Aspirin (drug)

Carlos Fuentes dies at 83; Mexican novelist

2012-05-16 00:00:00

If Carlos Fuentes could have invented the perfect character to star in one of his novels, he might have come up with a protagonist named Carlos Fuentes. That character would be a glamorous global citizen who was born in Panama as a diplomat's son, then...

Pac-12 spring football ends in time (almost) for regular season

2012-05-10 12:39:00

Spring football in the Pac 12 stretched out so long it nearly had to sign up for summer school. It finally ended last Saturday, on Cinco de Mora, with a ruby-red sunset over the Rose Bowl’s west end. UCLA, a team that still has a lot of hay to...

Letters: Metta World Peace elbows his way into the headlines

2012-04-27 16:35:00

Metta World Peace? How about Metta World War III? Pat Mauer Pasadena :: I guess all of Metta World Peace's previous suspensions were all part of being celebratory also. He obviously wanted to celebrate with the fans in Detroit. Jeff White...

The case against funding studies on alternative medical therapies

2012-05-01 15:34:00

As if Dr. Paul Offit hasn’t made enough enemies�already by insisting (correctly) that parents put their kids’ health at risk when they refuse to get them vaccinated, now the infectious disease expert appears to be picking a fight with those...

Federal agents raid a marijuana school; emergency room bills; Obama vs. the Supreme Court

2012-04-04 00:00:00

Crackdown on pot Re "Raid on pot college stuns activists," April 3 Oaksterdam University founder Richard Lee's disability notwithstanding, the reason I can't get on board with the indignation everyone else has about the raid on the pot trade school in...

Cancer diagnosis raises risk of heart attack and suicide, study says

2012-04-04 17:01:00

Cancer can kill long before malignant tumors take their toll, new research shows. A study involving more than 6 million Swedes reveals that the risk of suicide and cardiovascular death increases immediately after a cancer diagnosis. Within the first week...

Too much health information — it's enough to make you sick

2012-04-07 00:00:00

It's a ritual that's beginning to make me feel less responsibly health conscious and more reliably heading toward old age. Every Sunday, I count out seven days' worth of a dozen different pills and load them into the daily compartments in my plastic...

Apple's iPad could become the next 'heroin'

2012-04-09 07:04:00

There's a thin line between a brand becoming ubiquitous and becoming generic. And no premium brand wants to be generic. Some experts say that Apple's iPad as a tablet-segment leader may now be facing that. "For the vast majority, the idea of a tablet...

GOP donor wonders if Obama's 'teleprompters are bullet-proof'

2012-04-11 20:43:00

Foster Friess, a wealthy Republican who helped fund Rick Santorum’s presidential run but is now supporting Mitt Romney, used gun imagery Wednesday to describe the campaign against President Obama. “There are a lot of things that haven’t...

Blood thinners may help treat ovarian cancer

2012-02-16 09:58:00

As many as one-third of women with ovarian cancer have high levels of platelets in their blood, which is linked to worse outcomes, researchers reported Wednesday. Platelets are components of cells that clump together to stop bleeding. Having an...

Should you take aspirin to prevent or treat cancer?

2012-03-21 15:25:00

Earlier this week, three studies in the medical journal The Lancet (here, here and here, no subscription required) co-authored by researcher Peter M. Rothwell of the University of Oxford in England and an accompanying comment (subscription required) by...

The lowdown on body piercing: Dermatologists study, offer checklist

2012-02-24 10:46:00

In one of the most comprehensive health examinations of body piercing, researchers have found that the wildly popular fashion statement is relatively safe although about 20% of piercings become infected. Northwestern University dermatologists analyzed...

Recent research suggests a daily dose of aspirin might reduce the risk of certain types of cancer -- but it also might give you bleeding ulcers.

2012-04-06 16:52:45

Does the evidence suggest people should take aspirin to prevent cancer?

2012-03-21 14:04:02

Researchers found patients who took low doses of aspirin daily, for at least three years, had a more than 20-percent lower risk of developing cancer.

2012-03-21 12:25:12