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Dr. Helen M. Ranney dies at 89; pioneering female physician explored sickle cell genetics
Dr. Helen M. Ranney, a pioneering female physician who was among the first to explore the genetics of sickle cell disease and scored a number of firsts for women in her profession, including being the first to head a department of medicine at a U.S....Tags: Columbia University, Blood Disorders, Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Blood Cells
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Food app deciphers ingredients
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a health advocacy group that has lobbied to ban certain food additives and colorings, has launched a mobile app to help shoppers decipher ingredients.
I asked Dr. Keith-Thomas Ayoob, a pediatric...Tags: Physical Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Allergies, Health
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Paula Deen's diabetes: Blaming the victim?
As Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen certainly knows by now, people with Type 2 diabetes are routinely blamed for causing their disease by eating junky food and making unhealthy lifestyle choices. Known for high fat recipes that raise the risk for...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Food and Drug Administration, Obesity, Weight
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The 'Naked' truth
First, a favor: Can you please abandon your perusal of this page for just a second or so? In that interval, we would appreciate it if you could glance at your hand. Right or left. Doesn't matter. Just a glance. We'll wait. Thanks. You saw, we assume,...
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Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson discusses the late, iconic Apple leader
Few nonfiction writers think bigger than Walter Isaacson, who has taken on subjects like Henry Kissinger, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. But when Apple founder Steve Jobs invited him in 2004 to write a complete and frank biography, Isaacson held...
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Deep, Dark Secrets of His and Her Brains
Times Staff WriterHAMILTON, Canada — The invitation curled from her fax machine, a courtly question scrawled above the signature of a man whose name she did not recognize. "Would you be willing to collaborate with me on studying the brain of Albert Einstein?" It...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of California, Irvine, Science, Stranger Than Fiction, Children
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Test drive: 'Net encyclopedias as good as CD-ROMs
Times Staff WriterThinking of getting a CD-ROM encyclopedia for your computer? Don't do it. Not if you already have an Internet connection. The two most popular encyclopedia CD-ROMs -- Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2001, which sells for about $45, and the venerable...Tags: Bill Gates, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elizabeth I, Star Wars (movie), John Muir
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Diabetes' civil war
![As a person living with Type 1 diabetes, Angie Hashemi-Rad must prick her fingers and give herself insulin every day to stay alive. But nothing irritates her more than having people mistakenly assume she has Type 2 diabetes — and then suggest she "cure herself" by eating less sugar and exercising more.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57826388-22193302.jpg "As a person living with Type 1 diabetes, Angie Hashemi-Rad must prick her fingers and give herself insulin every day to stay alive. But nothing irritates her more than having people mistakenly assume she has Type 2 diabetes — and then suggest she "cure herself\" by eating less sugar and exercising more.")
As a person living with Type 1 diabetes, Angie Hashemi-Rad must prick her fingers and give herself insulin every day to stay alive. But nothing irritates her more than having people mistakenly assume she has Type 2 diabetes — and then suggest she...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lobbying, Diabetes
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Hot Property: Pickfair is for sale for $60 million
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThere are celebrities so well-known that they need to use only one name. The housing equivalent is Pickfair, the Beverly Hills Georgian manor whose name instantly summons images of old Hollywood and the days of glamour and opulence. Pickfair has been...Tags: Pia Zadora, Noel Coward, Jerry Buss, Los Angeles, Joan Crawford
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Legoland Florida hot spots
The first new theme park in Central Florida in more than a decade is almost ready for guests. Saturday's grand opening of Legoland Florida ushers in a new era filled with colorful building-block figures — from Einstein to Elvis — and rides for...Tags: LEGO Group, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Often, diabetic and pregnant
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCaution was the watchword for Grace Montoya's first pregnancy eight years ago. The Valencia resident had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was a teenager. As a registered nurse trained in pregnancy and diabetic care, she knew her pregnancy...Tags: Overweight, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services, Infants, Population
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Earl Ubell, 80; journalist covered significant science and health breakthroughs
Washington PostEarl Ubell, a journalist who covered the leading health and science breakthroughs of the postwar age with a lively and effective style, died Wednesday at a nursing facility in Englewood, N.J. He was 80 and had Parkinson's disease and dementia. Ubell, who...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), New York, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Science
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