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Cyclist blames 'flawed' test
Times Staff WriterTo anti-doping officials, the case against Olympic and Tour de France cyclist Tyler Hamilton for an illicit blood transfusion ranks among their greatest victories — a sanction for "intentional cheating at its most sophisticated," in the words of...Tags: Sports, French Literature, Blood Cells, Science, Medical Research
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Stem cells in amniotic fluid show promise
Times Staff WriterResearchers have found that some stem cells in human amniotic fluid appear to have many of the key therapeutic benefits of embryonic stem cells while avoiding their knottiest ethical, medical and logistical drawbacks, according to a study published...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Medical Research, Adults, National Institutes of Health, Tumors
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The withdrawal of drug-company money
In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has been repeatedly (and rightly) excoriated for its shameless efforts to promote its products: Freebies handed out to doctors as inducements to prescribe particular drugs. Studies underwritten by drug...Tags: Finance, Justice System, National Institutes of Health, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Read this over coffee
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCoffee drinkers, rejoice! The heavenly brew, once deemed harmful to health, is turning out to be, if not quite a health food, at least a low-risk drink, and in many ways a beneficial one. It could protect against diabetes, liver cancer, cirrhosis and...Tags: Medical Research, Parkinson's Disease, Cancer, Cirrhosis, International Olympic Committee
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Dr. David A. Kessler
Born: 1951 Birthplace: New York Career Highlights * Dean, UC San Francisco School of Medicine, September 2003 to December 2007 * Dean, Yale University School of Medicine, July 1997 to June 2003 * Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration,...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Drugs and Medicines, Bill Clinton, Health, Education
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The right foods can free you from your medications
Though I'm very active, doing both cycling and weight training and maintaining a fairly healthful diet, I still need to take medication for low-level high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I've heard that pomegranate juice is a good natural way to...Tags: Soups, Health and Safety at School, Foods and Beverages, Blood Pressure Decrease, High Blood Pressure
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'America America' by Ethan Canin
America America
A Novel
Ethan Canin
Random House: 466 pp., $27
It's refreshing -- and almost quaint -- to see someone try to write a Great American Novel in the 21st century. These days, writers are more apt to pursue the Great American Screenplay...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Metal and Mineral, Richard Nixon, Motorvehicle Accidents, Political Candidates
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D. Carleton Gajdusek dies at 85; Nobel Prize winner identified exotic disease, was unrepentant pedophile
Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, the brilliant yet deeply flawed pediatrician, virologist and anthropologist who won the 1976 Nobel Prize in medicine for his identification and description of kuru, the exotic disease of a remote tribe in New Guinea that was...Tags: Armed Forces, Medical Research, National Institutes of Health, Awards and Prizes, Sex
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The danger of DNA: It isn't perfect
In 2004, a New Jersey prosecutor announced that DNA had solved the mystery of who killed Jane Durrua, an eighth-grader who was raped, beaten and strangled 36 years earlier. "Through DNA, we put a face to the killer of Jane Durrua, and that face belongs...Tags: Medical Research, Prosecution, United Kingdom, Criminals, Illegal Immigrants
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Zeroing in on Alzheimer's
A talk-radio host who was interviewing me recently about memory loss led off by asking what the big deal was about Alzheimer's disease: "I mean, really, here's this disease where you don't even know you have it, and you're not in pain, so what's so bad...Tags: Science, Crime, Law and Justice, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Trials
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New in paperback: : Getting personal
"The Journals of John Cheever" edited by Robert Gottlieb (Vintage) "Good Friday. I neither fast nor make any observations of this somber time. I roam from the post office to the church, unsober. The central altar is dark, but on the left the priest has...Tags: Lana Turner, Warren Beatty, Pentecost, Entertainment, Good Friday
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Hypnotic reach
Times Staff WriterHypnosis transports some people beyond serenity and absorption to a state of pure silliness. A solemn voice whispering to relax, breathe deeply and imagine a waterfall can bring to mind high school séances, Ouija boards, Woody Allen routines. Yet the...Tags: Pain, Anxiety, Surgery, Cancer, Entertainment
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