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Friday February 17, 2012 Updated 10:45 PM PST

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Chron Rx

FDA to decide next year whether to ban BPA

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Wednesday committed to decide by March 31, 2012, whether...

Deadline today for Medicare sign-ups

Social networking for parents of children with autism

Earlier deadlines for Medicare drug benefit

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Stem cells found to help heart heal after attack

Stem cells grown from patients' own cardiac tissue can heal damage once thought to be permanent after a...

Hepatitis C: Drugmakers jockey to create cocktail

A developing medical theory that hepatitis C can be overcome with the same type of drug cocktails that...

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Calif. congressional race heats up over PG&E money 10:02 PM Uncertainty after ruling in NY school worship case 7:28 PM Japan's emperor undergoes heart surgery 7:21 PM Officials urge dad to return newborn to hospital 6:41 PM Josh Powell had 400 cartoon sex and incest images 4:45 PM

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Seizure patients could get new help, study says

Injecting patients in the thigh with a drug-loaded syringe is a safe and effective way to stop a seizure in an emergency, according to...

Chronicle 2.16.12 4:00 AM

Despite pleas, Burlingame care center closing

Anna Tupou, 76, has lived at the Burlingame Long-Term Care center for the past four years, a resident of one of only five county-run...

Chronicle 2.15.12 4:00 AM

Trace levels of lead detected in leading lipsticks

Four hundred of the nation's most popular lipsticks contained trace levels of lead when tested recently by the federal government...

Chronicle 2.15.12 4:00 AM

Dr. Paul O'Rourke, public health campaigner, dies

Paul F. O'Rourke, a California physician nationally known for his long involvement in public health issues and political controversy...

Chronicle 2.15.12 3:01 PM

Testing of marijuana done in a legal vacuum

The tech broke the bud of marijuana into small flakes, measuring 200 milligrams into a vial. He had picked up the strain, Ghost...

Chronicle 2.15.12 4:00 AM

Survey shows disconnect on end-of-life health care

Very few Californians have talked to their doctors about their end-of-life health care despite a desire to do so, according to a poll...

Chronicle 2.14.12 4:00 AM

Viagra effective in treating rare kids' disease

Stanford researchers may have discovered a drug for a rare and often untreatable disease that leaves children with massive, and...

Chronicle 2.11.12 4:00 AM

Doc Gurley

Need A Break From Winter? Time For A Bargain Trip To Peru

Are you feeling the post-holidays blues and the days stretching away before you can travel? Winter can be a...

Wearing Headphones Not Just Bad For Your Ears

Does underarm deodorant contribute to breast cancer?

Elderly People Vulnerable To Coverups Of Poor Care

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Obama losing financial backing of big S.F. donor Apps need to stop stealing contacts from phones Reaction to Lin's success shows underlying racism Unusual deal for Oakland teen center probed Safeway tries to enforce service animal rule Arnold Drive, Glen Ellen Couple survive 3 snowy nights stuck in Porsche

Obama losing financial backing of big S.F. donor Safeway tries to enforce service animal rule President Barack Obama's big-money day in S.F. NJ Gov. Christie vetoes gay marriage bill as vowed Obama at restaurant that still serves shark fin

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