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PREVIOUS CONTENT: Study links BPA, sexual problems
McClatchy Tribune NewspapersChinese factory workers exposed to huge amounts of bisphenol A had a substantially higher risk of sexual dysfunction, according to a study released late Tuesday that is expected to add more urgency to the question of the chemical's safety. The new study,...Tags: Minnesota, Chemical Industry, Testicular Cancer, Employees, Health and Safety at Work
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Breaking down a mammogram
HealthKey.com contributorYou've heard the stories and winced when your girlfriends have described the test. But what's the reality? Here are some answers to common questions: WHAT DOES IT DO? A mammogram is an X-ray exam of the breast. The National Cancer Institute says most are...Tags: Health Organizations, X-rays, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cure (music group), The
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Using CT scans to see plaque in coronary arteries
It seems like the pinnacle of medical science: For just a few hundred dollars, you can walk into just about any hospital in Southern California and ask a doctor to check your arteries for buildup of heart-attack-inducing calcium plaque. Most of the time,...Tags: Heart Disease, Healthcare Provider, Death, Health, Insurance
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Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms
It's such an appealing idea -- catch breast cancer early, treat accordingly and your patients will live.
So perhaps it's no wonder the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- a panel of primary care physicians -- caught major flak when it revised its...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Health Organizations, Arts and Culture, University of Southern California, David Geffen School of Medicine
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Obesity Risks Start Before Birth
![Pam Levin's daughter weighed less than 5 pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned 3, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the comments about her. "People would say, ‘She's chunky' or ‘She's a big girl,'" Levin says.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-03/52591905-06092241.jpg "Pam Levin's daughter weighed less than 5 pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned 3, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the comments about her. "People would say, ‘She's chunky' or ‘She's a big girl,'\" Levin says.")
Pam Levin's daughter weighed less than 5 pounds at birth. But by the time the child turned 3, Levin and her husband had begun to bristle at some of the comments about her. "People would say, ‘She's chunky' or ‘She's a big girl,'" Levin says....Tags: Inflammation, Heart Disease, Foods and Beverages, Overweight, Children
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Iran Frees Detained American Hiker Sarah Shourd
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran -- An American woman detained for more than a year in Iran was released Tuesday on a bail of $500,000, according to state television, more than a year after she was jailed with two other Americans and accused of spying. The announcement came...Tags: Minority Groups, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Heads of State, African Americans
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids: What is Enough?
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSo how many omega-3 fatty acids are enough — and how should you get them? That likely depends on your age and your specific health concerns. The United States does not yet have guidelines for DHA or EPA, and consensus among nutrition experts is...Tags: NATO, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Los Angeles Times, Regional Authority, Anchovies
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Latisse lash lengthener has its fans and detractors
Taking a prescription drug for a cosmetic side effect -- at the risk of other side effects -- may seem risky. But it's a risk that many Americans, mostly women, have shown themselves happy to take.
Latisse, originally a glaucoma drug marketed under the...Tags: Allergan Inc., Newport Beach, Drugs and Medicines, Surgery, Brooke Shields
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Cut back on mammograms?
For years, breast cancer awareness campaigns have urged women over 40 to get a yearly mammogram. When women hesitate to comply, it's often to avoid the discomfort of having their breasts squeezed or the fear of getting called back for more tests, even...Tags: Health Treatments, Oncology, Death, Health, San Francisco
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Technology expands breast cancer screening options
Special to the Los Angeles TimesBreast-cancer-screening isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's harder. It's like looking for needles in a big field of haystacks, where some of the haystacks have needles, while most don't, but you don't know which are which, so you have to...Tags: X-rays, Health, Entertainment, Trials, University of California, Los Angeles
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Patients pay more, get less - if they're lucky
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers*This piece originally ran on A1 on Tuesday, October 21, 2008* Jennifer and Greg Danylyshyn of Pasadena are conscientious parents. They keep proper car seats in their used BMW, organic vegetables in the family diet and the pediatrician's number by the...Tags: California, Healthcare Provider, Oregon, Overweight, Back Pain
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