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Low blood sugar in some diabetics boosts dementia risk
For older patients with Type 2 diabetes, an aggressive focus on keeping high blood sugar down increases the risk of driving blood sugar too low--and with that, boosting the likelihood of developing dementia, says a new study. As if that weren't bad...
Tags: General Practitioners, Physiology, Health and Medical Professionals, Chemical Industry, Internists
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Doctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates looms
In a office decorated with Chinese art and diagrams of body parts, Dr. George Ma cares for more than 4,000 patients. Nearly three-quarters are covered by Medi-Cal, the state's public insurance program for low-income Californians, and Ma said he receives...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Budgets and Budgeting, Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Mad Men' recap: Sally catches Don with his pants down
Is Don Draper the worst dad ever? Or at least the worst dad on “Mad Men”? Let us consider the evidence: In Sunday’s episode, “Favors,” Sally Draper catches her father “comforting” his on-again mistress, Sylvia...
Tags: Adultery, Politics, Lobbying, Elisabeth Moss
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Bob Thompson dies at 88; 'Space Age pop' composer
Sometime between ring-a-ding-ding and hunk-a hunk-a burning love, America slipped into something more comfortable and Bob Thompson was there to help. Thompson was one of the foremost composers and arrangers of what came to be known as "Space Age...
Tags: Entertainment, Asthma, Human Accomplishments, Music, Music Industry
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'This Is the End' premiere: Rogen's laughter fills the air, and that's not all
Seth Rogen’s laugh is unmistakable. It’s guttural, goofy, and sounds a bit like the Cookie Monster's. But no one knows the actor’s signature chuckle better than longtime writing partner, Evan Goldberg, who teamed with Rogen to direct the...
Tags: Seth Rogen, This Is the End (movie), Macaroni and Cheese, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson
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Alan Trounson, California's Dr. Stem Cell
In 2004, with President George W. Bush dead set against stem cell research, California just went ahead and did it. Voters made stem cell research a state constitutional right, and endorsed $3 billion in bond sales for 10 years to cement the deal. CIRM,...
Tags: Australia, Trials, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Research
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Letters: Fracking facts
Re "Fracking: How risky?," Editorial, May 26 The Times described a bill by state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) as imposing "significant public disclosure requirements on fracking operations." Sadly, the disclosure section in Pavely's bill has a...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Petroleum Industry, Chemical Industry
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Letters: Forgetting about Alzheimer's
Re "How to defeat Alzheimer's," Opinion, May 28 I can hardly believe how poorly our priorities are set in this country. The first phase of California's bullet train is funded with $985 million, and the whole project will cost untold billions....Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, HIV, Research, Epidemics and Plagues, AIDS
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Letters: Not a 405 fan
Re "405 in the rear-view mirror," Editorial, May 30 The Times calls the years of construction to widen the 405 Freeway a "project to alleviate traffic." Nothing about this project will alleviate traffic. Adding a carpool lane does not alleviate traffic....Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Highway Transportation, California Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Letters: Scalia's invective
Re "Court lifts time limit on appeals," May 29 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's intemperate use of invective — "blooper reel," "feeble" and "bizarre" — against the majority opinion written by a fellow justice (in this case the...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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How to defeat Alzheimer's
Those of us fortunate enough to make it to 80 will have a 50% chance of suffering from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia before we die. And there is currently no known way to reduce the odds or slow the mental deterioration. These grim facts...
Tags: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Trials, Viral Diseases and Infections, HIV, National Institutes of Health
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Missing Maine man walks up to newsman covering his disappearance
Norm Karkos had just finished a live news report about Robert McDonough, 72, who had gone missing the day before, when a slender, older man walked down the road behind him. The camera was still rolling. “How are you?” Karkos, an anchor-...
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