Stories from LA Times: Health
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Low-carb diets beat low-cal for cutting pounds and cancer risk
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 9, 2011
Following a low-carb diet, even for only two days a week, was better than following a calorie-restricted diet every day for losing weight and lowering insulin levels, which are both associated with lower risks of breast and other cancers, says… Full Story »
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Drug combos could hold off advanced breast cancer
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 7, 2011
Treatment for advanced breast cancer could improve significantly if doctors give women combinations of medications that attack tumors in different ways, two large clinical trials suggest. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Breast
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Mode of delivery doesn't affect later maternal stress
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 7, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether a woman gives birth by elective C-section or vaginal delivery may not affect her anxiety or stress levels afterward, suggests a new study that questions the idea of using C-sections just for the sake… Full Story »
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Firms warned over sale of weight-loss hormone
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 7, 2011
"Homeopathic" weight-loss products containing human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG are illegal and mislead consumers, federal agencies said after issuing warning letters to seven companies that market the popular pellets, powders and sprays. Full Story »
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Vermont keeps title of healthiest state, report shows
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 6, 2011
BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont has again been named the healthiest state in the nation, topping the list for a fifth straight year thanks in part to a high rate of high school graduation and low incidence of infectious disease. New… Full Story »
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What medicine can you give asthmatic children?
LA Times: Health &bull Dec 5, 2011
This month, the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics published an article by pediatric pulmonologist, Dr. John T. McBride, in which he recommends that asthmatic children, and those with high risk for the condition, refrain from using acetaminophen. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Acetaminophen
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House protects pizza as a vegetable
LA Times: Health &bull Nov 18, 2011
The scuttled changes, which would have stripped pizza's status as a vegetable and limited how often French fries could be served, stemmed from a 2010 child nutrition law calling on schools to improve the nutritional quality of lunches served to almost 32 million U.S. school children. The action is a win for the makers… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Nutrients
- Baby
- Fleurville
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Five questions about GOP's plan to privatize Medicare
LA Times: Health &bull Nov 17, 2011
The news comes on the heels of GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's recent call for creation of a "premium support" option that would let seniors choose between traditional fee-for-service Medicare or a defined amount of money that they could use to shop for a private plan in a federally-sponsored Medicare exchange marketplace. Romney's proposal is a cousin of the privatization plan proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, and endorsed by the House of Representatives earlier this year. Even if the Super Committee process stalls, the future of Medicare will… Full Story »
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Teeth-whitening firms filing suit against state, dentists
LA Times: Health &bull Nov 15, 2011
A public interest law firm claims in a lawsuit to be filed Wednesday that Connecticut's dental regulators are illegally closing small businesses that offer teeth-whitening services because the entrepreneurs are diverting a lucrative revenue stream from licensed dentists. The suit was drafted by the Virginia-based Institute for Justice, the libertarian-leaning, non-profit law firm that took… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Licensed
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Should you skip alcohol if mom had breast cancer?
LA Times: Health &bull Nov 14, 2011
Teens with breast cancer in the family up their risk of breast disease by having a drink a day. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Breast
