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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Apple shares fall on false report

Business | By Michelle Quinn | October 4, 2008
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Nearly 1,000 seek medical attention at UCLA-Fresno State game

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein | September 30, 2008
The weekend football game between UCLA and Fresno State at the Rose Bowl was by no means the hottest on record. Read more
 

Friday, September 26, 2008

Youngsters watching their steps in the fight against fat

California | Local | By Bob Pool | September 26, 2008
Second-grader Freddie Sotelo stepped forward Thursday in the fight against fat. Read more
 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Chinese official in milk crisis resigns

World | By Mark Magnier and Don Lee | September 23, 2008
China’s product-quality chief resigned Monday as the government sought to contain a national crisis over tainted baby formula that has sickened 53,000 children and implicated the biggest dairy producers in the country. Read more
 

Speak ill of their leader? Don’t you dare

World | By Barbara Demick | September 23, 2008
A simple question about Kim Jong Il’s health provokes a torrent of angry, broken English. Read more
 

Monday, September 22, 2008

53,000 children sickened by milk

World | September 22, 2008
The number of children sickened by tainted milk in China has jumped to nearly 53,000, the government said Sunday as it vowed to crack down on those responsible. Read more
 

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Psych exams urged for vets

National | By Peter Spiegel | September 21, 2008
Senior physicians with the veterans health system in Los Angeles told the top U.S. military officer Saturday that the Pentagon needs to overhaul the way it discharges troops because hundreds are leaving the armed forces with undiagnosed combat-related mental health problems. Read more
 

Friday, September 19, 2008

Potential environmental risks aren’t part of chemical engineers’ training

California | Local | By Marla Cone | September 19, 2008
Marty Mulvihill was working in a laboratory with carbon tetrachloride. Read more
 

Sunday, September 14, 2008

West Nile threat grows

California | Local | By Mary Engel | September 14, 2008
Jack Austin doesn’t remember a mosquito biting him. Read more
 

Saturday, September 13, 2008

West Nile threat grows locally

California | Local | By Mary Engel | September 13, 2008
Jack Austin doesn’t remember a mosquito biting him. Read more
 

Monday, September 8, 2008

Another Iraqi casualty of war: Their waistlines

World | By Tina Susman | September 8, 2008
In a land where just staying alive is a challenge, Haider Kareem Said’s problem might seem trivial. Read more
 

Sunday, September 7, 2008

The high cost of precision

Science | By Alan Zarembo | September 7, 2008
When Maureen Scanlan had a painful kidney stone episode four years ago, she was pleased that her doctor ordered an annual regimen of CT scans to monitor her condition. Read more
 

Monday, September 1, 2008

Tempest in a bottle

Health | By Shari Roan | September 1, 2008
GORDIE BAILEY JR. had been in college only one month before he overdosed on alcohol. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

A high price for Chinese gold

World | By Barbara Demick | August 26, 2008
If anybody feels a pang of jealousy over China’s haul of Olympic gold medals, they need only pause to consider what the athletes went through to get them. Read more
 

Monday, August 25, 2008

Buena Park woman first West Nile fatality in state this year

California | Local | By My-Thuan Tran | August 25, 2008
A 72-year-old Buena Park woman became the first person in California to die from the West Nile virus infection this year, the Orange County Health Care Agency reported Monday. Read more
 

That sinking feeling

Health | By Devon Schuyler | August 25, 2008
MARIA Stubbs, a 44-year-old mother from Carson, wasn’t surprised when she leaked a little urine after the birth of her third daughter 10 years ago; she had experienced a bit of leakage during and immediately after all three of her pregnancies. Read more
 

How to do Kegel exercises

Health | August 25, 2008
How to do Kegels Kegel exercises involve contracting the pelvic floor up and in toward the small of the back, holding for several seconds and releasing. Read more
 

Ways to prevent pelvic floor problems

Health | August 25, 2008
Pelvic prevention One way a woman can reduce her risk of pelvic floor problems is by keeping her weight down. Read more
 

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Stop prostate exams at age 75, federal panel recommends

Science | By Thomas H. Maugh II and Denise Gellene | August 5, 2008
Men over the age of 75 should no longer be screened for prostate cancer because the potential harm from the test results – both physical and psychological – outweighs any potential benefit from treatment, a federal panel said Monday. Read more
 

California Central Valley fights obesity epidemic

California | Local | By Catherine Saillant | August 5, 2008
On a recent day, Maria Velasquez led 25 women in outdoor aerobics at a park in this city’s rough southeast district, home to a large farmworker community. Read more
 
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