contra Costa County have seen outbreaks of the stomach virus this winter.
Doctors are seeing an increase in adults with no childhood history of allergies sneezing, wheezing and coughing. A growing number of adults are developing what's called adult onset allergies.
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly backed approval for a highly anticipated anti-obesity pill from Vivus Inc., a drug which the FDA previously rejected due to safety concerns.
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 Intensity Focused Ultrasound) to kill fat cells that lie one to two centimeters below the skin's surface.
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.
10 of the 15 cities within Santa Clara County have signed a resolution urging the legislative bodies to step up in this regard.
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.
There are many CPR apps out there, but not like the one unveiled in Silicon Valley Tuesday. It can alert a nearby person with CPR training that someone is in need of assistance.
