While heading to class last year, Stephanie Cisneros, a Denver-area high school junior, was arguing with a friend about ways that sexually transmitted diseases might be passed along.
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Jelani Woods works on a blog entry …
Pledging to lose weight is the classic New Year’s resolution. But most Californians haven’t followed through — at least not well enough to get to a healthy weight.
Three months after federal authorities seized its bank account in a probe of alleged concealment of medical marijuana proceeds, a Sacramento dispensary announced Thursday it will close its doors on New Year’s Eve.
Lino Catabran opened the pot disp…
Family caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia are invited to submit applications for a contest with the prize of a family reunion.
The most widespread medical implant failure in decades – involving thousands of all-metal artificial hips that need to be replaced prematurely – has entered a new phase, the money one.
Sacramento County public health officials said Tuesday that residents of elder care facilities have tested positive for the norovirus, a highly contagious illness that’s especially hard on the elderly and the very young.
For Sacramento County’s Adult Protective Services staff, the busiest time of year is drawing near.
A Fair Oaks couple are caught in a medical and financial crisis worsened by the drawn-out recession.
Luther positions Claire with help from a nurse’s aide as his wife tells him her back hurts from being confined to bed. He placed a bandage on her …
About two dozen nurses staged a noon protest outside Sutter Health’s Natomas headquarters Thursday over contract negotiations.
Critical care nurse Eric Koch speaks to fellow nurses at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley while dressed …
Emily Fennell of Yuba City said she looks forward to waving from a Rose Parade float with either hand this year.
Yuba City’s Emily Fennell learns to use her new hand during a therapy session at UCLA in April. Fennell will be on a Rose Parade float…
