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Sex, drug use linked with playing the 'choking game,' study says
They call it the “choking game,” but it’s deadly serious. Experts estimate that 5% to 11% of teens have tried it, and a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics reports that kids who see this as a way of getting high are also...
Tags: Symptoms, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, Physical Conditions, Health
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Child injury deaths fell 30% in decade, but drug deaths rose
Death rates from unintentional injuries of children from birth to age 19 fell by nearly 30% in the United States from 2000 through 2009, largely because of a 41% drop in deaths in car crashes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday....
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics, Disease Prevention, Health Insurance Cost, Injuries and Wounds
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A troubling trend in teens drinking hand sanitizer
Six teenagers have shown up in two San Fernando Valley emergency rooms in the last few months with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer, worrying public health officials who say the cases could signal a dangerous trend. Some of the teenagers...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds, Ethanol, Health
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Doctors say teens go to hospitals after drinking hand sanitizer
L.A. NOWDoctors are warning parents about a dangerous new trend after six teenagers drank hand sanitizer and ended up in Los Angeles-area emergency rooms with alcohol poisoning.... -
Suicides among Army personnel up 80% in four years
Suicide among young Army personnel is among the saddest tolls of the country's two long wars this century. A report released Thursday found suicides among U.S. Army personnel rose 80% between 2004 and 2008. For the last years in which data were available...
Tags: U.S. Army, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance Cost, Suicide, Behavioral Conditions
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Coalinga State Hospital fined more than $20,000 for safety lapses
L.A. NOWCalifornia workplace safety officials have fined Coalinga State Hospital more than $20,000, alleging in part that the psychiatric facility – which mainly treats sex offenders deemed too dangerous for community release -- failed to keep staff safe... -
Someone save us from the gloom that is Frank McCourt
So how’s that depression going? If my chin were any lower, my navel would file a restraining order.
There are 36 days left until Frank McCourt is required to pick the winner of this tortuous auction. That’s 36 days until we find out who the...Tags: Ryan Braun, Kenley Jansen, Matt Kemp, Bankruptcy, Joe Torre
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Distracted pedestrians? Accidents on rise for headphone-wearers
Nation NowDistracted pedestrians: A new study finds that the number of headphone-wearing pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles tripled since 2004.... -
Gang violence is less related to drugs than thought, CDC says
Nation NowGang homicides are less likely to be drug-related than is widely believed and are more likely to be the result of factors such as retaliation to ongoing gang violence, the CDC reported Thursday. The gang violence report is the first such study based on... -
Handing out Laker Academy Awards
Lakers BlogSomewhere between the Lakers' 90-87 victory Sunday over the Oklahoma City Thunder and what could've passed for an NBA All-Star game in the Knicks-Heats match-up, basketball fans may have clicked the remote control a few times to sneak in a few minutes... -
Caught in the Web: Lakers prepare for Game 4 against New Orleans Hornets
Lakers Blog--The Times' Mike Bresnahan highlights the continual uncertainty surrounding Andrew Bynum's health. --The Times' Broderick Turner talks to Lakers assistant coach Jim Cleamons about the keys to Game 4. --The Times' Mark Heisler explains why an NBA... -
Exit interview: Kobe Bryant says Lakers' failed title run was a 'wasted year of my life'
Lakers BlogKobe Bryant exit interview Kobe Bryant is never much for sentimentality, and he's not going to change any time soon. So when he reflected Wednesday on the Lakers' underachieving 2010-2011 season, which included being swept in a Western Conference...
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