HealthWatch: Bay Area Lyme Disease Patient Fights Insurer
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.
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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.
A peninsula man was set to appear in front of the San Mateo County License Board Monday morning, seeking approval for a medical marijuana delivery service in San Mateo County.
A multi-organization safety campaign is hitting San Francisco's streets with the goal of arming every nighttime biker with tiny, blinking lights.
A San Francisco man appears to be facing an uphill battle as he tries to get approval to open a medical marijuana delivery service in San Mateo County.
The California Department of Public health announced on Friday that three Bay Area hospitals have been fined and penalized for making serious errors.
A high-tech tool can now help you reach your ideal weight goal by simply snapping a photo.
Osteoporosis is a silent disease that haunts millions of women in the U.S., but a new experimental treatment shows some promise in combating the chronic issue.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom planned Friday to veto a city ban on toys being included in fast-food kids' meals that fail to meet health standards, but the veto will likely be overturned by the Board of Supervisors.
The city that will soon outlaw toys in McDonald's Happy Meals could have a measure banning circumcision on next November's ballot.
A medical respite program in San Jose that gives homeless patients somewhere to go after being discharged from hospitals is celebrating its second anniversary.
Health officials in Contra Costa County issued a shelter-in-place warning for a couple hours Wednesday for residents in Avon, Clyde and North Concord after Tesoro's Golden Eagle refinery in nearby Martinez spewed black smoke into the sky.
