Daniel's Place in Santa Monica is a support center that can be, for some, a home away from home.It's not at all typical for a 27-year-old man to enlist Buster the Bunny and Peter the Penguin to facilitate conversations with his mother.
The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation awards $100 million to Rotary International, which says it will match the grant.The Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation announced Monday that it would give $100 million to Rotary International's efforts to eradicate polio worldwide. It is the foundation's largest such grant.
UCLA researchers find that Latinos in the U.S. illegally are 50% less likely to visit emergency rooms.Illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries are 50% less likely than U.S.-born Latinos to use hospital emergency rooms in California, according to a study published Monday in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
A national political fight, one middle-class Southern California family . . . What the debate about children s health insurance looks like up close.AMERICAN dream scene: a gorgeous Southern California day. A car-free cul-de-sac on a hilltop overlooking a canyon. A boy and his father, shooting hoops.
Alcohol-free wine is one way to help keep calories under control.Take too much fun from the fun bank at Thanksgiving? With more holiday revelry coming up, we have three little words: alcohol-free wine.
Tempted to take a workout break? Gyms and trainers saw that coming -- and want to save you from yourself.WITH gifts to buy, halls to deck, parties to plan and copious amounts of rich, fatty food to be consumed, even devoted fitness buffs might lop a few workouts off the holiday schedule. Less devoted enthusiasts might just say to heck with gym visits altogether.
Yoga posture shapes shoulders, biceps and triceps.If your yoga routine doesn't currently emphasize working your upper body, add a few postures that do. This powerful yoga pose will help develop shape and build strength in your shoulders, biceps, triceps and core muscles.
PUTTING your nose through a power wash may not seem appealing, but it really helps people with chronic nasal and sinus conditions, a new study reports.
Changes next year to Medicare's drug program mean consumers need to do a little studying.AMERICANS planning to buy their drugs through Medicare's prescription drug program -- Medicare Part D -- have until Dec. 31 to sign up for coverage during 2008. But they shouldn't wait until the last moment.
