Bones and Joints

Chest compression cut off homeless man's oxygen, expert says

2012-05-08 23:11:00

The police officers who pummeled Kelly Thomas during a violent encounter last summer in Fullerton caused his death by cutting off the flow of oxygen to his brain when the fight intensified and they piled on the homeless man, a coroner's pathologist...

Kelly Thomas video a turning point for mental health care?

2012-05-08 21:22:00

"I sleep in trash cans." It is a minute and 45 seconds into the security camera video. Kelly Thomas, 37, jaws with police officers at a Fullerton bus depot, his arms crossed over his bare chest, his backpack double-strapped. It is the night of July 5,...

Dodgers use Kenley Jansen to close out Nationals

2012-04-29 20:53:00

Hours after reiterating that Javy Guerra was his closer despite rough outings recently, Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly used Kenley Jansen to finish Sunday's win over the Washington Nationals. But that was because Guerra had pitched Saturday night and...

Amgen's first-quarter profit rises 5%

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Biotech giant Amgen Inc. reported a 5% increase in first-quarter profit, lifted by solid sales overall that helped offset continued weakness for its anemia treatments. The Thousand Oaks company reported profit of $1.18 billion, or $1.48 a share, for...

Experts see hopeful signs on eating disorders

2012-04-17 02:29:00

April Dunlap was 17 and weighed 165 pounds when she began a diet and exercise regimen. After three months, the 5-foot-5 teen had lost the 20 pounds she had hoped to shed. But she kept going. "It was like a drug," she said. "I always wanted to lose a...

Santa Anita leads California tracks in horse racing deaths

2012-03-24 16:00:00

Horses died while racing at Santa Anita Park at more than double the rate of horses at the state's other three major thoroughbred tracks over the last fiscal year, according to state statistics. The fatality rate at Santa Anita, in Arcadia, rose...

Women, the occasional drink, breast cancer and heart disease

2011-11-21 00:00:00

In the last year alone, medical researchers have reported that women who drink moderately are more likely to get breast cancer but also live longer after a heart attack; are more likely to have stronger bones if they choose wine; have lower odds of...

Court asked to reconsider ruling on bone marrow compensation

2012-01-18 21:37:51

Love, disease and a killing

2012-01-22 00:00:00

A series of heavy doors slid open, one by one, at the Pima County Jail. And finally I was sitting with 53-year-old Sanford "Sandy" Garfinkel, who had just been sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his terminally ill wife by holding a pillow over...

Giuliana Rancic's planned double mastectomy: What it means

2011-12-06 13:34:00

Sundance Film Festival announces its drama, documentary premieres

2011-12-05 16:37:42

Traces of radiation found in Japanese baby formula

2011-12-07 04:36:51

Zagacki, the Miami Hurricanes play-by-play announcer for WQAM, was on his way to help others when he became the sole survivor of a twin-engine Cessna 402 crash on Aug. 27, 1992.

2012-04-06 13:37:00

Doctors may have to amputate part of Zsa Zsa Gabor 's right leg to prevent the spread of gangrene. The 93-year-old's leg became infected last year, the latest in a string of health challenges that included hip-replacement surgery after she broke bones in a fall. Click for more on Zsa Zsa's leg

2011-01-07 15:49:41

What it is: This plastic tripod has a clip that screws into a digital camera for easy locking between camera and tripod. But to call this a tripod is almost misleading.

2009-10-11 00:00:00