AltWeeklies Wire
Bedbugs Attack: Bloodsuckers Have Become Public Health Problem in San Francisconew

Bedbugs are back and they're eating San Francisco alive, sticking their blood-hungry proboscises in transient gutter punks, international travelers, homeless people, doctors, lawyers, and yes ... maybe even you.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
John Eastland |
09-16-2009 |
Science
Health Care Reformers Fear the Cure May be Worse Than the Diseasenew

With President Barack Obama and congressional leaders in a strong position to finally overhaul the health care system, this should be a momentous time for the reform movement. So why are so many advocacy groups unhappy?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Rebecca Bowe and Steven T. Jones |
07-22-2009 |
Science
New Report Casts Bad Light on Popular Sunscreensnew
The nonpartisan, nonprofit Environmental Working Group studied 952 sunscreens with a SPF of 15 or higher and discovered that 80 percent contain harmful chemicals and didn't really protect skin from the most damaging rays of the sun.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
08-13-2008 |
Science
Big Pharma is After Your Confidential Medical Recordsnew
A state bill that would have eroded California's strong medical privacy laws nearly passed last month. The Mental Health Association of California, the National Association of Cancer Patients, and other important health advocacy organizations supported the measure, saying they believed it would improve compliance and save lives. But the bill's opponents, which included the California Medical Association and many consumer groups, asserted that the legislation was not really about helping patients.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jake Whitney |
07-02-2008 |
Science
Tooth and Consequencesnew
Some Americans can't afford dental care, so they're fleeing to risky clinics across the border.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Juul |
02-27-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Humans Are Dogs & Even Monkeys Can Do Mathnew
Two new studies of animal intelligence caught my attention last week because they prove that humans are no better than dogs and monkeys. This is something I've always felt to be true on an anecdotal level, and now cognitive science backs me up.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-19-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
San Fran's Mayor Ignores Proposals for Safe Syringe Collectionnew
Santa Cruz, New York, Baltimore, Vancouver, and many other cities feature disposal boxes in drug hot spots -- but Gavin Newsom has nixed requests to put them in the city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J.B. Powell |
08-29-2007 |
Science
A Life of Deathnew
Behind the scenes with the forensic team.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Stephen Torres |
08-09-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
This is Nutsnew
A bizarre tale of the insanity that is San Francisco's mental health system.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
JB Powell |
06-27-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
This is Not Progressnew

I can't stop thinking about the Antikythera Mechanism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
12-06-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Tough Pill to Swallownew
A drug-data publisher owned by media giant Hearst has inflated the cost of medicine.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
10-18-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Chumby!new
This quasi-plush animal is in fact a hardware prototype of a cute little wi-fi thing that's designed to "think."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
09-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Cocktail Decadenew
How have 10 years of HIV combination therapy changed people's lives?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Kingston |
06-21-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Invisible Minoritynew
A new study shows that Pacific Islanders in San Francisco experience high dropout, arrest and depression rates.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Momo Chang |
04-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Sex vs. Deathnew
Will the religious right stymie the first-ever cancer vaccine?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
01-11-2006 |
Science