Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:05 -0800 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:05 -0800 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Carly-Fiorina-Shocked-and-Disturbed-By-New-Mammogram-Guidlines-70660492.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:20 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/gettycarly.jpg
Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina says she not quite sure she'd "be alive today."

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Cuddle-Up-To-Cute-Little-H1N1-Toy-70377737.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:32:55 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/h1n1toy.jpg
It's cute. It's cuddly. It's the H1N1 toy.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Brown-to-Retailers---Get-the-Lead-Out-70304527.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:59 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*82/jerrybrown+%28Medium%29.jpg
Attorney General says retailers selling unsafe items for children.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Flu-Season-Worries-for-Dog-Owners-69679837.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:45:43 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*93/Beagle+puppy+400.jpg
Learning about H1N1 isn't enough for dog owners. Click for H3N8 knowledge.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Flu_Season_Worries_for_Dog_Owners_Bay_Area.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:00:20 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/KNTV_Flu_Season_Worries_for_Dog_Owne_111009_72_mezzn_640x480.jpg
Should you get your dog a flu vaccine?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Mom-Dies-of-Swine-Flu-Days-After-Babys-Birth-69611252.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:48:23 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/Baby1sss.jpg
11 days after delivery, Martha Castillo passed away.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Visitor-Unwelcome-Mat-Up-at-New-Hospital-69573012.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:45 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*84/89515347.jpg
Add UCSF Medical Center to places young visitors are no longer welcome.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Expert-Doc-Anus-Designed-for-Exit-Not-Entrance-69288122.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:53:53 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/110509+Exit+Sign.jpg
Thanks, Doc! Now we know what an anus was designed for.

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Your dark locks could hold the key to a breakthrough in HIV prevention.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Got-Swine-Flu-Stay-Home-Get-Paid-69162077.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:11:59 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*80/flu2.jpg
A new proposed law would give sick workers pay protection.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/San-Jose-Weighs-Medical-Pot-Clinics--69128182.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:00:23 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*79/100908+marijuana.jpg
Taxes from cannabis clubs could help cash-strapped city.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Youre-3-Digits-Away-From-Your-Flu-Shot-68638197.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:29:14 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/swine-flu-vaccine-chi3.jpg
Remember that old standby -- the phone?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Creative-Juices-Flow-for-Swine-Flu-PSA-67761617.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:38:03 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*60/man+sneezing+spit+cropped.jpg
California's health department called on filmmakers for their swine flu PSA.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Personal-Gene-Testing-Startup-Confirms-Layoffs-jw-67750317.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:21:46 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*100/82749238.jpg
Apparently Google millions can't keep a company from shedding workforce.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Get-in-Line-to-Fight-the-Swine-67744542.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:33:58 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/H1N1+Swine+Flu+vaccine.jpg
Clinics throughout the Bay Area this weekend.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Pacificas-Poop-Angers-San-Francisco-Bay-Agency-jw-67320377.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:21:24 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/2962956818_57a3f2757e_b.jpg
New allegations out of Pacifica are nothing short of gross.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Contra-Costa-Docs-Refuse-to-Work-with-Coca-Cola-jw-67315887.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:25:40 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*79/3403562203_53c274a66a_b.jpg
Why would doctors refuse a partnership with company offering fat cash?

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Swine-Flu-Remedy-is-a-Natural-Thing-67229792.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:11:26 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/vegetables3.jpg
Natural health experts say Mother Nature could hold the key.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Santa-Clara-Co-Shorted-on-H1N1-Vaccine-67230477.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:57:13 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/92391105.jpg
Turns out the H1N1 vaccine supply is not even handed.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Legalize-it-Tax-it-66934797.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:08:29 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*75/73244614.jpg
A hearing today looks into the reasons why pot could be California's cash crop.

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Fort Worth’s ambulance service is considering a plan to call taxis for non-serious flu patients.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/H1N1-Vaccine-Arrives-Now-What-66432832.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:12:20 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/h1n1wbox.jpg
San Francisco has received its first shipment of injectable H1N1 flu vaccine, approximately 28,000 doses.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Swine-Flu-Closures-Start-to-Open-65987942.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:41:43 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/vacavillehigh.jpg
One of two Vacaville schools closed last week because of H1N1 flu worries reopened Monday, while the second campus was set to resume session on Tuesday.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/More-Questions-Than-Answers-About-H1N1-on-Social-Networks-65839177.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:21:53 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/PHI+no+flu+mist+lower+merion.jpg
Social networkers aren't poking their way to a shot of vaccine.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/life-saving-matches-65438782.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:51:16 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/pink+ribbon.jpg
BreastCancerTrials.org pairs up patients with the clinical trials that are right for them.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Swine-Flu-Shuts-Down-East-Bay-School--65660832.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:20:22 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/vacavillehigh.jpg
School's out at Vacaville Christian High School and Browns Valley, but no one is celebrating.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/This-Is-What-Youve-Been-Waiting-For-65625367.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:11:12 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/h1n1wbox.jpg
Parents, hypochondriacs, and other worriers: Here is photographic proof the H1N1 vaccine really does exist here in the Bay Area.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Buying-Medical-Products-Online-Is-No-Cure-65320407.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:06:24 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*66/041709+Plastic+Surgery+P11.jpg
Snake-oil salesmen have set up shop on the Internet.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Coked-Up-Women-Wanted-64561542.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:20:02 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/cocaine2.jpg
Cocaine addicts usually prefer to hide in the shadows. But now there's a call for women using cocaine to admit their use -- and get paid for it.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/Beware-The-Swine-Scams-64520047.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:55:17 -0800 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/120*90/AP090914085601.jpg
It's a virus about a virus: H1N1 fraudsters are infecting the Web.

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Two Bay Area hospitals are taking a kid-free approach to fighting swine flu.

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