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UCLA Football: Sean Sheller to have season-ending surgery Tuesday
The Fabulous ForumUCLA offensive lineman Sean Sheller will have surgery to repair two broken bones in his left arm on Tuesday. Sheller, a sixth-year senior, was injured against Texas when his arm was caught between two helmets on a play near the...... -
Examining Kobe Bryant's knee: There are hopeful signs
Lakers BlogKobe Bryant: Until he actually tests it throughout the NBA season, there's no real answer to the questions about how well will Kobe Bryant's surgically repaired right knee hold up. For the time being, however, there are several signs suggesting that... -
Milk, soft drinks and bone strength
Want strong bones? Eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D, get plenty of exercise — and maybe steer clear of soda.
In recent decades, as consumption of the beverage has steadily displaced the consumption of others —particularly milk —...Tags: Teen-agers, Newspaper and Magazine, Health and Safety at School, Helen Hayes, Health
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Cranberry juice cocktail for urinary tract health
Q: I published the original article on cranberry juice cocktail and urinary tract infections (Journal of Urology, May 1984). We also demonstrated in several nursing home studies that cranberry juice cocktail, not the plain juice, works best. Please...Tags: Celiac Disease, Anthropology, Osteoporosis, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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Gear: vibration platforms
Vibration platforms, which purportedly provide a host of bone, muscle, circulatory, flexibility and injury-rehab benefits by shaking your body 20 to 50 times a second as you stand on them, are becoming more varied and practical as the market grows...Tags: Science, Companies and Corporations, Physiology, Science and Technology
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Opting for exercise over surgery in Grand Junction
Phil Smith had to return home to Grand Junction to find a health care system that could ease his back pain with a simple 30-second exercise -- after physicians elsewhere proposed killing a nerve or surgical fusing of bones in his spine.
His experience is...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Health Treatments, Lower Back Pain, Happiness (state of mind), Back Pain
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To soothe the body
Los Angeles TimesIf 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: Physical Conditions, Dermatologists, Ulcerative Colitis, Weight Loss, Cherries
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Dread the weigh-in? Researchers propose a new (scale-free) way to measure obesity (but you still may be too fat)
Move over, BMI. Researchers led by a University of Southern California physician have proposed "a better index of adiposity." This one would require a tape measure and a calculator, but none of the stepping-up-on-the-scale drama featured on NBC's The...Tags: Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Health, Medical Research, Obesity
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Skeleton in the Closet
Young people don’t give much thought to their bones unless they’ve broken one. Yet maintaining strong bones is arguably one of the most important things men and women can do to guarantee a robust old age.
Seventy-five percent of skeletal...Tags: Physical Conditions, Calcium, Breastfeeding, Menopause, Health and Safety at School
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Medical marijuana inspires strong opinions, but what does science say?
Depending on whom you ask, marijuana is a dangerous drug that should be kept illegal alongside heroin and PCP, or it's a miracle herb with a trove of medical benefits that the government is seeking to deny the public -- or something in between: a plant...Tags: Crimes, Juvenile Delinquency, Depression, Recreational Substance Use, Multiple Sclerosis
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Book Review: 'Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel' by Leigh Montville
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEvel The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend Leigh Montville Doubleday: 400 pp., $27.50 For men of a certain age, Evel Knievel is a touchstone of innocence lost, vaguely held in the memory bank as an emblem of how...Tags: Montville, Human Interest, Periodicals, George Lucas, Mass Media
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf says peace is goal of 'ground zero' mosque, but denies the site is sacred due to 9/11
Top of the TicketThree days before 9/11 anniversary, Muslim cleric says new building will contain an attack memorial....
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