For a company whose main selling points are healthy living and environmental friendliness, Whole Foods Market Inc.'s huge new store in Pasadena seems dedicated first and foremost to excess.
The actor and his wife say the labeling of heparin by the manufacturer helped lead to the accidental overdose of their infant twins.Actor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly sued a leading blood-thinner manufacturer Tuesday, saying the labeling and design of the product led to a massive overdose of their newborn twins last month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
A study comparing the use of a placebo with the drug treatment finds little difference. Patience and over-the-counter remedies are recommended.The widespread use of standard antibiotics to treat sinus infections does not help cure patients and may harm them by increasing their resistance to the drugs, according to a study released Tuesday.
A study of children suggests that grandma may have been right.A teaspoon of honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and help them sleep better, according to a study that relied on parents' reports of their children's symptoms.
Michele Borunda didn't intend to become part of a risky trend when she gave birth at 43. She just wanted a baby with her new husband, who was six years younger than she.
A study of opposite-sex twins finds that those males' risk factor is the same as the risk for females in general. In the population at large, women are 10 times as likely as men to have the eating disorder.Prenatal exposure to female hormones increases the risk of anorexia nervosa, according to new research released Monday that bolsters the theory that the disorder has a biological basis in addition to a social and cultural one.
Lipodissolve, mesotherapy 'lunchtime lipo.' The injectable surgical alternative has many names, many patients -- and many critics.COME in on your lunch hour, have a few injections and melt away those stubborn bulges of fat. That promise has made injection lipolysis -- also called lipodissolve and mesotherapy -- one of the fastest-growing cosmetic procedures in the country, with centers sprouting up almost as fast as Starbucks stores. Nevermind that neither the procedure nor the drug cocktail used has FDA approval. Nevermind that Kansas and Nebraska are trying to ban the procedure. Nevermind that the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery do not condone the procedure. Nevermind that the procedure has been banned in Brazil, Canada and England.
My older daughter's love of horses has cost my husband and me a small fortune, but neither one of us is complaining these days. At 13, she prefers being at the barn to being out with boys -- and galloping around on horseback seems safer than having a boyfriend.
Although chemical pollutants had tainted parts of Southern California groundwater, the drinking water is free of solvents.FOR years before the mid-1980s, groundwater in parts of Southern California was contaminated with toxic solvents, yet the federal body responsible for tracking this didn't investigate the potential health threat to people who were drinking contaminated tap water. A congressional committee is now investigating why that neglect occurred.
