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Bay Area nurses picketing after going on strike

(AP)—Union officials say hundreds of nurses in the San Francisco Bay area are braving rain showers to walk picket lines after going on strike Tuesday.

Health created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US city plans to provide transgender surgeries

(AP)—San Francisco is preparing to become the first U.S. city to provide and cover the cost of sex reassignment surgeries for uninsured transgender residents.

Other created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease

(AP)—Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed in cabins at the national park.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inexpensive approach to preventing type 2 diabetes shows promise in new study

(Medical Xpress) -- A simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes that relies on calling people and educating them on the sort of lifestyle changes they could make to avoid developing the disease ...

Diabetes created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Frequent dental X-rays linked to most common brain tumor

People who received frequent dental x-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing the most commonly diagnosed primary brain tumor in the United States. That is the finding of a study published early online in Cancer, a peer ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

University of Minnesota and start-up to develop antidote to cyanide poisoning

Cyanide poisoning is often fatal and typically affects victims of industrial accidents, terrorist attacks, or structural fires. Based on research conducted at the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, startup ...

Medications created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fertile sperm donor draws criticism from FDA, docs

(AP) -- Physicians and the federal government cited the case of a San Francisco Bay area man who has fathered 14 children as an example of the risks posed by the informal market for sperm donations, which doctors consider ...

Health created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0