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Malibu City Council fails to select Peak as mayor pro tem
L.A. NOWMalibu Councilman Skylar Peak, a 28-year-old surfer who in April became the youngest person ever elected to the City Council, will not become mayor next year, despite having received the most popular votes in the election. By a 3-2 vote...... -
Legal drugs, deadly outcomes
Terry Smith collapsed face-down in a pool of his own vomit. Lynn Blunt snored loudly as her lungs slowly filled with fluid. Summer Ann Burdette was midway through a pear when she stopped breathing. Larry Carmichael knocked over a lamp as he fell...
Tags: Back Pain, Laws, Medical Research, Betty Ford, Alcohol Addiction
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Final 'Twilight' could break franchise record with $150m opening
It will be the end of an era for many young women at the box office this weekend, as the "Twilight" finale hits theaters and could gross more than any movie in the vampire franchise. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," the fifth and final...
Tags: Movies, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Stephenie Meyer, Steven Spielberg
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Jani's at the mercy of her mind
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's been a rough week. A few days ago, at UCLA's Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 6-year-old Jani toppled a food cart and was confined to her room. She slammed her head against the floor, opening a bloody cut that sent her into hysterics. Later, she...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Abusive Behavior, Lithium (drug), Rentals, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Neuroscience mapping brain connections
Inside the human skull lies a 3-pound mystery. The brain — a command center composed of tens of billions of branching neurons — controls who we are, what we do and how we feel. "It's the most amazing information structure anybody has ever...
Tags: Electroencephalography, Stanford University, Food and Drug Administration, Schizophrenia, Science and Technology
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Epilepsy, psychiatric drug taken in pregnancy may cause developmental delays
Pregnant women who take valproate sodium, a widely used psychiatric and epilepsy medication (sold under the commercial names Depakote, Depakene and Depacon) run a higher risk than women who take other anti-seizure drugs that the child exposed in utero...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Physical Conditions, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Migraine, Medical Research
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Supplements for depression: What the research reveals
Struggling with the black dog of depression? The supplement aisle abounds with options for people seeking a non-medicinal remedy — but figuring out what works and what doesn't can be a challenge for consumers and experts alike.
That's because...Tags: Placebo, Medical Research, Prozac (drug), Vanderbilt University , University of Arizona
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Task force seeks to change California's mental health commitment law
SAN FRANCISCO — A homeless man plagued by schizophrenia is beaten to death by police in Fullerton. A man from Fort Bragg fixates on aliens for years while denying he is ill, then kills two men before dying in a gunfight with law enforcement. A...
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'Shockaholic' review: Carrie Fisher's tales electrify
Los Angeles TimesCarrie Fisher has done an excellent job of reinventing herself as ... Carrie Fisher, evolving from ingenue actress and geek pinup to salty, tell-it-like-it-is writer and humorist. And as Just Carrie Fisher she has a lot to say, mostly about her odd but...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Elizabeth Taylor, Christopher Dodd, Behavioral Conditions, Celebrities
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Love, disease and a killing
A series of heavy doors slid open, one by one, at the Pima County Jail. And finally I was sitting with 53-year-old Sanford "Sandy" Garfinkel, who had just been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his terminally ill wife by holding a pillow over...Tags: Suicide, Alzheimer's Disease, Behavioral Conditions, Rubber Products Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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