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Researchers have found that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce your risk of developing all types of cancers, but can a plant-based supplement help with a recurrence of cancer?
Blue Shield of California promised Tuesday to cap its profit margin and give any extra money directly to policyholders.
Muscles keep us strong, burn calories, and help us look younger - but when middle age hits, they often disappear. An average person in middle age loses about a quarter pound of muscle every year.
The Palo Alto City Council unanimously offered its support for the proposal Monday night, after hearing and considering the issue in various stages for the past few years.
An interview with Dr. Mervyn Silverman on the AIDS epidemic, 30 years after the first cases were reported in the United States.
More than 600 people are infected annually with HIV in San Francisco, according to the Department of Public Health, and people fighting to stop the virus's spread are reminding residents that AIDS is still a problem.
Starting July 1st, California homeowners are expected to install carbon monoxide detectors in their homes.
Democrats in the California Assembly on Thursday narrowly approved giving state regulators the power to reject rate hikes proposed by health insurers, voting after Republican lawmakers walked out of the chamber in protest.
Four Bay Area hospitals face thousands of dollars of fines each from the California Department of Public Health for their mistakes on patients that could have proven deadly.
Aging baby boomers are more likely to need counseling and other mental health services as the population turns gray simply because of their longevity, according to the Obama administration's point person on disability and aging.
The internet has become a shopping outlet for medications without a prescription, but health organizations warn that many of those drugs can be counterfeit and even dangerous.
Two drug treatment programs that merged last year to avoid budget cuts will lose a significant piece of their city funding under the budget proposal San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee submitted Wednesday.
Once this summer hits, California single family homes will be required to have carbon monoxide detectors.
Eating off ceramic cultural tableware could be toxic, according to several environmental groups.
Santa Clara County is trying to educate kids on unhealthy items like sodas and other sugary drinks.
