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Obese? Sometimes you just have to hear it from someone in a white coat to believe it
It's not nice to call someone fat. That's a simple rule of thumb, repeated by parents of small children everywhere. For physicians, however, it's a social nicety that must be set aside if they are to act in the best interests of an overweight or obese ...Tags: Diabetes, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Rentals, Education
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Holistic nutrition is weak on science, strong on selling supplements
"Holistic nutrition." You may not know the term, but you've surely heard its claims. Among other things, holistic nutritionists (or HNs, as they call themselves) may teach that fluoride and pesticides are lethal, that most diseases and detrimental...Tags: Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Genes and Chromosomes, Education, Corporate Crime
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In diet studies, big question goes unexplored
Fifteen years ago, I gained the dreaded "freshman 15" — times two. I packed on 30 pounds in what felt like a blink of an eye. Sophomore year, things were going to change. I adopted a Spartan regime: limiting my calories and fat intake, emulating...Tags: Health Organizations, Students, Health and Medical Professionals, Education, Weight Loss
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For long life, reach for the pumpkin, carrots and squash
As you gaze across the bountiful Thanksgiving offerings on your table this year, be grateful for the life-extending benefits of orange. Orange as in alpha-carotene. Orange as in pumpkin, carrots and squash, the foods richest in this phytonutrient. A study...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Tobacco Addiction, Cancer, Liver Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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With children and food allergy diagnoses, thoroughness is key
More and more kids these days seem to have food allergies, and peanut-free classrooms are becoming the norm in many elementary schools.
In trying to characterize the apparent increase, scientists have identified two distinct trends. The first is that...Tags: Family, Health and Medical Professionals, Peanuts, Education, University of Cincinnati
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Cleaning up your carb act: Where to begin
Most Americans eat between 250 and 300 grams of carbohydrates a day, the equivalent of 1,000 to 1,200 calories. The Institute of Medicine, which sets dietary nutrient requirements, recommends 130 grams a day. Some, such as Dr. Frank Hu, professor of...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Genes and Chromosomes, Education
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What now for weight loss?
The country is down to onededicated, prescription obesity medication -- the not-too-pleasantXenical -- since Friday's announcement that Meridiawill be removed from the market due to an increased risk ofheart problems among people with cardiovascular...Tags: Heart Problems, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Insurance, Chiropractors, Weight Loss Surgery
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All-natural bedbug sprays have little bite
Bedbugs combine all of the bloodsucking annoyance of mosquitoes with the survival instinct of cockroaches. No bigger than apple seeds, the adult bugs hide in ingenious places — inside electrical outlets, behind baseboards, deep in carpet fibers &#...Tags: Real Estate, Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Amazon.com Inc., Health and Medical Professionals
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Health product claims overshoot the runway of reason
It's frighteningly easy to drop a couple of hundred dollars on a holiday present. If you're considering spending big money on a health-related gift, you'll want to make sure that it will do something besides take up space in the gift bag.
Unfortunately,...Tags: Stress, Health and Medical Professionals, Lettuce, Physical Therapists, Skin
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Ladies First
Equality of the sexes in the boardroom? It’s about time. The kitchen and the classroom? Absolutely. The doctor’s office? Now there’s a novel idea....
Men and women experience health in fundamentally different ways. Did you know that a...Tags: Diabetes, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Medical Specialization, Diseases and Illnesses, Vitamin D
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State of the Art Surgery Center
Located on the Sunset Strip in trendy West Hollywood near fashionable Beverly Hills, the State of the Art Surgery Center is a modern surgical center in the Los Angeles area specializing in outpatient procedures like Lap-Band, breast augmentation, breast...Tags: Liposuction, Medical Specialization, Arts and Culture, Breast Augmentation, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bali, soul of replenishment
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields. A few yards away, a dozen ducks march single file across a dirt berm, tails twitching, looking very businesslike. Local farmers...Tags: Movies, England, DVDs and Movies, Arts and Culture, Personal Service
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