Jan 31 2008
Staying a Step Ahead of Aging
Researchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought.
Archive for the 'health' Category
Jan 31 2008
Sports is a strain on fans’ hearts
In Germany, a study finds a spike in heart attacks on soccer game days. Super Bowl viewers, take heed.
Talk about heart-stopping games.
Talk about heart-stopping games.
Jan 31 2008
Old movies are good medicine for sick children
Sisters collect DVDs and donate them to pediatric hospital wards.
What started as a Los Angeles family's creative way to dispose of a box of old movies has grown into a project that helps sick children cope with their illnesses.
What started as a Los Angeles family's creative way to dispose of a box of old movies has grown into a project that helps sick children cope with their illnesses.
Jan 31 2008
Healthcare plan’s death shows the system works
Who says Sacramento is dysfunctional? It just stared down the governor and the Assembly speaker and pulled the plug on their seriously ill universal healthcare proposal.
Jan 31 2008
Study shows vaccine-autism link unlikely
Infants are shown to rapidly metabolize the type of mercury used in the preservative thimerosal, still widely used in vaccines around the world.
New studies in infants show that the mercury used as a preservative in vaccines is cleared from the body at least 10 times faster than researchers had previously believed, a finding that casts further doubt on the theory that the preservative causes autism.
New studies in infants show that the mercury used as a preservative in vaccines is cleared from the body at least 10 times faster than researchers had previously believed, a finding that casts further doubt on the theory that the preservative causes autism.
Jan 31 2008
Sick Iraqi child wins strong friends
When Marines met the 2-year-old, whose lips and fingers often turn blue because of a heart defect, they couldn't just walk away.
At his home just off Sheik Said Road, Ala Thabit Fattah waits for word from America about whether doctors can save his 2-year-old daughter, Amenah.
At his home just off Sheik Said Road, Ala Thabit Fattah waits for word from America about whether doctors can save his 2-year-old daughter, Amenah.
Jan 31 2008
Soldiers’ ills blamed on stress more than concussion
Many symptoms they report appear to be related to PTSD, not mild traumatic brain injury, research finds.
Post-traumatic stress, and not brain injury, is responsible for many of the symptoms reported by U.S. soldiers who suffered concussions in Iraq, according to research released Wednesday.
Post-traumatic stress, and not brain injury, is responsible for many of the symptoms reported by U.S. soldiers who suffered concussions in Iraq, according to research released Wednesday.
Jan 31 2008
A-list dining in L.A. County makes the grade
The 10-year-old system for rating restaurant cleanliness and safety is termed a success.
Curry Mendes moved to Los Angeles last week from New York, where he had picked restaurants based on word of mouth and Zagat reviews.
Curry Mendes moved to Los Angeles last week from New York, where he had picked restaurants based on word of mouth and Zagat reviews.
Jan 31 2008
Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder
The study is the military?s first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies.
Jan 31 2008
More Testing of Seafood to Address Mercury Concerns
Some restaurants and retailers around the country have started testing the fish they sell in response to concerns about the amount of mercury in seafood.