Childhood Obesity Still Rising in Bay Area
Thirty-eight percent of California children are overweight — a slight decline from about five years ago. But the numbers aren’t dropping in the Bay Area.
Thirty-eight percent of California children are overweight — a slight decline from about five years ago. But the numbers aren’t dropping in the Bay Area.
California is setting up an insurance exchange as part of the federal health care overhaul. Millions of Californians will be eligible for government subsidies to buy coverage in the online marketplace. The authors of a report out today want to make sure African-Americans, Latinos and other minorities don’t get left out.
Oakland police say both criminal and internal affairs investigators are looking into the injury to Scott Olsen, an Iraq War veteran allegedly hit in the head with a police projectile during last night’s clash between officers and protesters. Olsen is currently listed in critical condition.
Apple founder Steve Jobs died at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Pregnant women who eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and eat fewer foods high in things like saturated fats and sugar, have a lower risk of giving birth to babies with specific birth defects.
That’s the takeaway from a study released today by Stanford University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. The study showed pregnant women with healthy eating habits are less likely to have babies with neural tube defects (malformations of the brain or spine) and orofacial clefts (such as cleft lip or cleft palate).
A Stanford study says medical schools across the U.S. and Canada aren’t spending enough time teaching about gay and lesbian health care needs.
A new study has found that a banned flame retardant may affect the birth weight of developing fetuses.
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control shows Oakland has the state’s highest rate of kids killed by guns. City officials want to change that with a new night-time program.
Oakland has the highest rate of youth homicide of any metro area in California, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KQED’s Shuka Kalantari reports on the city’s latest effort to curb youth violence.