HealthWatch: Research Reveals Healing Benefits Of Massage
Having a massage after exercise can significantly reduce muscle soreness, and a new study published Thursday in the journal "Science Transitional Medicine" offers a scientific explanation.
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Having a massage after exercise can significantly reduce muscle soreness, and a new study published Thursday in the journal "Science Transitional Medicine" offers a scientific explanation.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity has reversed it decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood after three days of controversy.
The local chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation is joining six other California affiliates to request an exemption from the organization's decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.
A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar is just as "toxic" for people as the other two, so the government should step in to curb its consumption.
A San Francisco high school will now be closed through the weekend because of a stomach flu outbreak that has sickened dozens of students.
New research from the Bay Area has raised the possibility that individuals who are paralyzed, or victims of health conditions such as strokes and Lou Gehrig's disease may be able to speak in the future.
For the very first time, Stanford researchers have begun to understand specifically how humor activates different areas in a child's brain.
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory will be closed Wednesday for cleaning after nearly 200 students came down with the stomach flu.
Workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities throughout California have gone on strike over contract disputes involving Kaiser's mental health and optical employees.
A new generation of treadmills developed in the Bay Area is using NASA technology to help users defy gravity.
Kaiser Permanente workers throughout Northern California said Monday that they will stage a one-day strike on Tuesday in a dispute over a new contract for mental health and optical employees.
The study by two Stanford professors found that the amount of media multitasking correlated negatively with their social success.
Kaiser is considered the national model because its HIV mortality rates are half the average across the country, and because the program has enrolled - and kept - people in its programs at a rate of 90%, more than double the rest of the country.
The 2011-2012 flu season is off to a slow start, but federal health experts said Friday that more activity is expected in the coming weeks.
Scientists from the University of California San Francisco, Kaiser Permanente, and China have teamed up to study a molecular test that could give more patients a chance to be cured of lung cancer.
