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Sex and coffee may raise risk of brain hemorrhage in some people
The rupture of a brain aneurysm is a relatively rare event but, as it causes bleeding in the brain, that event is a potentially devastating one. Now researchers have attempted to identify possible triggers for such ruptures, also known as hemorrhagic...Tags: Brain, Coffee, Aneurysm, Physical Conditions, High Blood Pressure
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To be a well-adjusted adult, it helps to be a well-loved baby
Feeling stressed-out? Anxious? Overly sensitive to things other people say? You can blame your mother. (As if you weren't doing that already.)
A growing body of scientific evidence points to the long-lasting effects of maternal nurturing while children...Tags: Brown University, Health and Safety at School, High Blood Pressure, Adults, Duke University
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Stress hormones for phobias? An idea so crazy, it just might work!
The hormone that triggers a pounding heart, clammy hands and a sense of impending danger is not the first thing you might think of to help a person overcome his deepest fears. But a study published Tuesday found that acrophobic subjects who took cortisol ...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Human Body, Behavioral Conditions, WebMD Corporation, Hydrocortisone
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Pre-deployment mental woes make combat stress more likely
Civilians who don the uniform and march into war carrying the psychological burden of previous trauma -- or of afflictions such as depression or anxiety disorder --  are far more likely than their mentally healthy comrades to suffer battle-related...Tags: Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Employees, Afghanistan, Symptoms
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'The Biggest Loser's' Alison Sweeney talks about shedding the baby weight and staying in shape
Each week on NBC's "The Biggest Loser," host Alison Sweeney puts contestants through grueling physical challenges, issues beguiling calorie-rich temptations and then weighs them on a scale to determine whether their punishing gym sessions are paying off....Tags: Weight, Physical Conditions, Celebrities and Health Issues, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Alison Sweeney
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Drop in testosterone can affect sexual desire in men and women
A dizzying number of factors can conspire against sexual desire as midlife approaches: depression, medications, illness, career worries, financial pressures, marriage troubles, young children in the home (or an empty nest), the sense that life is half...Tags: Sex, Viagra (drug), Physical Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics
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Health product claims overshoot the runway of reason
It's frighteningly easy to drop a couple of hundred dollars on a holiday present. If you're considering spending big money on a health-related gift, you'll want to make sure that it will do something besides take up space in the gift bag.
Unfortunately,...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Internists, Age Spots, Science and Technology, Harvard Medical School
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Shelter is barely a refuge for Japanese survivors
Tsutomu Suzuki's world is 6 feet long and 12 feet wide, a crude refuge he and his family of five have staked out in an upstairs lobby of the Tagajo cultural center.
They sleep side by side on the tile floor, with only blankets to cushion them. It's...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Tsunamis, Natural Disasters, Diseases and Illnesses, Disasters and Accidents
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Book review: 'Eisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis — Suez and the Brink of War' by David A. Nichols
Los Angeles TimesEisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis — Suez and the Brink of War. David A. Nichols Simon & Schuster: 346 pp., $28 As the Middle East has trembled in recent weeks, the Obama administration has struggled for a coherent and forceful...Tags: Democracy, Heart Attack, Crime, Law and Justice, Adlai Stevenson, History
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Japan still struggling to restore power to cool down reactors
Fighting exhaustion and radiation fears, engineers struggled anew Saturday to complete the crucial task of hooking a crippled nuclear plant to the electricity grid to help cool down damaged reactors. The official count of dead and missing in the quake and...Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Naoto Kan, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Symptoms, Food and Drug Administration
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On the Spot: A bedbug-free hotel stay in New York City
Los Angeles Times Travel editorQuestion: We are planning a trip to New York City next summer. Is there a list of bedbug-free hotels? How can we protect ourselves? S. Penza, Camarillo Answer: Bedbugs have become such an issue that several websites have sprung up to help travelers...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Physical Conditions, Insomnia, Tourism and Leisure
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'Black Swan's' psychological spin
The premise
Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) dances for a New York City ballet company that is preparing for a production of "Swan Lake." Stressed out by the competition to be the Swan Queen and smothered by a controlling mother (Barbara Hershey), Nina...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Movies, Black Swan (movie)
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