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The Crowd: Pink ties blend with Angels red at ball
Their goal was to "hit it out of the park." The 2011 Pink Tie Ball, produced by the Orange County affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, recently took place at Angel Stadium. The benefit event drew nearly 400 guests and netted $310,000, earmarked...Tags: PBS (tv network), Rod Carew, Breast, Anaheim, John Miller
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Michael Hiltzik: FDA seems to take light approach to Allergan and Lap-Band
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 1960, a young inspector for the Food and Drug Administration faced down a powerful drug company by rejecting its application to sell a morning-sickness drug in the United States. The company, Richardson-Merrell, griped about her repeated demands for...Tags: Overweight, Obesity, Weight, Weight, Companies and Corporations
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Quicker Way to Banish Wrinkles
McClatchy Tribune NewspapersAttention aging baby boomers, 60ish single gentlemen, high-powered CEOs and laid-off professionals preparing for job interviews: The wait is over. Dysport, the new botulinum toxin product touted as a quicker, cheaper and longer-lasting way to banish...Tags: Health, Miami Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Florida, University of Miami
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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: Brooke Shields, Health, Surgery, Pharmaceuticals, Breast
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Michael Hiltzik: Lap-Band maker Allergan wants it both ways
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis year is shaping up as a gratifying one for Allergan, the big Irvine company known for Botox and breast implants. The leading manufacturer of gastric bands, which are surgically implanted around the stomach to suppress the appetite of extremely...Tags: Overweight, Weight, Companies and Corporations, Health Organizations, Companies and Corporations
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Kite in spotlight at breakfast
Breakfast With A Champion is an annual event during Toshiba Classic week in Newport Beach. The event is presented by the Allergan Foundation. Allergan, the pharmaceutical giant, is known for skin enhancements, including Botox. So every year, there is at...Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Toshiba Corporation, Ryder Cup, Clubs and Associations, Tom Kite
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Duo awarded $10K for college
NEWPORT BEACH — Charlie Umansky has competed in a variety of sports at Estancia High School, including water polo, basketball, golf, track and field, swimming and volleyball. He knows plenty about the rivalry with Costa Mesa High School and the...Tags: High School Sports, U.S. Open (golf), PGA Tour, Toshiba Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles
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Golf: Kite stays steady
Tom Kite doesn't mince words. He keeps reality in focus.
We are fallen people living in a fallen world. Adversity will come, along with triumph.
The key, according to Kite, is not straying too far in the wrong direction. In golf, that could refer to a...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Open (golf), PGA Tour, Firearms, Toshiba Corporation
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Botox gets FDA nod for chronic migraine
![The makers of the miracle toxin that erases frown lines by paralyzing facial muscles won the <a title="FDA announcement" href="http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm229782.htm" target="_blank">Food and Drug Administration's blessing</a> on Friday to market <a title="Botox official site" href="http://www.botoxcosmetic.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">Botox</a> for the prevention of chronic migraine headaches. The FDA's decision expands the potential market for Botox, which burst upon the American cosmetic scene in the late 1980s, to 12% of the U.S. population -- the proportion of Americans thought to suffer from the throbbing, pulsating pain of <a title="NIH website on migraines" href="http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/headache/detail_headache.htm#156653138" target="_blank">migraine headaches</a>.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/56812943-18070041-187105.jpg "The makers of the miracle toxin that erases frown lines by paralyzing facial muscles won the <a title="FDA announcement\" href=\"http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm229782.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Food and Drug Administration's blessing</a> on Friday to market <a title=\"Botox official site\" href=\"http://www.botoxcosmetic.com/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Botox</a> for the prevention of chronic migraine headaches. The FDA's decision expands the potential market for Botox, which burst upon the American cosmetic scene in the late 1980s, to 12% of the U.S. population -- the proportion of Americans thought to suffer from the throbbing, pulsating pain of <a title=\"NIH website on migraines\" href=\"http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/headache/detail_headache.htm#156653138\" target=\"_blank\">migraine headaches</a>.")
The makers of the miracle toxin that erases frown lines by paralyzing facial muscles won the Food and Drug Administration's blessing on Friday to market Botox for the prevention of chronic migraine headaches. The FDA's decision expands the potential...Tags: Headaches, National Institutes of Health, Plastic Surgeons, Botox (drug), Drugs and Medicines
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FDA sees possible cancer risk with breast implants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer after reviewing a handful of cases reported over the last 13 years. The cancer, known as anaplastic large cell...Tags: Human Body, Health, Skin, Breast, Diseases and Illnesses
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Michael Hiltzik: The FDA and the Lap-Band
Money & CompanyIs the motto of the Food and Drug Administration "safety last" when it comes to the Lap-Band? As my Wednesday column reports, the FDA's approval last week of expanded use of Allergan's silicone weight-loss implant came despite considerable evidence that..... -
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