UC Researchers Warn Against Sleeping With Pets
Sleeping with, kissing and being licked by your pet can make you sick, according to work by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
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Sleeping with, kissing and being licked by your pet can make you sick, according to work by researchers at the University of California, Davis.
In an effort to go green, many consumers are now turning to reusable bags. But according to a new study, some large retailers are carrying reusable bags that contain dangerous levels of lead.
Doctors at Stanford Medical Center are teaming up with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose to take part in one of the first clinical trials using embryonic stem cells, which will be injected into recently paralyzed patients.
A California entrepreneur has plans to market a line of medical marijuana soft drinks.
Jack LaLanne, the fitness guru and Bay Area native who inspired television viewers to trim down, eat well and pump iron for decades before diet and exercise became a national obsession, died Sunday at 96.
A University of California at San Francisco medical student who was killed at a South of Market nightclub earlier this month has saved lives as an organ donor.
A woman whose natural voice could have been silenced forever because of vocal cord damage is able to talk again after undergoing a rare voice box transplant.
A federal judge has issued a favorable ruling for gay-rights advocates involving state employees and long-term health care.
Fresh off a symbolic vote to repeal the Obama administration's health care reform, the House Thursday will vote on instructions to several committees to draft new health care bills reflecting Republican priorities.
The Berkeley City Council has postponed a vote on a proposal to use taxpayer money to pay for sex-change operations for city employees.
It would be easier to gauge Apple CEO Steve Jobs' current medical problems if he had said more about the ones he has faced in the past.
There is some new hope in treating an aggressive form of breast cancer.
Blue Shield of California is planning to go forward with scheduled health insurance rate increases despite calls from government regulators to delay the move.
Researchers suggested, though, that there were simple things that could reduce a woman's exposure.
