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State Releases Data for Heart Bypass Surgery Death Rates

National Institutes of Health The heart muscle is supplied blood through the coronary arteries. The left...

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Truvada cuts HIV risk significantly in S.F. study

Truvada cuts HIV risk significantly in S.F. study

Gay and bisexual men who took a daily anti-retroviral drug significantly reduced their risk of...

SF wants the Haight out of cigarette game

City officials may be indifferent to certain kinds of smoke in the Haight, but not so when it comes to...



Preventing lung cancer is cheaper than CT scans

In a slightly morbid tribute to National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, a large government-funded study released earlier this month...

Chronicle 11.22.10 4:00 AM

Stanford clinics offer free health care to needy

The doors wouldn't open until 9 a.m., but by 7:15 on a recent morning a crowd had gathered outside the VA Medical Center in Menlo Park...

Chronicle 11.22.10 4:00 AM

Passionate love can relieve pain, researchers find

"Love can take away your pain." It sounds like a fortune cookie or a catchy lyric. But it's neither. It's the conclusion of a recent...

Chronicle 11.22.10 4:00 AM

Pope says condoms justified at times to stop HIV

Pope Benedict XVI is quoted in a new book as saying that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of...

Chronicle 11.21.10 4:00 AM

Health care law could lead to collusion, some warn

When Congress passed the health care law, it envisioned doctors and hospitals joining forces, coordinating care and holding down costs...

Chronicle 11.21.10 4:00 AM

Musicians, artists barter for health care

Jason Russo, a 37-year-old singer and guitarist from Brooklyn, hasn't had consistent health care since he was a teenager. In October...

Chronicle 11.21.10 4:00 AM

Flexible spending account restrictions need fixing

When the 112th Congress takes office in January, a top item on the agenda will be health care reform. While any repeal of the...

Chronicle 11.21.10 4:00 AM

Doc Gurley

Will Losing Your Home Kill You?

This is one in a series of articles examining the relationship between housing loss and death in San...

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