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Day of terror in New York: Pages from a reporter's 9/11 journal
The brown-leather journal is my passport to Sept. 11, 2001. When I hold it in my hands, images and memories are no further away than yesterday.
I had no notebook with me when my husband and I dropped our children, 8 and 4, at school that morning. Then...Tags: Nursing, Career and Workplace, Employees, Bank of New York Company, Times Square
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How to avoid 'hat hair'
The best protection against skin cancer of the scalp is a hat, but it's tricky to wear one without collateral damage to your hairstyle. Caile Noble, hairstylist at Serge Normant at John Frieda Salon, offers tips on how to banish hat hair. Long and...Tags: Scalp, Human Body, Human Interest
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Experts look at new high-tech, at-home beauty devices
Special to the Los Angeles TimesImagine having the fountain of youth as close at hand as the bathroom. We're not there yet — but there's a burgeoning number of at-home, high-tech beauty gadgets that claim to smooth wrinkles, whiten teeth and remove hair without the need to...Tags: Light Therapy, Dermatologists, Dentistry and Dental Health, Teeth Whitening, Cosmetic Procedures
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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: Harvard Medical School, Boston, Liposuction, Radio, Dermatologists
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How to protect the scalp from skin cancer
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...Tags: Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Mole (lesion), Politics, Dermatology, Dermatologists
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Space NK to open store in Brentwood on Monday
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHigh-end beauty chain Space NK could be considered the luxury Sephora. The British retailer, which launched in 1993 in the form of a single, unassuming shop in Covent Garden, London, features an expertly edited selection of founder Nicky Kinnaird's...Tags: Botox (drug), Macy's, Inc., Inventories, New Products, Liposuction
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Bye-bye blond, hello redhead
Los Angeles TimesRed is the blazing hot trend in hair color this season. Longtime redheads Christina Hendricks, Florence Welch and Karen Elson stand out with an almost angelic glow of gorgeous color framing their faces. And hardly a day goes by that we don't hear of...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Entertainment, Lucille Ball, Rihanna, Blake Lively
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Travel products and travel kits: Don't let those miles show
Special to the Los Angeles TimesBeing on the move — be it by plane, train, automobile or cruise ship — is in the American DNA. And with the start of summer, the tendency kicks into high gear with road trips, beach forays, camping expeditions, out-of-town bachelor or...Tags: Road Transportation, Labor Day, AAA, Manufacturing and Engineering, Human Body
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Self-tanning products have come a long way
Los Angeles TimeThe deleterious effects of self-tanning products — streaky brown or Oompa-Loompa orange skin — have faded considerably over the past couple years, due in large part to advances in formulations and delivery methods that make a DIY tan easier to...Tags: Muscle, Dermatology, Dermatologists, Physical Conditions, Health Treatments
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Chronic itch: Every bit as debilitating and depressing as chronic pain
If you've had it, you would know. Chronic itchiness -- often the result of skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema or allergies -- disrupts sleep, dims pleasure and limits activities. Just as much as chronic pain does.
Now it's official: A study...Tags: Itching, Symptoms, Skin Conditions, Dermatologists, Human Body
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Fall Sneaks list
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All's Faire in Love
A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...Tags: William H. Macy, Eduardo Noriega, The Walt Disney Co., Criminals, Marc Forster
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Book review: 'The Man in the Rockefeller Suit' by Mark Seal
Special to the Los Angeles TimesGreat con artists understand this about human nature: The suckers want to be taken. In 1978, a poor, semi-educated German teenager named Christian K. Gerhartsreiter arrived in New England on a falsified student visa. Brilliant, charismatic and twisted,...Tags: Corporate Crime, Truman Capote, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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