Stem Cells to Help Heart Attack Patients?
UCSF researchers believe they can use stem cells to help heart attack patients. NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro explains why the new treatment offers so much promise. Watch »
Tweet
Feb 8, 2012
Too Giant Tim Lincecum Drops Fast Food and 20 Pounds
Too many trips to In-N-Out? After weighing in at 196 pounds in October, Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum eschewed fast... Read »
Tweet
Feb 8, 2012
Now You Can Inhale Your Caffeine
Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks people will get their shot of caffeine from a... Read »
Tweet
Feb 8, 2012
Bay Area Schools Push for New Healthy Menus
Bay area schools go above and beyond USDA rules for healthy school lunches. Read »
Tweet
Feb 7, 2012
Music Soothes Hospitalized Children
Musical therapy helps a young patient with Down syndrome. Watch »
Tweet
Feb 6, 2012
Cruise Ships Return Home After Virus Outbreaks
Two cruise ships returned to Port Everglades, Flo., after 263 passengers fell ill with Norovirus due to... Watch »
Tweet
Feb 6, 2012
Jim Tracy Special Needs Trust
If you would like to help the Jim Tracy fund; Read »
Tweet
Feb 6, 2012
Tom Brady Helps His Mentor
Tom Brady is helping the coach who has been his mentor since he was a boy. Tom Martinez is in failing health and... Read »
Tweet
Feb 7, 2012
Twitter More Addictive Than Alcohol, Cigarettes
A new study fresh out of Chicago University's Booth Business School claims that Twitter and email are harder to... Read »
Tweet
Feb 4, 2012
Starving to Be Thin Impacts Men, Too
Sure you've heard of women starving themselves to be thin. But what about men? A growing number of men and boys are... Read »
Tweet
Feb 8, 2012
Short Film Takes Funny Look at Heart Health
Video released as part of national Go Red for Women Day. Read »
Tweet
Feb 3, 2012
Congressman Leads Charge to Fund Planned Parenthood
NBC Bay Area's Brent Cannon talks to South Bay Rep Mike Honda. He's circulating a letter in the House urging the... Watch »
Tweet
Feb 2, 2012
Sugar Is a Toxic Substance: UCSF
In a paper published in the journal Nature, UCSF scientists say sugar is toxic and should be regulated by the... Read »
Tweet
Feb 2, 2012
Womens' Groups Clash
NBC Bay Area's Brent Cannon sits down with a Bay Area Planned Parenthood leader to discuss the Susan G. Watch »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
Paramedics Have a New Tool to Help Heart Attack...
A new cooling treatment helps reduce brain damage in heart attack patients. NBC Bay Area's Marianne Favro... Watch »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
Flu Outbreak Closes SF School
A San Francisco parochial high school in the outer Sunset is closed today after a wave of gastroenteritis, or the... Read »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs
Packaging error could raise risk women would get pregnant accidentally. Read »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
McDonald's: No More Pink Slime in Burgers
Food additive, deemed safe by the USDA, is used to kill bacteria. Read »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
Illegal Immigrant Denied Wife's Kidney
A Berkeley man is dying and will die without the kidney transplant operation for which he has a donor and medical... Read »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
Multitasking Hurts Tween Brains: Stanford
Being too digitally social can hurt the development of tweenage girls, according to a new Stanford study. Read »
Tweet
Feb 1, 2012
