Posted January 07, 2011
According to a writer for The Los Angeles Times she made a plea to Oprah which read in part: Dear Oprah: Those health guests may not be so healthful. Dr. Christiane Northrup, Rhonda Byrne, Geneen Roth and Tony Robbins may be leading you astray. For better results, and to learn to love exercise, try these […]
Read MorePosted January 06, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times scoliosis, a condition marked by sideways curvature of the spine, is often detected during adolescence, a surprising and mystifying diagnosis for children and their parents. About 85 percent of cases occur in otherwise healthy children and, until recently, doctors have had no way to tell initially whether minor curvatures would […]
Read MorePosted January 05, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times by late March, tobacco companies will have to reveal to the Food and Drug Administration what sorts of new additives they’ve recently put in their products. But the ruling doesn’t apply to electronic cigarettes, whose makers are locked in legal battle with the FDA. Meanwhile, the e-cigs are starting to […]
Read MorePosted January 04, 2011
According to the Los Angeles Times Time to step it up — for older people, there may be a connection between walking at a faster pace and living longer. We first reported this study in summer 2009 when it was presented at the IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Paris. Tuesday the Journal of the American […]
Read MorePosted January 03, 2011
According to The Los Angeles Times here is the way to make a resolution you can keep. Make sure your resolution is at least theoretically possible and the outcome is at least theoretically in your control. Meaning, don’t resolve to lose 50 pounds by tomorrow or to win $50 million in the lottery. Specificity is […]
Read MorePosted December 30, 2010
According to The Los Angeles Times anesthesia doesn’t put patients to “sleep,” as they’re often told. Rather, anesthesia puts the brain into a state of unconsciousness that’s more like being in a reversible coma than being asleep, a new study says. The study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday looked at […]
Read MorePosted December 30, 2010
According to The Los Angeles Times what does it cost to stop smoking? For just about anyone, less than it does to keep smoking. Many smokers burn through thousands of dollars each year buying cigarettes alone. Then there are peripheral costs like breath mints, extra trips to the dry cleaner and higher premiums for health insurance.
Read MorePosted December 23, 2010
According to My Fox LA a drop in unemployment claims and an upbeat profit forecast by FedEx Corp. are helping stocks close higher. The Labor Department said first-time jobless claims fell for the third time in four weeks. Consumer banks and card companies fell sharply Thursday after the Federal Reserve said that it may impose a […]
Read MorePosted December 22, 2010
According to MYFoxLA web retailers rang up a very merry Christmas this year, with Americans going online to buy electronics, jewelry and even clothing in record amounts this season, according to several new reports cited by The Wall Street Journal Friday. Consumers also hit the virtual stores earlier than ever, lured by an increase in […]
Read MorePosted December 21, 2010
According to the LA Daily news Elise Lutz never let her friends see what was left of her ear. She’d carefully style her long hair into a one-sided ponytail, or swelter under a swim cap for hours at meets, to cover the molten lump from a severe burn as a toddler in her native China. […]
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