New rankings for 2019-20 from U.S. News & World Report identify the best hospitals in specialty care and the best hospitals by region.
Setting goals to plan, attend or engage in activities from this list will lead to a high quality of life
A new residency program in Oakland addresses the statewide shortage of mental health professionals
The money will double the amount of mental health services available at the facility including anxiety and depression treatment in teens.
Measles is on the uptick in the US due to international travel and domestic anti-vaxxers. 110,000 died of measles worldwide last year.
The rankings from Healthgrades evaluates the top 100 hospitals in America.
When the elderly are trapped by a senior scam we believe that they must suffer from dementia, but that is not necessarily the case.
Ways to help understand and cope with dementia, when a loved one is effected.
Developing A Road Map to Financial Security?
"We cut your DNA, open it up, insert a gene, stitch it back up. Invisible mending," said Sangamo Therapeutics President Dr. Sandy Macrae.
Be ready for emergency/disaster before, during and after its occurrence
The American College of Surgeons recognizes Highland Hospital with this national honor.
They can cause skin rashes in humans, but consumption of the toxins can be fatal for dogs.
One-fourth of Americans aged 65 and older falls each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CA families still face healthcare challenges as thousands of kids are without health coverage.
Check the date and codes, Piedmont. Just one day is covered by the recall, but that includes more than 35,000 pounds of snacks.
BREAKING: Three employees were working on a commercial pool installation when overcome by fumes, rushed to Walnut Creek, Oakland hospitals.
Piedmont: "Our new research shows that a driver who has slept less than five hours has a crash risk comparable to someone driving drunk"
The generous $4 million dollar mystery donation was gifted to the Carol Ann Read Breast Health Center.
The festival is a healthy, fun-filled event intended to increase voter education information.
The informational picket should not impact hospital operations.
The Red Cross currently has an urgent need for blood donations. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs a transfusion.
Medicare and Medicaid programs are available for Piedmont residents to help with quitting!
Here's the short list of local residents who ran the marathon. Are your friends, coworkers or neighbors on the roster?
New study by Stanford biologists holds the promise of a more effective treatment for drug addiction.
Goal is to walk 150 minutes per week through June 5. (Contest actually began Sunday, so we need to get a move on.)
The savings have piled up since passage of the Affordable Care Act.
During the winter months, inclement winter weather and seasonal illnesses can keep regular donors from giving blood.
The snails grow up to 8 inches in length; carry plant and human pathogens; eat 500 species of plants, as well as paint, plaster and stucco.
Hundreds of hospitals in Calif. were rated by patients on quality of care, with low performers endangering their Medicare reimbursement rate
Health officials say they expect to see more secondary cases of people becoming infected from contact with someone who ate at the eatery.
The open enrollment period began Oct.15. Recipients have until early December to make changes in coverage.
Anti-vaxxers submit petition signatures to State; claim it's not about vaccinations but "fundamental freedom" to make informed choices.
And calculate for yourself using a handy tool.
The Breathmobile is a mobile asthma clinic that visits schools and other sites to offer free preventive asthma services.
Can you recognize a heat emergency? We're under a Heat Advisory from the National Weather Service, meaning that it's dangerously hot.
A National Weather Service Heat Advisory now in effect
More than 2 million pounds may have inaccurate "Best When Used By" dates.
As kids go back to school, something worse than homework and detention awaits many of them.
LifeLong added urgent care services after the financially beleaguered Doctors Medical Center cut emergency services and eventually closed.