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Strict limits urged on eating Lake Merced fish

Anglers are advised to avoid eating channel catfish and limit their consumption of black bass and rainbow trout caught in…

7 years ago

Chinese community warned over blessing scam

The San Francisco Police Department is warning the Chinese community after three suspects scammed an Asian woman out of $5,000…

7 years ago

Celebrated Stanford mathematician dies at 40

Stanford mathematics professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win the Fields Medal, mathematics' leading award, has died of cancer…

7 years ago

Bay Area ranks in Top 10 for air pollution

The San Francisco Bay Area ranks among the top 10 most polluted regions in the country, according to a report…

7 years ago

Trump budget would slash billions in cancer-fighting funds

Learning you have cancer can be devastating. That will happen to nearly 1.7 million Americans this year.

7 years ago

Cancer victims suffering, dying due to slow diagnoses

Millions of people are suffering and dying prematurely because their cancer has not been detected swiftly enough.

7 years ago

Newark police mourn officer who died of cancer

The Newark Police Department is mourning the death of one of its officers who passed away Sunday due to cancer.

7 years ago

Joe Biden to speak at health care event in SF

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address Monday at a health care event in San Francisco.

7 years ago

Nanci Yuan, Stanford pediatrician, dies at 47

Admired pediatric doctor and clinical associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Nanci Yuan, died this month of…

8 years ago

Vice President Biden to visit Bay Area Saturday

Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Bay Area on Saturday to discuss the Obama Administration's new push for a…

8 years ago

SF style icon Wilkes Bashford dies at 82

A well-known San Francisco clothier died Saturday night in his San Francisco home.

8 years ago

Stuart Scott remembered through the prism of loss

Stuart Scott impacted a lot of people. In a tumultuous year of loss in my own life, I found solace…

8 years ago

California bans smokeless tobacco at baseball stadiums

A bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Monday prohibits smokeless tobacco use at California's five professional baseball stadiums.

9 years ago

Pooches need home for final days together

PALS East Bay is seeking someone to shepherd Monty and Brownie through the last of their days together.

9 years ago

Slaughterhouse owner pleads guilty to processing cancerous cattle

The co-owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse that processed sick cattle for human consumption, some with eye cancer, pleaded guilty in…

9 years ago

Kevin Weston hospitalized after cancer returns

Beaten back by months of aggressive treatment, Kevin Weston's cancer resurfaced in March.

10 years ago

Family beset by father’s death, child’s cancer

A fundraiser is being held Saturday for a West Marin family struck with successive tragedy.

10 years ago

Blood test may help spot early lung cancers

An experimental blood test has shown promise toward detecting early lung cancer.

11 years ago

Popular shampoos and soaps could cause cancer

Tests found 98 shampoos, soaps and other personal products contained high levels of a cancer-causing ingredient.

11 years ago

Antibody could eliminate cancer, researchers say

Next year Stanford researchers begin human clinical trials on an antibody that has destroyed all cancers in mice.

11 years ago

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