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A Mediterranean diet may promote brain health: study
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a host of health benefits, including a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. A study finds that the diet may also be associated with a decreased chance of small vessel damage in the brain.
The diet,...Tags: Diets and Dieting, Health, Mediterranean Diet, Heart Disease, Cancer
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Obese pets: Vets say more than half of dogs, cats are overweight
America’s obesity crisis is spreading – to our pets.
About 53% of the nation’s cats and 55% of dogs are overweight. And more than one in five of those fat animals is clinically obese, meaning at least 30% above normal weight.That’...Tags: Dog (animal), Weight, Pets, Obesity, Diseases and Illnesses
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Hold the bread? CDC warns of excessive sodium in U.S. diets
Nation NowDietary sodium: About nine of every 10 Americans eat more salt than is recommended, the CDC says, adding that Public Enemy No. 1 is bread, not junk food.... -
Letters: Lipitor versus generics
![Thanks for assisting your readers now negotiating the array of issues surrounding Lipitor (atorvastatin) and the expiration of its patent ["The New Deal With Lipitor," Jan. 16].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67525202-22200646.jpg)
Thanks for assisting your readers now negotiating the array of issues surrounding Lipitor (atorvastatin) and the expiration of its patent ["The New Deal With Lipitor," Jan. 16].
When a drug has generated $81 billion, the manufacturer will do all it can...Tags: Ears and Hearing, Quitting Smoking, Breads, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Treatments
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Michelle Obama promotes healthy eating at Inglewood store site
As part of her campaign to battle childhood obesity, First Lady Michelle Obama visited the site of a future grocery store in Inglewood on Wednesday and spoke about the importance of bringing fresh food to disadvantaged communities.
The market, which will...Tags: Obesity, Weight, Diets and Dieting, Family, Diabetes
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New Avastin tests add to confusion over use in breast cancer
In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...Tags: Human Body, Colon Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Human Body, Breast Cancer
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Sugar can harm like alcohol and tobacco; regulate it, article says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Move over salt. Step aside, saturated fat. There’s a new public enemy in the pantry, and it’s … sugar. In a provocative commentary coming out in Thursday’s edition of the journal Nature, Dr. Robert Lustig and two colleagues...Tags: Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Consumer Goods Industries, Litigation and Regulation
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Anemia complicates recovery after a stroke, study says
Being anemic could triple an individual's chances of dying in the year following a stroke, researchers said Thursday.
Both anemia, which is a lack of healthy red blood cells, and stroke are common conditions among the elderly. Anemia is known to worsen...Tags: Human Body, Physical Conditions, Stroke, Health, Human Body
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Working 11 hours a day may be linked with depression
Working 11 hours a day may not only make you more tired -- it could also make you more depressed.
A study of civil servants in England found that working excessive hours was linked with more cases of major depressive episodes. The 2,123 men and women...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Depression, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Drugs and Medicines
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Prescription with side effects
It sounds like a great idea when you first hear it: Medicare is making its claims files available to insurers, employers and consumer groups so they can prepare report cards on individual doctors. The files will reveal such things as how many times...Tags: Cardiologists, Heart Problems, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Behavioral Conditions, Government Health Care
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Smoking, diabetes increase risk of heart attacks, strokes, death
They’re called “risk factors” for a reason – people with high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and/or a smoking habit are much more likely to have heart attacks, strokes and other manifestations of cardiovascular disease,...Tags: Stroke, Medical Research, Health, Heart Disease, Heart Problems
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Frying foods in olive, sunflower oils may not be bad for your heart
Rejoice, those who love fried foods: eating them may not put you at higher risk for coronary heart disease--if you're frying those foods in olive or sunflower oils.
A study published this week in the British Medical Journal analyzed data on 40,757...Tags: Chest, Medical Research, Health, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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