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Don't just sit there. Really.
"Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us," says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women's health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. "The chair is out to kill us," says James Levine, an...
Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Comprehensive Health, Diabetes, Women's Health, Health and Safety at School
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Wildfire burns 750 acres in northeast San Diego County
A controlled burn that got out of control due to a wind shift has burned more than 750 acres in northeast San Diego County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Thursday night. The San Felipe fire is burning in a largely... -
Kern County says heart disease, not beating, caused man's death
A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff's deputies earlier this month died from heart disease, not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner's office labeled David Sal Silva's death accidental, adding...
Tags: Television Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, FBI, Witnesses, Prosecution
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Politics, Diabetes, Nutrition, Health Organizations, U.S. Congress
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Kern County sheriff defends deputies videotaped beating man
A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff’s deputies month died from heart disease -- not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner’s office labeled David Sal Silva’s death accidental,...
Tags: Television Industry, FBI, Accidental Death, Shootings, Witnesses
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O.C. man convicted of fatally stabbing two men in parking lot
An Orange County man was convicted Thursday of fatally stabbing two men during a fight in a Lake Forest parking lot, prosecutors said. Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson, 30, was found guilty by a jury of two felony counts of voluntary manslaughter, according...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Compton mayoral candidate has medical emergency, misses forum
Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley was hospitalized Thursday, missing a candidates' forum he was to attend as part of his runoff campaign to become mayor again. A family friend told The Times that Bradley suffered a heart attack and had undergone...
Tags: Politics, Primaries, Elections, Heart Attack
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Autopsy: Man beaten by deputies died of heart disease, not blows
Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Thursday that a man at the center of a videotaped altercation with deputies died from heart disease -- not baton blows. The county coroner’s office labeled David Sal Silva’s death accidental,...
Tags: Justice System, Diseases and Illnesses, FBI, Accidental Death, Shootings
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Preventative Medicine, FBI, Health Organizations, Measles
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Study casts doubt on some findings about sodium
Are Americans getting mixed messages about how much sodium they should be consuming? Lately, yes, and some of those messages are muddled because studies themselves are muddled, a panel of doctors has concluded. The Institute of Medicine panel...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Medical Research
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Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'
As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Arthritis, Diabetes, Sexual Dysfunction, Weight
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Vietnam veterans' new battle: getting disability compensation
Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career working at credit unions. But as Otte neared retirement, memories of combat flooded back. Starting in 2005, he filed a series of claims with...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), World War I (1914-1918), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Diabetes
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