Ecstasy Use On The Rise Among South Bay Teens, Officials Say
Santa Clara County health officials are taking steps to curb the rising use of Ecstasy among high school students.
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Santa Clara County health officials are taking steps to curb the rising use of Ecstasy among high school students.
17-year-old Angela Zhang of Cupertino is a typical American teenager. But there is one thing that separates her from every other student at Monta Vista High School.
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the effect of alcohol on the human brain - a discovery that may lead to better treatments for alcohol addiction.
KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid looks at some technological gadgets at CES aimed at keeping consumers healthy.
Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does.
The city of San Francisco has found enough money to maintain $1.8 million in HIV/AIDS services that were jeopardized by federal funding cuts.
Many adults take aspirin to prevent heart attack or stroke, but a new study now confirms it's not for everyone.
Non-profit Consumer Watchdog is looking for more transparency in how health insurance companies justify rate hikes and wants to give states rights to approve or reject them.
A four-year old San Mateo boy with a rare disease may need a bone marrow transplant to live. However, it has been difficult to find a donor because of the boy's ethnicity.
Fish at 2 waterways in Richmond's Inner Harbor have shown steadily higher levels of pesticide contamination despite the clean-up of an adjacent Superfund site more than 16 years ago.
The company that manufactured Cold MD settled a civil suit over bogus advertising claims Wednesday in Napa County Superior Court, 4 years after the product was pulled off the market.
The annual survey by the California Healthcare Foundation released Wednesday found 64 percent of employers in the state currently offer health plans, down from 73 percent in 2010.
A second victim has surfaced in the case of a San Francisco man accused of posing as a doctor and illegally performing medical procedures, and more victims may also come forward soon.
The Coast Guard has been boarding ferries, tour boats and other vessels around the Bay Area to make sure they're in compliance with new federal capacity restrictions which are based on the country's increasingly heavier population.
Stroke victims in the East Bay will now have a greater chance of survival with the introduction of a new system of care designed specifically for those who suffer the debilitating effects of a stroke.
