Tobacco Companies Spent Millions To Sway CA Voters
A new report from the American Lung Association found that contributions from big tobacco companies topped $100 million over the past decade, including nearly $60 million to defeat Proposition 86.
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A new report from the American Lung Association found that contributions from big tobacco companies topped $100 million over the past decade, including nearly $60 million to defeat Proposition 86.
It's a stunning statistic: Americans spend 70 to 90 percent of their life indoors. For millions of workers, most of that time is spent at the office. So what does that mean for your health?
A special summer camp for diabetic children kicked off Monday in San Jose. It's a place for kids with type 2 diabetes or even pre-diabetes to learn how to manage their condition before it gets any worse.
As many as 25,000 people were expected to gather in Golden Gate Park Sunday morning to take part in the city's 25th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco.
Thousands of Contra Costa County students will get the benefit of not having to leave their schools for health care in the coming school year.
The city of San Francisco's pioneering ban on tobacco sales by pharmacies has survived its latest challenge, a constitutional lawsuit by the Safeway grocery store chain.
San Francisco employers are keeping 80 percent or $50 million a year of the money intended to provide employee health care under the city's Healthy San Francisco law, and now there is an effort underway to close the loophole.
Bay Area pharmacy customers could avoid overpaying for prescription drugs by simply finding another location of the same pharmacy chain, according to a CBS 5 ConsumerWatch investigation.
Want to feel better, get fit, enjoy better health and even lose weight, for good? Bay Area scientists may have figured out a way.
Modern day cocaine is packing more than an instant high; it's eating the skin of some users alive.
The California Assembly has approved a bill to prohibit beer laced with caffeine, joining other states that have banned beverages that critics say are aimed at young drinkers and make it easy to drink too much.
Cyclists may be facing an unseen health risk when they are pedaling on busy streets.
An interview with Bill Fisher, CEO of the Northern California Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, about what is being done to fight the deadly disease.
Two floors of California Pacific Medical Center on California Street in San Francisco were infected two weeks ago with clostridium difficile, more commonly known as "C Diff".
A California legislative committee on Wednesday narrowly approved a bill that would give state officials the power to reject proposed health insurance rate increases, but even some supporters said it will need major changes to survive.
