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Greer's OC: Film aims to shed light on diabetes
A year ago, my editor at this paper was nice enough to let me write about the five-year anniversary of one of my four sons being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Writing about a devastating diagnosis was cathartic, and now I have a positive update....Tags: Movies, University of California, Irvine, Movies, Documentary (genre), Medical Procedures and Tests
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Mind over matter
Adversity seems to bring out the best in Thomas Smith. So does getting a little help from his friends. Smith, a freshman at Edison High, is a member of the Irvine Aquazots Swim Club boys' 13-14 team that last month set a National Age Group record in...Tags: Human Body, Health, MRI (imaging), Demographics, Lymphatic System
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Paying for stem cells: A bad idea
Like blood and plasma, stem cells are usually obtained through an easy procedure, and the people who donate them quickly generate more. But in other ways, they're markedly different. There might be only one or two potential donors who are a good match for...Tags: Ceremonies, Food and Drug Administration, Arts and Culture, Blood, Cancer
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Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Childhood Cough Is Given...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cook County, American Academy of Pediatrics, Chicago, Chemicals
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Salt therapy: A cure for breathing and skin problems?
Floridians have easy access to the beach, but some people with allergies and lung conditions say they need even saltier air to clean them out.
At spas opening up in Florida and throughout the country, clients sit in special rooms infused with high...Tags: Yoga, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Drugs and Medicines, Coughing, Pneumonia
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Why we're fat, Part 1: Simple question with many complex answers
What's making Americans so fat?
Many think the answer is that we eat too much and don't exercise enough, but the reasons are more numerous and complex, say obesity researchers. And so are the solutions.
In the early 1970s, 14 percent of the adult...Tags: Breads, Nutrition, Food Industry, American Academy of Pediatrics, Heart Disease
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Why we're fat, Part 2: Heredity plays role in how easily we gain — and lose — weight
For the many Americans genetically programmed to add pounds, the effort to lose weight can seem doomed from the get-go. Mix in other factors no one can change — age, race, birth order — and the struggle becomes even tougher.
Though innate...Tags: Genetics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Weight, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Why we're fat, Part 3: Our lifestyle promotes added pounds
Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of "Why We Get Fat."
In looking at the past 30 years, during which time obesity rates have soared,...Tags: Cornell University, Steroids, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, Bipolar Disorder
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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Lou Gehrig's Disease, Genetics, Heart Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Chemicals
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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: Virginia Commonwealth University, Bevacizumab (drug), Mouth, Chemotherapy, Health Organizations
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FACT FINDER: Michigan crime lab backlog keeping some criminals on the street longer
CASS COUNTY – A crime ring involving dozens of home burglaries in four counties. An 11-year-old girl found dead in her bed days after Halloween. Cases like those are taking months to solve because of state funding cuts in Michigan. WSBT’s...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Halloween, Criminals, Government
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