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Japan's ingredient du jour: shio koji
Los Angeles TimesThe latest trendy cooking ingredient in Japan is a fungus. And that fungus is spreading. Professional and home cooks in Japan are crazy for it, and it's flying off the shelves at Japanese markets in the U.S., too. They're using shio koji -- a fermented...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salt, Hamburgers, Sea Salt
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R. Palmer Beasley dies at 76; linked hepatitis B to liver cancer
Dr. R. Palmer Beasley, an epidemiologist whose pivotal research on hepatitis B in Taiwan first linked the virus to liver cancer, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Houston. He was 76. His death was announced by the University of Texas...
Tags: Science, Medical Research, Research, Family, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Free shots of required whooping cough vaccine available next week
L.A. NOWFree pertussis vaccines are available next week to students enrolled in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The vaccine, also called Tdap, is required of all students, starting in 7th grade, for admission to class.... -
Disease outbreaks from imported foods on the rise, CDC reports
Food-borne illnesses caused by fish, spices, produce and other edibles imported from other countries seems to be on the rise – but the countries of origin may be changing, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella Infection
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Life expectancy gap narrows between blacks, whites
The gap in life expectancy between black and white Americans is smaller than it has ever been, thanks largely to a decline in the number of deaths resulting from heart disease and HIV infection, a new analysis has found. That's the good news. The bad...
Tags: Vicodin (drug), Obesity, Medical Research, Chemical Industry, Heart Problems
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Pakistani doctor who helped find Bin Laden gets 33 years in prison
World NowA Pakistani doctor who led a phony vaccination campaign aimed at helping the CIA pinpoint Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts was convicted of treason Wednesday and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a decision that is likely to further erode Washington&#... -
Leila Denmark dies at 114; pediatrician practiced until she was 103
Dr. Leila Daughtry Denmark, a Georgia pediatrician who was the country's oldest known practicing physician when she retired at 103, died Sunday at her daughter's home in Athens, Ga., her family announced. She was 114.
Denmark was the world's fourth-...Tags: Preventative Medicine, Whooping Cough, Family, Diseases and Illnesses, Denmark
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Renato Dulbecco dies at 97; 1975 Nobel Prize winner in medicine
Dr. Renato Dulbecco, an Italian American virologist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for demonstrating how certain types of viruses invade mammalian cells to cause cancer, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in La Jolla....Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Medical Research, College Sports
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A spam filter for HIV is in the works
TechnologyWorld AIDS Day: David Heckerman invented Microsoft's spam filter. Now he's hoping to apply the same thinking to preventing AIDS.... -
People more likely to lie when texting, study finds
TechnologyPeople are more likely to lie via text than other types of communication. At the same time, people are more likely to be angry if they are lied to via text....
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