A new treatment that involves injecting an animal's own stem cells into arthritic joints is working wonders on a San Rafael dog.

What started off as a scrape on Lori Madsen's arm quickly turned into a fight for her life.

Residents are being asked to be extra careful after a second animal on the Peninsula tested positive for the West Nile virus.

Most restaurants surveyed by a grand jury that collected money for employee healthcare ended up just pocketing much of the money.

Keep your hiking boots high and tight this summer because California is crawling with snakes.

An influx of newly insured patients under President Obama's healthcare law could further strain California's underfunded healthcare system.

We tell our kids to eat right. Then we send them to school to eat congealed mashed potatoes and mystery meat?

Mike's Pharmacy in Oakland is participating in a pilot program to make HIV screenings a permanent service in drugstores nationwide.

Despite popular belief, Lyme-bearing ticks are a local issue, especially in Sonoma and Marin. Don't get bitten.

San Francisco youth have armed themselves with poetry in the fight against diabetes.

Try not to think of this article the next time you go in for major surgery.

Imagine paying ten times more than you should for surgery, just to have your doctor pocket some of the extra dough. Outraged? You ...

Years have passed, fingers have been pointed, and now it seems The City is finally making headway in cleaning up Lake Merced.

When it comes to another dollar in taxes on a pack of cigarettes, supporters and opponents are making their voices heard.

Stop worrying about germs on a public restroom doorknob, because there is a new bacteria carrier in town: You.

Technology can be both a boon and a pain. But for kids like Grace Lee, it bears an important gift.

Stay away from the pink slime and move onto some happy meat.

Oakland’s most famous establishment of higher education has fallen on not so high times.

Illegal skin creams sold to lighten one's complexion pose a health risk to cream users and their families.

Nitrate groundwater contamination, which can be fatal, has spread across California's farming communities.

There's a gang of clowns who are roaming Bay Area hospitals and looking to stir things up. Their objective is singular: to find ...

Norovirus aka “the stomach bug” has been spreading through the Bay Area at a record-setting rate.

Many fathers bond with their sons over baseball and girls. This father is helping his son fight brain degeneration.

Taking notice of the high rates of STDs among teenagers, health officials have launched a condom program to make safe sex more practical.

Stanford researchers have found Viagra may be the cure for a rare lymphatic condition found in children.