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Heating device could cure leishmaniasis in soldiers, study says
Booster ShotsA heating device that uses radio frequency energy to heat parasites and kill them could provide a new way to treat soldiers who develop cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military researchers reported Monday. Leishmaniasis is... -
Skin transplants help patients with vitiligo
Booster ShotsTransplants of healthy skin cells from elsewhere on the body can alleviate the signs of vitiligo, a disfiguring loss of color in the skin, researchers from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit reported Tuesday at a Miami meeting of the American...... -
Rodent of the Week: Could patients with severe asthma benefit from bone marrow transplants?
Booster ShotsCases of severe, therapy-resistant asthma are on the rise worldwide, and new strategies are needed to treat the estimated 100,000 people who die of asthma every year. Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues are exploring a.... -
Lima, zebra that escaped Ringling Bros. circus in Atlanta, is euthanized
L.A. UnleashedThe escaped circus zebra that led his trainers and Atlanta police on a 40-minute chase and impeded traffic before finally being recaptured last month has been euthanized as a result of injuries he sustained during the incident. Lima, a 12-year-old...... -
Brand X Files: O.J.'s transgender prison posse. Tea party vigilantes. Brad Pitt's beard.
Brand XGood morning Los Angeles! It's your Brand X round-up of news from around the Internet. O.J. Simpson, king of the queens: Simpson has transgender prison posse. (National Enquirer)The eight types of people to unfollow on Twitter or defriend on Facebook:... -
New studies show why elderly weren't as likely to get swine flu--and warn about future outbreaks
Booster ShotsThe elderly are normally the most susceptible to flu viruses, so it was something of a shock to find that they were largely spared in the recent waves of pandemic H1N1 influenza. Experts have speculated that their apparent resistance to...... -
What does gay look like? Science keeps trying to figure that out
Special to The TimesLast month, Sen. John McCain dropped by “Saturday Night Live,” drawing laughs from his promise, if elected president, to fight expensive federal projects -- such as, he spoofed, a Department of Defense device to "jam gaydar." That was a joke....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Hair and Nails, Uterus, Family, Barbra Streisand
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Suddenly, the bees are simply vanishing
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe dead bees under Dennis vanEngelsdorp's microscope were like none he had ever seen. He had expected to see mites or amoebas, perennial pests of bees. Instead, he found internal organs swollen with debris and strangely blackened. The bees' intestinal...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Genes and Chromosomes, Bee (insect), Beekeeping, Agricultural Research and Technology
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The toll of racism?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTerry DAVIS didn't know he was having a stroke, much less that, as an African American male, he had a three to four times greater risk of suffering one than a white man. When a transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke, hit nearly a year ago, he was 49....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Justice and Rights, Family, Health and Safety at School, Obesity
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Stress hurts
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterStocks are falling. Companies are handing out pink slips. Home values are collapsing. Financial icons are folding. And Americans' stress is rising. The 2008 Stress in America survey, conducted by the American Psychological Assn. and released in October,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Psychiatry, Diabetes
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California schools' risks rise as vaccinations drop
A rising number of California parents are choosing to send their children to kindergarten without routine vaccinations, putting hundreds of elementary schools in the state at risk for outbreaks of childhood diseases eradicated in the U.S. years ago....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family
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Stem Cells in the Bank -- for What, It's Not Yet Known
Times Staff WriterThe courier arrived just after midnight with a bag of blood collected from a fresh umbilical cord. Inside the laboratory at Family Cord Blood Services in Santa Monica, a worker siphoned off red cells, leaving a dilute mixture of stem cells — a...Tags: Charity, Diseases and Illnesses, Plastic Surgeons, Leukemia, Alzheimer's Disease
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