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The Mercury News - Health

Scientific review finds e-cigarettes likely cause lung and oral cancer

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How one family's bipolar disorder experience led to more than $1 billion for the Broad Institute

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Calls for teen social-media limits spread as perils grow clearer

21 hours ago

A Medicaid 'spend down' may get an older person long-term care coverage but isn't a DIY strategy

16 hours ago

Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids

21 hours ago

Orgasm guru Nicole Daedone, founder of San Francisco-based sex wellness company, gets 9 years in forced labor scheme

1 day ago

Study: More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in pandemic

13 days ago

California woman has spent 5½ dark years with long COVID

12 days ago

Young kids missed the pandemic's school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind

21 days ago

New Stanford study points to vaccine that protects against multiple infections

1 month ago

Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled as senators question her experience and vaccine stance

6 days ago

It's not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns

9 days ago

Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations

15 days ago

Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

18 days ago

Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding

7 days ago

AI finds existing drugs that may extend survival for ALS patients

9 days ago

South San-Francisco-based Structure's obesity pill results rival Novo, Lilly treatments

14 days ago

Lawsuit accuses Bay Area doctor of violating Texas' anti-abortion laws

1 month ago

Jarvis: Health-care costs are forcing terrible trade-offs

1 hour ago

Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients

4 days ago

East Bay medical providers to pay $3.8 million for unlawful billing practices

5 days ago

In switching to original Medicare, beware of Medigap plan refusals

5 days ago