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The food-mood connection
You've heard the claims: Chocolate evokes that loving feeling. Eating fish makes you smarter. Pure carbs calm you down. If you are what you eat, as they say, then it certainly stands to reason that food can influence mood and brain power.
The theory...Tags: Medical Research, Depression, Human Interest, Organic Chemical Industry, Psychiatry
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Botox gets FDA nod for chronic migraine
The makers of the miracle toxin that erases frown lines by paralyzing facial muscles won the Food and Drug Administration's blessing on Friday to market Botox for the prevention of chronic migraine headaches. The FDA's decision expands the potential...Tags: WebMD Corporation, Plastic Surgeons, Drugs and Medicines, National Institutes of Health, Neck Pain
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Quitting smoking makes economic sense
What does it cost to stop smoking?
For just about anyone, less than it does to keep smoking. Many smokers burn through thousands of dollars each year buying cigarettes alone. Then there are peripheral costs like breath mints, extra trips to the dry...Tags: Quitting Smoking, Chemical Industry, Medical Services, Insurance, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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My Turn: Touched by another human's touch
I was deeply shaken to learn I had hypopharyngeal cancer. As a physician, I had access to my hospital's laboratory results, so I took a shortcut: Rather than wait for my surgeon to call me, I looked for my name in my hospital's pathology laboratory log...Tags: Cancer, Oxytocin (drug), Throat, Human Interest, Ear, Nose, and Throat
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Skiing: the West's outstanding early-season conditions
Special to the Los Angeles TimesPowerful late-fall storms have dropped many feet of snow on mountains throughout the West, creating some of the best early-season skiing and snowboarding conditions in years. Despite the still-sluggish economy, resorts have spent millions of dollars on...Tags: Daron Rahlves, Julia Mancuso, Bodies of Water, Seattle, Half Pipe Snowboarding
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College athletics' bid to identify sickle-cell carriers: Not ready for prime time?
An initiative launched by the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. to screen close to 167,000 college athletes for "sickle cell trait" is "full of potential pitfalls" and should be recast before taking effect, two experts from the National Human Genome...Tags: Medical Research, Human Interest, Athletes, National Institutes of Health, Physical Therapists
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Diet drug on deck: Contrave to undergo FDA panel scrutiny Tuesday
On Tuesday, the LaJolla, Calif.-based developer of a drug it calls Contrave tries to succeed where at least three other pharmaceutical firms have failed in recent years -- to win over a panel of independent experts advising the Food and Drug...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Contrave (drug), Hormones and Metabolism, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals
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On the Spot: British Airways' silent treatment toward ailing passenger doesn't help its reputation
Los Angeles Times Travel editorQuestion: In 2007, my husband, Neil, and I booked two tickets on British Airways to London. Neil was receiving chemotherapy so we could not fly. British Airways advised us to submit our refund request in writing along with a doctor's note, which we did on...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Travel, British Airways Plc, Human Body, Medina (Saudi Arabia)
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Enriched eggs, milk may not be best source for omega-3s
Milk and eggs have earned their place in the American diet because they're good sources of calcium and protein, respectively. These days, some brands are also being touted as a good source of another nutrient: omega-3s.
Omega-3 fatty acids are in...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Drugs and Medicines, Milk, Politics, Regional Authority
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The 'contagion' of social networks
The old folk concept that our personal health behaviors rub off on those around us has received a staggering amount of scientific support of late. Over the last few years, study after study has shown that weight gain, drug and alcohol use, even loneliness...Tags: Medical Research, Depression, University of California, Recreational Substance Use, Human Interest
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For two days, Olive View ER patient wasn't assigned a doctor, memo says [Updated]
L.A. NOWIn a series of mistakes described as a âSwiss cheeseâ event by a hospital official, a patient recently admitted to Olive View-UCLA Medical Center was not assigned a doctor for two days. The patient was admitted to the county teaching...... -
Study shows fewer veterinary students are planning to work with large animals
L.A. UnleashedFRESNO, Calif. â The number of veterinarians who work with cows, pigs, chickens and other farm animals is on the decline as many prepare to retire and fewer students opt for large animal practice, results from a recent study showed.......
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