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‘Pariah’ director Dee Rees' odd path: bunion pads to Spike Lee
24 FramesDee Rees, the writer and director behind the new lesbian coming-of-age film “Pariah,” spent her formative career years marketing panty liners and bunion pads for Procter & Gamble and Dr. Scholl’s before a chance encounter prompted a... -
Claims that shoe insoles relieve back pain are unsupported
Special to The TimesThe product: The human spine is an amazing piece of equipment: On request, it can sway gracefully or withstand thousands of pounds of force. But that versatility comes with a price. At some point, just about everyone suffers significant back pain, and...Tags: Education, Pharmaceuticals, University of California, Los Angeles, Flat Feet, Feet
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Vytorin trial shows little or no benefit against heart disease [Updated]
Booster ShotsFor the second time in as many years, a large clinical trial has found that the key ingredient in the heavily advertised drug Vytorin provides little or no benefit in preventing heart disease compared to a competing product. The ingredient...... -
Not right for everyone
Times Staff WriterWHEN coronary arteries grow dangerously narrow, the solution — increasingly — is to prop open the walls with a device called a drug-eluting stent. Now two new studies are adding fuel to a growing debate about whether these stents are being...Tags: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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A handle on heart disease?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it. That was the conclusion reached about the popular drug Vytorin in a study published online last week in the...Tags: Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Liver, High Cholesterol, Health
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Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
Times Staff WritersEbocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the...Tags: Standards, Foreign Aid, Science and Technology, Career and Workplace, Finance
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Foundation investments
A sampling of the Gates Foundation's largest investments*: More than $1.5 billion Berkshire Hathaway Inc.** Canadian government Between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Fannie Mae German government Between $100 million and $1 billion Abbott...Tags: National Government, Social Issues, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Merck & Company Incorporated
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New rules aim to cut confusion on sunscreen claims
AP Health WriterHelp is on the way to consumers confused by the jumble of sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Currently, standards of protection apply only to one part of the sun's spectrum, ultraviolet B rays, which cause sunburn. Under new rules...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Food and Drug Administration, Skin Cancer, Physical Conditions, Economy, Business and Finance
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Tags: Johnson & Johnson Inc., Merck & Company Incorporated, Losartan (drug), Diabetes
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Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Health, Inflammation, Asthma
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