Diseases and Illnesses

Don't just sit there. Really.

2013-05-25 00:00:00

"Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us," says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women's health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. "The chair is out to kill us," says James Levine, an...

Kern County says heart disease, not beating, caused man's death

2013-05-23 22:12:00

A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff's deputies earlier this month died from heart disease, not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner's office labeled David Sal Silva's death accidental, adding...

The case for food stamps

2013-05-24 00:00:00

To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...

H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find

2013-05-23 14:53:00

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...

Autopsy: Man beaten by deputies died of heart disease, not blows

2013-05-23 17:07:00

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Thursday that a man at the center of a videotaped altercation with deputies died from heart disease -- not baton blows. The county coroner’s office labeled David Sal Silva’s death accidental,...

Court receiver says Brown ignores prison conditions

2013-05-22 17:15:00

In a report Wednesday to federal judges, the official overseeing prison medical care said Gov. Jerry Brown's public opposition to crowding reductions, and his corrections officials' refusal to move inmates at risk of a deadly disease, show California is...

Portland, Ore., voters say no to fluoride in the water

2013-05-22 16:31:00

Portland is the largest city in the country that doesn’t have fluoridated water, and voters have resoundingly decided it’s going to remain that way. A proposal to add the cavity-fighting mineral to tap water was defeated Tuesday, with more...

Gluten-free: More new products than ever

2013-05-20 09:14:00

A few decades ago, gluten-free products mostly meant rice cakes. Today, the category just won’t quit. Even industry analysts have been surprised at the strength of the gluten-free claim, said Tom Vierhile, innovation insights director at...

Restaurant meals overloaded with salt, fat, calories, study says

2013-05-14 05:30:00

Want to satisfy your full day’s requirement of salt, fat and calories? Sit down in a restaurant and order a meal. After an exhaustive analysis of 3,507 possible ways to order 685 meals at 19 restaurants chains in Canada, researchers found that the...

Ewwww -- poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns

2013-05-16 14:07:00

Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have� pooped in the pool. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worked with state and local public...

Angelina Jolie discloses preventive double mastectomy

2013-05-14 11:40:00

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an...

Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'

2013-05-18 00:00:00

As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...

This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University in May 2013 shows developing cloned human embryos.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Anna Gorman dances with her father, Ira Gorman, at her brother's wedding in 2000. In addition to a genetic mutation known as BRCA1, Anna shared a love of dancing and a love of words with her father. BRCA1 dramatically increases the risk of certain types of cancer, including breast and ovarian.

2013-05-14 19:59:00

With Lyme disease season returning, a new study discounts the hypothesis that autism might be linked with the tick-borne disease.

2013-04-29 00:00:00