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To fight inflammation with food
Booster ShotsInflammation -- a ramped-up immune system -- seems to be linked to chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease, and even the very fact of aging. Some foods, it turns out, promote inflammation. Others damp it down. Shara Yurkiewicz,...... -
Milk thistle shows potential -- documented potential -- in helping cancer patients
Booster ShotsGood research on herbs and supplements is hard to come by -- and small wonder. The key ingredients aren't exactly new, being the product of nature rather than hefty research-and-development budgets, and are thus unlikely to yield much in the...... -
FDA panel recommends wider use for cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor
Booster ShotsA Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended today that drug-maker AstraZeneca be allowed to expand the labeling on its cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor to include some people who do not have high cholesterol levels. That could allow as many... -
Study shows genes for inflammation play a role in preterm births
Booster ShotsGenes that make both a mother and her fetus more susceptible to inflammation as a result of infections raise the risk of premature delivery, a finding that may help explain why some women give birth prematurely even though they have...... -
Oh, snap: Beckham's Achilles injury is bad, but not uncommon
Booster ShotsNow that soccer legend David Beckham has had surgery to repair the Achilles tendon he ruptured Sunday, all he has to do now is heal, and heal well. While his may be the most recent and notable case of a...... -
A Primeval Tide of Toxins
Times Staff WriterThe fireweed began each spring as tufts of hairy growth and spread across the seafloor fast enough to cover a football field in an hour. When fishermen touched it, their skin broke out in searing welts. Their lips blistered and peeled. Their eyes...Tags: Fertilizer, Oceans, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Forests
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A heart-and-mind link
Healing an injured or poorly functioning heart requires attention to a patient's mental well-being as well as to his or her physical health -- so much so that in October, the American Heart Assn. recommended that doctors screen all heart patients for...Tags: Depression, Disasters and Accidents, Heart Attack, Depression Therapy, Heart and Circulatory System
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Statins for all?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShould statin drugs be put in the water, or what? More than 13 million Americans are taking these medications to lower their cholesterol and hopefully stave off heart disease -- a job the drugs appear to excel at. Statins can lower "bad" LDL...Tags: Harvard Medical School, Heart Attack, University of Texas at Austin, Heart and Circulatory System, Prostate
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A life of honor, one day at a time
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt happened again at a Taco Bell. The old way of thinking, the criminal voice, wouldn't shut up inside the head of Ken Layton. Yeah, take out that punk kid, beat the crap out of him, show that pimply faced idiot he ain't nothin' and you're still Folsom...Tags: Sexual Assault, Crimes, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics
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Curcumin's anti-inflammatory powers are unproven
Special to The TimesThe products: Humans have long believed in an almost magical connection between strong flavors and good health. The burn from the hot pepper? It must be energizing the body. The pungent tang of a raw oyster? It must be energizing a very particular part of...Tags: Education, Science and Technology, University of Texas at Austin, Medical Research, Alzheimer's Disease
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A dim view of Light Relief's claims to relieve pain with LEDs
Humans are light-sensitive beings. Whether it comes from the sun, a laser or a fluorescent bulb, light can affect our bodies and minds in ways that scientists are just beginning to understand.
If you believe actor Robert Wagner, a little light can banish...Tags: Entertainment, New York Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Surgery, Westbury
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Outdoor buffs must exercise caution on smoggy days
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSMOG, shmog. Exercising outdoors is a way of life in Southern California, and die-hard runners, walkers, cyclists and skaters aren't going to let a brown layer of air stop them. But maybe they should. The Southland is heading into its roughest air...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Lungs and Airways, Weather, Heart Attack, Health and Safety at School
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