San Jose-Based Invisalign Maker Gets FDA Warning
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to a San Jose-based company that makes a popular teeth straightener that it must disclose more information about possible side effects.
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The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to a San Jose-based company that makes a popular teeth straightener that it must disclose more information about possible side effects.
California regulators approved a pesticide Wednesday for use by fruit and vegetable growers despite heavy opposition from environmental and farmworker groups that cited its links to cancer.
A federal child nutrition bill, that's designed to remove greasy foods and sugary drinks from school cafeterias, is expected to help Bay Area school districts in adopting stricter lunch programs.
Just weeks after cracking down on the alcohol and caffeine-fueled party drink Four Loko, federal regulators and public health officials are now eye-balling a new potential problematic product.
After a state audit, California's seven largest health insurers face nearly $5 million in fines for wrongly refusing to pay claims to hospitals and physicians.
San Francisco, considered by many to be ground zero in the fight against HIV and AIDS, prepared to mark 30 years in the fight against the epidemic Wednesday, World AIDS Day.
Kaiser Permanente announced Monday that it was contributing $10.5 million to support youth and violence prevention programs throughout Oakland.
The International Federation of the Red Cross is calling for a dramatic change in the way governments deal with people who inject drugs.
An Oakland woman has been convicted of health care fraud for her role in a scam that involved billing Medicare for unneeded medical equipment.
AIDS prevention advocates are hailing a pill newly shown to protect against HIV as a great tool for disease prevention.
Imagine the frustration when you do have insurance but you still can't get your plan to pay for drugs that cost thousands of dollars a month.
A pill already used to treat HIV infection turns out to be a powerful weapon in protecting healthy gay men from catching the virus, a global study found.
The manufacturer of popular caffeinated alcohol drink Four Loko has said it will remove the caffeine from its products, pulling the blend off the market just as the Food and Drug Administration is poised to ban it.
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease, or CJD, is a devastating disease that takes away your life before it eventually ends it. A group of U.C. San Francisco researchers is the only team in the country working towards a cure.
Del Mar High School Principal Liz Seabury said she was only following school rules when she made emergency workers stop their ambulance and transport a gurney 75 yards downfield to reach an injured student athlete.
