Human Body

Goggles-and-laptop device might help detect some strokes

2013-03-05 13:21:00

Researchers believe that someday, doctors may be able to use specially-equipped laptops and smartphones to figure out if sudden-onset dizziness in patients is the result of a stroke, or of a (more likely) benign disturbance in the inner ear. If...

Woman dies in Newport Beach house fire

2012-11-15 08:53:25

California medical group warns against Medi-Cal reimbursement cuts

2012-12-13 12:24:16

Dr. William F. House dies at 89; championed cochlear implant

2012-12-12 16:13:00

Dr. William F. House, a dentist-turned-ear specialist who 50 years ago defied the medical establishment and many advocates for the hearing impaired to champion an implantable device, now widely accepted, that made everyday sounds audible to the profoundly...

Space NK to open store in Brentwood on Monday

2011-06-25 00:00:00

High-end beauty chain Space NK could be considered the luxury Sephora. The British retailer, which launched in 1993 in the form of a single, unassuming shop in Covent Garden, London, features an expertly edited selection of founder Nicky Kinnaird's...

To prevent stroke injury, sing, dance, touch, look, move?

2011-11-17 12:44:00

For those�lucky enough to have the first signs of a stroke recognized by friends or family, things often get�very quiet very quickly as 911 calls are made, gurneys are wheeled in and�tests are conducted. University of California Irvine neuroscientist...

Drug may be near for cancer's companion condition cachexia

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Bonnie Addario didn't even know there was a word for what was happening to her. As if lung cancer weren't bad enough, the 54-year-old had lost 30 pounds off her normally 130-pound frame. Her life was limited to her husband's Barcalounger, where she had to...

Soldiers' brains bear scars of emotional wounds

2011-08-30 16:44:00

Eighteen months after they have returned from a war zone, soldiers bear�an unmistakable sign of emotional trauma deep inside their brains. But in�most,�a key node of the brain's fear circuitry returns to normal, perhaps�keeping�mental illness such as...

Memorable male makeovers in movies

2011-07-31 00:00:00

Although the makeover movie genre often thrusts men into padded superhero suits, the silver screen has offered up a handful of memorable male metamorphoses that required little more than a change of clothes, a shift of the shoulder and an attitude...

Clothes make the man

2011-07-31 00:00:00

You may not have your own version of Ryan Gosling's Jacob Palmer character waiting in the wings to make you (or your fashion-challenged mate) over the way he did Steve Carell's Cal Weaver in "Crazy, Stupid, Love." But the movie's costume designer Dayna...

US Airways, American Airlines unions pushing hard for merger

2012-04-20 08:51:00

US Airways Group Inc., with new backing by three unions representing nearly 55,000 American Airlines employees, is angling for a merger between the two airline companies, according to statements made Friday. Combining with bankrupt American Airlines...

Goldberg: Free healthcare? That's rich

2012-02-14 00:00:00

"It's not about contraception," thundered GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum. "It's about economic liberty. It's about freedom of speech. It's about freedom of religion. It's about government control of your lives. And it's got to stop!" He was...

A student uses a scalpel to cut into a pig's brain during a class with Dr. Craig Haytmanek, an Otolaryngologist from Bethlehem, at the Medical Arts Charter School in Catasauqua on Friday afternoon. Dr.

2013-03-07 00:00:00

Now out in a second edition -- with accompanying DVD! -- "The Human Body Book" is a fascinating, fully illustrated look at the systems of the human body. But on this day, maybe it's better to think of the heart of the one you love in a little less specificity.

2013-02-12 12:55:51

Connecticut Ear, Nose, and Throat Associates, PC announced that Alyssa Ricevuto, Au.D. has recently joined the Audiology team.

2013-01-29 06:45:00