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Zack Greinke start pushed back to Monday
PHOENIX -- Right-hander Zack Greinke, scratched from his scheduled start Wednesday with what the Dodgers say was illness, will wait until his turn in the rotation comes up again Monday before making his third appearance of the spring. Greinke has...
Tags: Zack Greinke, Aaron Harang, Chris Withrow, Josh Beckett
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Try This: The shoelace, a yin yoga back reliever
If lower back pain, sciatica or stiffness is slowing you down, steal this move from yin yoga, a gentle style of practice known for its longer-held stretches. This stretch, demonstrated by fitness expert and yogi Jennifer Kries and used in her "Hot...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Try This: The Superman, for a strong back
You may think you're a man or woman of steel, but without a strong back, those rippling abs don't mean a thing. The Superman exercise, demonstrated here by celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak and featured on his "Harley's Hollywood Workout" video, will...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Superman (fictional character)
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In-Your-Face Fitness: Keeping your lower back pain-free
On a recent ski trip, my best friend handed me a flask of cinnamon schnapps. He called it "courage in 100-proof form," and I needed it. I was perched at the edge of a cliff, looking at a 20-foot drop into thigh-deep powder.
Nearly a decade ago, when I...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Human Body, Back Pain, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Physical Therapists
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Coliseum officials charged taxpayers thousands for fill-ups
As finance director for the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Ronald Lederkramer didn't need to do much driving to keep an eye on the stadium's books. But he has charged taxpayers about $7,600 for gasoline since 2008, even for fill-ups near Las Vegas and in...
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Dr. Jerome Tobis dies at 96; UCI professor, physician and researcher
Dr. Jerome S. Tobis, a former professor and founding chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UC Irvine whose long career included a number of precedent-setting studies on physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation and other...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy
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Waiting calmly to die
The email from a reader in Westwood was short, to the point and disturbing.
"My life has been very full," wrote Polly Berger. "But now it is getting very bad, and I want to go to that other world."
Berger also said she wished there were more Dr. Jack...Tags: Entertainment, Tony Bennett, Carly Simon, Perry Como, Melissa Etheridge
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Working out obesity issues on 'Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition'
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition"
10 p.m. June 13, ABC
Episode: "Dana"
The premise
Dana Baker is a 44-year-old gospel singer who weighs 498 pounds. He freely admits to a regular diet of cookies, Hawaiian Punch and donuts. He sweats when...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Back Pain, Weight Loss, Skin, Advil (drug)
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Opting for exercise over surgery in Grand Junction
Phil Smith had to return home to Grand Junction to find a health care system that could ease his back pain with a simple 30-second exercise -- after physicians elsewhere proposed killing a nerve or surgical fusing of bones in his spine.
His experience is...Tags: Back Pain, Happiness (state of mind), Pain, Health Treatments, Surgery
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Replicating the healthcare model of Grand Junction
Can other communities copy the Grand Junction model of low-cost, high-quality, near-universal healthcare?
Some doctors in this Colorado city of just over 53,000 say yes, others no. But clearly, some parts could be replicated elsewhere.
The House of...Tags: Illnesses, Medical Services, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Back Pain
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Sheriff will review unsolved homicides, checking for links to man accused of killing four in South Bay
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Monday that it will review old unsolved homicide cases to determine whether any are linked to a man accused of four home invasion killings this fall in the South Bay. The move came......
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