Heart and Circulatory System

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...

Recipe: Marrow croutons

2011-12-08 00:00:00

Jennifer McLagan has a knack for tackling topics that are, shall we say, "under-appreciated". To complete a "trilogy" of sorts, the author follows up her award-winning "Bones" and "Fat" with "Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal." Full-on nose-to-...

Push for hospitals to buy new defibrillators criticized

2011-11-28 00:00:00

Hospitals around the country have been spending millions of dollars to buy automated defibrillators to save the lives of more patients who go into sudden cardiac arrest. The purchases were spurred by a 2000 recommendation from an American Heart Assn....

An extramarital affair is bad for the heart -- literally

2011-11-29 15:53:00

Patrice O'Neal death: Stroke's risk factors -- and complications

2011-11-29 17:13:00

Stand-up comic Patrice O’Neal’s death Tuesday at age 41 from complications of a stroke he suffered in October highlights just how relatively common strokes are -- and how dangerous. "Strokes are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S....

Art review: Betye Saar at Roberts and Tilton

2011-10-13 16:32:51

Material Witness

2011-10-28 16:37:16

Air pollution kicks into high gear in summer months

2011-06-01 00:00:00

Along with the lazy and often hazy days of summer come some not-so-pleasant health risks from exposure to air pollution. Ed Avol, a professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, has been studying the links between respiratory...

AIDS at 30: A reality check

2011-06-06 21:36:24

Extracting the facts about pomegranate pills

2011-06-13 00:00:00

Legend has it that King Tut was fond of pomegranates, and so were the ancient Persians. They surely enjoyed the fruit in its natural form — not processed into pomegranate extract pills. These days, a number of companies sell pomegranate supplements...

Why are unhealthy people so reluctant to change their lifestyles?

2011-05-23 00:00:00

Nobody's perfect. We all have bad habits we just can't seem to shake. Cigarettes have a hold on some people; others can't say no to alcohol, sweets or a life on the couch in front of the television. As much as we may want to make more healthful choices,...

Lynn Newcomb Jr. dies at 91; Southern California skiing pioneer

2011-09-08 00:00:00

Lynn Newcomb Jr., a legendary mountain man credited with establishing the first ski lift in Southern California and introducing a generation of young people to the sport, died Monday in Bishop, Calif. He was 91. He had lived with Alzheimer's disease...

Number of deaths: 2010: 756 2000: 1,102

2011-11-04 11:50:34

HBO, off season Remember when vampire Eric (Alexander Skarsgar) ripped out the heart of a man and showed it to the witch Marnie (Fiona Shaw), who happened to be possessed by another dead witch?

2011-10-14 13:34:27

An emergency non-surgical procedure to increase blood flow to the heart muscle is almost always necessary, researchers found in an analysis of more than 500,000 cardiac patients undergoing angioplasty or heart stent procedures. But in a non-emergency, only about half of such procedures were found

2011-07-08 08:56:25