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    Sep 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. On the frontier of medical pot to treat boy's epilepsy

    MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating.
    MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating. There were grand mal seizures that lasted...

    Tags: Chemical Industry, Stanford University, Topamax (drug), Depakote (drug), Cancer

    2. Oct 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Crucial test for an outpost of healthcare in South L.A.

    Nurse practitioner Matt Tomlin steps into a small patient exam room, logs on to a computer and pulls up a formidable list of ailments for the 57-year-old woman sitting in front of him.
    Nurse practitioner Matt Tomlin steps into a small patient exam room, logs on to a computer and pulls up a formidable list of ailments for the 57-year-old woman sitting in front of him. Hypertension. Diabetes. Congestive heart failure. Obesity. Anxiety...

    Tags: Lobbying, Allergies, Corporate Officers, Diseases and Illnesses, Stanford University

    3. Jun 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The hunt for the perfect mattress

    When I can't sleep, I blame red wine, lack of exercise, caffeine after noon or being stressed out. My mind never goes to my mattress. Still, it is an alluring fantasy to believe that with the right mattress it wouldn't matter how much wine I drank, how little I exercised or how stressed out I was — I would still sleep like a baby, my spine would realign and I would awake every day refreshed, beautiful and rejuvenated. My mattress could be the acupuncture, spa treatment and Ambien of my sleep world.
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    When I can't sleep, I blame red wine, lack of exercise, caffeine after noon or being stressed out. My mind never goes to my mattress. Still, it is an alluring fantasy to believe that with the right mattress it wouldn't matter how much wine I drank, how...

    Tags: Back Pain, Acupuncture, Allergies

    4. Jul 2, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. For some Californians, a difficult transition into managed care

    PolitiCal
    California is looking to save hundreds of millions of dollars this year by transferring certain Medi-Cal patients into a managed-care healthcare system. However, similar transitions have been fraught with difficulty....
    5. Nov 15, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Optical illusion dampens arthritis pain

    Seeing the movements of a healthy hand mirroring one's own&nbsp;movements&nbsp;plays a welcome trick on the brains of arthritis sufferers, a new study shows: It reduces the perception of pain. The observation, reported this week at the <a title="Society's conference page" href="http://www.sfn.org/am2011/index.aspx?pagename=final_program" target="_blank">Society for Neuroscience's annual conference</a>, could offer a safe, inexpensive means of&nbsp;dampening chronic&nbsp;pain by enlisting the brain's power of suggestion.
    Seeing the movements of a healthy hand mirroring one's own movements plays a welcome trick on the brains of arthritis sufferers, a new study shows: It reduces the perception of pain. The observation, reported this week at the Society for Neuroscience's...

    Tags: Arthritis, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hands, University of California, San Diego, Human Body

    6. Mar 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Adrienne Rich dies at 82; feminist poet and essayist

    Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who challenged what she considered to be the myths of the American dream and subsequently received high literary honors, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 82.
    Adrienne Rich, a pioneering feminist poet and essayist who challenged what she considered to be the myths of the American dream and subsequently received high literary honors, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz. She was 82. The cause was...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Columbia University, Poetry, Justice and Rights, W.H. Auden

    7. Apr 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. George B. Rathmann dies at 84; co-founder of biotech giant Amgen

    George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto home. He was 84.
    George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto...

    Tags: Dialysis, Science, Corporate Officers, Bill Gates, Food and Drug Administration

    8. Mar 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Poet Adrienne Rich, 82, has died

    Jacket Copy
    Seminal poet and feminist Adrienne Rich has died....
    9. Aug 31, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    10. Aug 17, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. To soothe the body

    If you want to live longer -- avoid heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer -- then pick and choose your foods with care to quiet down parts of your immune system.
    If you want to live longer -- avoid heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer -- then pick and choose your foods with care to quiet down parts of your immune system. That's the principle promoted by the founders and followers of anti-inflammatory...

    Tags: Diets and Dieting, Science, Diseases and Illnesses, Philosophy, Physiology

    11. Jan 6, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Flu vaccine doesn't work in arthritis patients treated with rituximab

    Booster Shots
    Arthritis patients being treated with the drug rituximab should be given flu vaccinations immediately before treatment begins or several months later, but not in the first two months after treatment, Dutch researchers have found. The vaccine is not...
    12. Jan 1, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. What's in store for those aging feet? Bigger shoes

    ONE thing that doesn't shrink when people get older are feet: They enlarge. More specifically, they flatten.
    Special to The Times
    ONE thing that doesn't shrink when people get older are feet: They enlarge. More specifically, they flatten. The feet's tendons and ligaments lose some of their elasticity and don't hold the bones and joints together as tidily. When combined with...

    Tags: Osteoporosis, Interior Policy, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals, Education

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