The state has left some cases unresolved for a year or more, leaving families to fear their relatives will face harm and negligence in the interim.Octavio "Nito" Jimenez's relatives remember being told by staffers at his Oxnard nursing home that he had "a little sore" on his foot.
Taken within 24 hours, the drug is found to help reduce disabling effects in a patient's body and brain.Administering the antibiotic minocycline within 24 hours after a stroke significantly reduces brain damage and physical impairment, Israeli researchers reported.
Disorders like anxiety and depression top the list of work absences, a study says, with back and neck pain close behind.Mental disorders account for about a third of sick days, roughly equal to those caused by back and neck pain, according to the most comprehensive report yet on the effect of illness on disability.
Haunted by their family history, women and men are opting for genetic testing. The results can bring new agony.BREAST CANCER has crept its way through Lisa Lujan's life like an insidious, destructive weed. Her oldest sister was diagnosed at age 35 and again at 50.
The football team has been ferocious in its fight against resistant staph. Gyms may not be following suit.These days, USC's football players might seem more like fussy disciples of the TV detective Monk than scrappy athletes. They use paper towels on the practice field and at games, and they shower before setting foot in the training room. Their laundry is washed at a constant 140-degree temperature, which is regularly monitored. Portable cold therapy tubs are drained and cleaned after each use, and the team brings its own soap to away games.
Antisnoring throat sprays do almost nothing for snoring but may help with congestion. Go figure.The products: Over the years, inventors have patented hundreds of gadgets to combat snoring. If necessity breeds invention, it's safe to say that lots of people desperately need a quiet night's sleep. The National Sleep Foundation estimates that 37 million Americans snore habitually, which translates to millions of bleary-eyed partners and probably billions of nights spent on the couch.
Today on the web: Drugs can make a difference -- but only if patients take them * Americans may be too happy, study suggests * Breast cancer awareness efforts may be misplaced * Many try to eat healthfully only to overcompensate with side dishes * A brave reporter gets sloshed, then tries to fly the space shuttle.
As mountain bikers demand more, ski resorts beef up bike trails with dizzying new drops and other thrills. It's part of the sport's evolution.FLYING off a rocky buttress, the mountain biker soars through the air, experiencing a few seconds of adrenaline-heightened sensory awareness before coming back to earth -- or in this case a wooden ramp -- with a bike-jarring thump.
There seems to be conflicting information on the relationship between consuming shellfish and cholesterol. If shellfish is a high-cholesterol food, how much is too much?
