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Monitor your moles, and look for the warning signs
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWondering if you should have that mole on your arm checked out? There have been a few updates on what you should look out for. Most dermatologists now recommend the following: * Look for "ugly ducklings." The Skin Cancer Foundation recently promoted this...Tags: Skin Cancer, Cancer, John Wayne, Mole (lesion), Skin Conditions
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When early screening leads to risks
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRadio talk show host Don Imus has plenty of company in his recent prostate cancer diagnosis: The disease strikes 1 in 6 American men. You'd think early screening would be a key preventive tool, but two large studies, published in the New England...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Cat (animal), Cancer, Don Imus, Biopsy
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Stem cell milestone achieved
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterResearchers from Japan and Wisconsin reported Tuesday that they had reprogrammed mature human cells to behave almost exactly like embryonic stem cells, a biological breakthrough that instantly recasts the field's ethical, scientific and economic...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Science, Science and Technology, Biology, Migration
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Resveratrol: It's good for mice but what about us?
Special to The TimesThis antioxidant can protect against cancer, heart disease and diabetes. It can lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation and ease pain. Best of all, perhaps, it can help users live 30% longer than they would without it. Resveratrol -- a substance found...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Science, Biology, Surgery
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A Picture of Health: The Worried Well
Medical private practice in Los Angeles has some unique features. We Angelenos fear the occasional earthquake, drought and fire, along with the more frequent wrinkles, subcutaneous fat and less than perfect health. Since we cant do much about the earths...Tags: X-rays, Cancer, Biopsy, Colonoscopy, Obesity
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Cancer and the bacterial connection
Special to The TimesIN the 1890s, a New York surgeon named William Coley tested a radical cancer treatment. He took a hypodermic needle teeming with bacteria and plunged it into the flesh of patients. After suffering through weeks of chills and fevers, many showed...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Crime, Law and Justice, Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Chemotherapy
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Suspects, but not all perps
Special to The TimesLast week, scientists unveiled a report that named more than 200 chemicals that appear to cause mammary gland tumors in animals. Among them: ingredients in mace sprays used to ward off attackers, compounds released from cooking with canola oil,...Tags: Science and Technology, Cancer, Medical Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environmental Politics
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Kefir is nutritious, but larger health claims are on shakier ground
Special to The TimesA tangy, sour, fermented milk drink may not sound like a likely candidate to move from health food stores to mainstream supermarkets, but that's exactly what kefir has done. The beverage is steadily gaining fans convinced of the health benefits --...Tags: Immune System, Japan, Cancer, Science and Technology, High Blood Pressure
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Rimmon C. Fay, 78; scientist fought Santa Monica Bay pollution
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRimmon C. Fay, a marine scientist and longtime Venice Beach lifeguard who devoted his life to saving the Santa Monica Bay from pollution and other assaults, has died. He was 78. Fay died of a heart attack at Berkley West Convalescent Hospital in Santa...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Wetlands, Science and Technology, Science, Biology
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Live chat: anti-aging foods
Administrator: Welcome to this nutrition chat with Susan Bowerman of UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition. Today's topic: anti-aging foods. Administrator: Hi Susan! Susan Bowerman: Hi Rosie, thanks for having me on this chat today Administrator: So let'...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Aging, Arable Farming, Health, Food Industry
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The little protein that glowed
As is the case with most great scientific discoveries, it all started with a bit of curiosity. In the 1960s, Osamu Shimomura wondered why crystal jellyfish gave off green pinpricks of light. Now, half a century later, Shimomura has been awarded for his...Tags: Science, Science and Technology, Cancer, Medical Research, Education
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How do Americans die?
Ages 1-4 Unintentional injury....1,641 Birth defects.... 569 Cancer.... 399 Homicide.... 377 Heart disease.... 187 Influenza and pneumonia.... 119 Septic infections.... 84 Perinatal period.... 61 Non-cancerous tumors.... 53 Respiratory disease...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Suicide, Cancer, Heart and Circulatory System, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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