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CA predicted as Diabetes Hot Spot Plus: Diabetic Fair in San Leandro March 24

As if current state budget problems were not enough, a recent study conducted by the Institute for Alternative Futures, funded by Novo Nordisk,...

The American Geriatrics Society and the British Geriatric Society recently updated their ten year old guidelines on preventing falls for older...

Caregivers and family of loved ones suffering from Lewy body dementia (LBD) as well as Alzheimer’s and other dementias are invited to join...

The Alzheimer’s Foundation’s National Memory Screening Day is Tuesday, November 16. Free, confidential memory screenings will be...

“Every six seconds, regardless of age or gender – someone somewhere will die from stroke.” So begins the World Stroke...

On October 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned patients and health care providers about the possible risk of atypical thigh bone...

Stroke is the third cause of death in the U.S. According to the Alta Bates Summit Regional Stroke Center: every 45 seconds someone has a stroke,...

The FDA states that generic and brand drugs must be and are bio-identical. That is, the active ingredients in both formulas must be the same...

An estimated 5.3 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s and every 70 seconds another person develops this disease. The...

Skin Cancer on the Rise According the the National Cancer Institute, nearly 3.5 million individuals develop nonmelanoma skin cancers every year....