Bay Area Expert Weighs In On GPS Shoes For Alzheimer's Patients
There's good news for families of Alzheimer's patients now that two companies are collaborating on a shoe with GPS technology.
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There's good news for families of Alzheimer's patients now that two companies are collaborating on a shoe with GPS technology.
It's about to get a lot more crowded at Valley Medical Center (VMC) in Santa Clara County over the next several years. Santa Clara County Supervisors and San Jose City Council members met Friday afternoon partly to hear the status of Valley Medical Center and how an influx of Medi-Cal patients will affect the facility by 2014.
It is once again safe to venture into the water at a Pacific Grove beach where warning signs had been posted earlier this week.
A federal judge on Thursday struck down most of a San Francisco ordinance that requires retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation and its health effects.
Medical marijuana advocates in California are suing the federal government in an effort to quash a recent crackdown on the state's pot dispensaries.
A government panel is recommending that young boys also get the controversial HPV shot. That's the vaccine now given to girls to prevent cervical cancer.
Health officials in Contra Costa County are getting ready to open six new stroke facilities that will expedite care and and reduce the likelihood of long-term brain damage.
A federal judge in San Francisco heard arguments Thursday, but deferred ruling on a bid by a cellphone industry group for a preliminary injunction blocking a city ordinance known as the "Right to Know" law.
A registered nurse at a veterans' hospital in San Francisco has been charged in federal court with stealing Demerol pain medication from the facility.
A growing number of scientists, medical doctors and nutritionists have argued that a Stone Age lifestyle could benefit human health and even cure chronic diseases.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation is selling a perfume called "Promise Me" to raise money for breast cancer research. The only problem, the perfume contains chemicals categorized as toxic. And now, one advocacy group is asking for the product to be taken out of stores.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in is partnering with Bay Area firefighters to improve the care of kids in medical emergencies, a first of its kind program in the United States.
A growing number of Americans are confiding their problems to mental health professionals they're meeting and seeing on-line. But, experts warn there are risks to dealing with a therapist who you might never actually meet face-to-face.
Hewlett Packard hosted a "hack-a-thon" in Silicon Valley Tuesday to create applications for families with Autistic children.
Moments before a midnight legislative deadline Sunday night, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill designed to help keep a Contra Costa County hospital's doors open for years to come.
