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Consumer Confidential: Chase gets tough, Dannon pays up, more cars recalled
Money & CompanyHere's your we-belong-together Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: -- Chase bank is getting tougher on checking-account customers. The bank is basically saying that customers who don't earn a lot of dinero may soon have to pay...... -
Times music writers pick their favorite albums of 2010
Pop & HissIn this day and age, critical consensus is hard to come by in the world of popular music. There are as many musical subgenres in 2010 as there were album releases four decades ago, and even the most plugged-in fan...... -
Book review: 'Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart' by Stefan Kanfer
Los Angeles TimesNo other star of Hollywood's golden age continues to hold audiences in quite the way that Humphrey Bogart does. The American Film Institute voted him the greatest male star of all time, and his influence as cultural icon and representative of a certain...Tags: Movies, Elections, Alan Ladd, Entertainment, Groucho Marx
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'House' recap: Meet the parent
Show TrackerPatient presents with symptoms of âacute superhero infarction.â Average Joe (actually, this week, itâs Jack, walking with his daughter in a subway) leaps in front of a train thatâs barreling into a station, in order to rescue an ave... -
White House: Cocaine market in U.S. under 'stress'
La PlazaThe cocaine market in the United States is under "significant stress," reports the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy. Cocaine production has dropped in Colombia due to recent eradication efforts, putting stress on the U.S. market in... -
Zimbabwe's rhinos are the targets of poachers with advanced technology
L.A. UnleashedHARARE, Zimbabwe â Poachers are using aircraft to hunt and kill rhinoceros, Zimbabwe's wildlife chief said Tuesday, as demand in Asia for their horns' supposed medicinal benefits grows. Seven endangered rhinos were killed in southern Zimbabwe from early... -
Francis Avenue Community Garden: a chile-lover's delight
L.A. at HomeCommunity Gardens Dispatch No. 17: Francis Avenue, Los Angeles Although the Francis Avenue Community Garden is small -- only 18 10-foot-by-10-foot plotsâit's a Meso-America foodies' delight. "This one is hot," said Marta Servin, the caretaker, pointing.... -
Brand X Files: Britney Spears is back. Natalie Munroe plays defense. Zinc beats colds.
Brand XWatch Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' video teaser: Here's 30 seconds of the resurgent pop princess dancing amid columns of flame. Or as she calls it, Wednesday. [MTV] Natalie Munroe defends blog rants: The Pennsylvania teacher, who was suspended... -
Baruch Blumberg dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner who discovered hepatitis B virus
Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who received the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the hepatitis B virus, which causes severe liver disease and cancer, and who later developed the vaccine that protects against it, has died. He was 85....Tags: Human Body, Awards and Prizes, Liver Cancer, Biology, Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Not Just for Kids: 'Shine'
Los Angeles TimesShine A Novel Lauren Myracle Amulet Books: 359 pp., $16.95, ages 14 and up When it comes to sex and drugs, teen interest and parental tolerance tend to run in opposite directions. Simultaneously titillating and taboo, alluring yet off-limits, underage...Tags: Sexual Assault, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Methamphetamine (drug), Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Different views on the need for vitamin D
![I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes ["Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D," Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status and needs, I find the report flawed. By arbitrarily setting the lower limit of normal vitamin D blood level at 20 nanograms per milliliter, they are missing the borderline deficiency between 20 and 40 ng/ml.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58213052-11084845.jpg "I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes [\"Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D,\" Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status and needs, I find the report flawed. By arbitrarily setting the lower limit of normal vitamin D blood level at 20 nanograms per milliliter, they are missing the borderline deficiency between 20 and 40 ng/ml.")
I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes ["Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D," Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status...Tags: Health Treatments, Vitamin Therapy, Medical Research, Calcium, Health
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Viagra can help with altitude sickness, report says
I have heard that Viagra is effective for altitude sickness. Is this true?
Viagra is best known as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. But there are reports that it has off-label uses in treating a number of other conditions, including pulmonary...Tags: Potatoes, Viagra (drug), Human Body, High Blood Pressure, Lungs and Airways
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