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Brain cells relive your past -- before you even realize it
Individual cells in the brain may be reliving the past even before a person consciously experiences a memory, a study published in Science journal shows. Researchers in California and Israel played clips of The Simpsons and other television shows to...Tags: Mental Illness, Nevada, Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Maryland
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Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study
Associated Press WriterSubstandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday. The Institute of Medicine said drafts of...Tags: Diseases, Michigan, National Government, University of Iowa, Bart Stupak
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FDA lists 20 drugs under scrutiny
From Chicago Tribune news servicesEli Lilly & Co.'s antidepressant Cymbalta and AstraZeneca PLC's antipsychotic Seroquel are among 20 drugs cited by U.S. regulators in their first quarterly list of medicines under investigation for potential safety problems. The list, posted Friday on...Tags: Lilly Eli & Co, Thomas Moore, AstraZeneca Plc, National Government, Pharmaceuticals
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FDA lists drugs with potential problems
The Associated PressThe government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems, in an effort to better inform doctors and patients. The first list is a bare-bones compilation naming 20 medications and the...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations, Western Medicines, Medicine
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September 4: Teacher challenges, vaccine safety, hospice care, union tensions
Unions bind 'tough' bosses I don't get it. The Suffolk County Legislature is not backing the reappointment of Department of Social Services Commissioner Janet DeMarzo, because she is a "harsh boss" [Spin Cycle, Sept. 1]. As a veteran civil servant, I...Tags: Miller Place, Academic Progress, Mental Illness, People, Illnesses
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John McCain, the imperfect hero
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn a humid summer morning, the Straight Talk Express is rolling along, en route from a town-hall meeting in Albuquerque to a private airstrip where a newly refurbished plane, also dubbed the Straight Talk Express, awaits. Sen. John McCain sits stiffly in...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Basketball, John McCain, Campaign Finance, Road Accidents
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Katie Couric teams with rival anchors to 'Stand Up to Cancer'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNEW YORK -- Katie Couric marks her second anniversary at "CBS Evening News" today, but tonight the anchor will be focused on raising money for cancer research. Couric will be joined by her rival network anchors, ABC's Charles Gibson and NBC's Brian...Tags: Brian Williams, Cancer, Therapies, Diseases, Death and Dying
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Who Says It's 'Junk DNA'?
Courant Staff WriterA research team including a Yale professor has found what might be the genetic sequence that led to the evolutionary changes in the human foot and thumb. The discovery came as a part of a project that began in 2006 and included James Noonan, assistant...Tags: Animals, Research, Animal Science, Biotechnology Industry, Medical Specialization
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Palin: wrong woman, wrong message
Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to...Tags: Political Candidates, Republican Party, Olympia Snowe, Republican National Conventions, John McCain
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Are plastics safe?
Special to The TimesTHIRTEEN-MONTH-OLD Solange Dorsainvil plays with toys made from wood and cloth, drinks from a Swiss-made aluminum sippy cup and teethes on kale stems and celery. Her life is as plastic-free as her mother, Celina Lyons, can make it. Celina, a Berkeley-...Tags: Beauty Products, Missouri, People, Massachusetts, LEGO Group
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Get lawful citizens health care before crack abusers
Staff writer June Torbati wrote an interesting article Aug. 5 about the lack of health care for Florida's crack-cocaine users and the difficulties for HIV-infected drug users to get help in our state's strained health care system. Fortunately, researchers...Tags: AIDS, Medicaid, Florida, Health Organizations, Medical Services
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USC breaks ground on stem cell research center
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUSC on Wednesday became the first of 12 institutions in the state to break ground on a taxpayer-funded facility for stem cell research. USC officials, state health authorities and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attended the groundbreaking for the Eli and...Tags: Research, Basketball, Health Organizations, Western Medicines, Agricultural Research and Technology
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