Headaches

Dead bat at Laguna Niguel park tests positive for rabies

2012-04-27 04:34:58

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Woman in Delta flight scare says she had bedbug bites, not monkeypox

2012-04-27 15:44:00

Bedbugs can drive people out of house and home. Turns out they have the power to stop a plane too. A Minnesota woman’s apparent case of bug bites caused a health scare that grounded a Delta Airlines flight at Chicago’s Midway airport after...

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...

Bat on a plane! What are the health risks to passengers?

2012-04-12 17:08:00

Paging Samuel L. Jackson! No snakes this time, but authorities are grappling with the best way to handle bats on a plane. OK, just one bat. But still, it’s not the type of thing one expects to read about in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,...

Experts issue new guidelines for preventing migraines with drugs

2012-04-23 14:44:00

If you had a history of suffering from migraines and could prevent the debilitating headaches by swallowing a few pills, you’d do it – wouldn’t you? Actually, odds are you wouldn’t. Neurologists say that only about one-third of...

For two very different runners, the L.A. Marathon fills a need

2012-03-15 16:57:00

Eladio Mendoza's predawn run began at 4:45 a.m. as a full moon hung overhead and a rooster just up the street from his Canoga Park apartment was still asleep. With a red cap pulled tight over a head of thinning black hair, he started his usual route:...

Study: 'Fracking' may increase air pollution health risks

2012-03-20 14:45:00

Air pollution caused by hydraulic fracturing, a controversial oil and gas drilling method, may contribute to “acute and chronic health problems for those living near natural gas drilling sites,” according to a new study from the�Colorado...

2 Florida cruise ships riddled with norovirus. Anyone surprised?

2012-02-04 21:38:35

Sweet revenge on cancer treatment

2012-01-09 00:00:00

I was baptized at Our Lady of Hypochondria Church. When I get a headache, my mind speeds past simple causes, like "sinus pressure," and goes straight to "inoperable brain tumor." If my leg tingles, it's multiple sclerosis; if my heart hiccups, it's...

Cooked eggs recalled in California, 33 other states

2012-02-03 08:45:00

'Dancing With the Stars' results recap: Thanks for the memories

2011-10-05 04:35:18

Rabid bat gets tangled in 3-year-old girl’s hair

2011-10-07 16:34:34

For temporal headaches : Press four fingers against the temporal muscle and move them back and forth, up and down or in a circular motion.

2011-10-05 00:00:00

For tension headaches , tired eyes and sinuses: Press your thumbs up against the underside of the brow bone in the eye socket.

2011-10-05 00:00:00

For stress and tension throughout the body (if you have time for only one exercise, this is the one to do): Using your three middle fingers arranged in a triangle, apply pressure just above the bridge of your nose, known as the "third eye."

2011-10-05 00:00:00