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Nonsurgical cosmetic treatments growing in popularity
Los Angeles TimesDr. W. Grant Stevens calls it his fire and ice room. Stocked with lasers, skin-tightening devices, fat-zapping machines and, on a recent Wednesday, a 65-year-old woman named Helen, the brightly lighted corner of the Marina del Rey medical facility is a...Tags: Cosmetic Procedures, Apple iPhone, Elections, Liposuction, Brow Lift
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Antidepressants in primary care: Is this how to treat depression?
Antidepressants, now the third-most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the United States, are routinely offered to patients with vague complaints of fatigue, pain and malaise but who are not classified as suffering from a mental disorder by the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services, Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Health Treatments
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Seeking the right recipe for food labels
You can give people all sorts of useful information, but that doesn't mean they'll use it.
Case in point: the Nutrition Facts panels inscribed on nearly every can, box, jug, carton and plastic wrapper in which food has been sold since 1994. These small,...Tags: PepsiCo Inc., Dietary Supplements, Weight, Hospitals and Clinics, Food and Drug Administration
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Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions
These days, some surgeons have four arms and are made of metal and plastic. Use of a robotic assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled in the last four years, and the machine now helps with incisions and sutures in 2,000 hospitals...
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The Unreal World: 'Web Therapy' plot has some issues
"Web Therapy"
11 p.m. Sept. 13, Showtime
Episode: "Whistling While I Work"
The premise: Fiona Wallice (Lisa Kudrow) is a therapist with unspecified credentials who begins seeing clients in three-minute sessions conducted online via video chat. In...Tags: Corporate Crime, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Showtime (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Steven Weber
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Adele: Surgery successful, prognosis good, her doc says
Ministry of GossipAdele's surgery: Singer Adele had surgery on her vocal cords and is expected to make a full recovery. The doctor who did Adele's surgery had Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler as a patient in 2006.... -
Stanley Cup finals Game 3: Bruins' Horton moving extremities at hospital after ugly hit by Aaron Rome
The Fabulous ForumA late and vicious hit by Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome to the head of Boston winger Nathan Horton dominated the scoreless opening period at TD Garden. The only question after the severity of Horton's injuries is how severe Rome’s punishment...... -
Stanley Cup finals: Boston destroys Vancouver, 8-1, in Game 3
The Fabulous ForumThe Stanley Cup finals took a turn toward ugly with a detour through frightening in Game 3 on Monday, as a vicious hit by Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome sent Boston winger Nathan Horton to the hospital on a stretcher and...... -
The right place to deliver: home or hospital?
All three of my children were delivered in a hospital under an obstetrician's care. Fetal monitors tracked the babies' heart rates, and an EKG machine measured mine. When it came to discomfort, I opted out and embraced every pain-relieving intervention...Tags: Nursing, Pain, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Obstetrics
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Validity of hospital rankings
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEven if you're the kind who never reads a review before heading to the car lot or the movie theater, you probably want to know how your hospital stacks up before you walk through the door. You definitely wouldn't want to find out after the fact that...Tags: Nursing, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Research, Newspaper and Magazine, Entertainment
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Diabetes: A battle for control
Simply put, diabetes is a contest between people and their blood. For people whose bodies don't produce enough insulin to manage their blood sugar, the goal is a normal blood score, achieved through a balancing act of lifestyle and medication....Tags: Blood Pressure Decrease, National Institutes of Health, Diabetes, Kidney, Hospitals and Clinics
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Science tackles your tan
Brand XBreaking news for fake-bakers! Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have recently isolated the enzyme that keeps pasty people pasty, and are developing a cream that would block the enzyme which blocks melanin production. This breakthrough can...
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