NEWS
December 2, 2001 | IRA DREYFUSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Exercise can help older people avert a form of arthritis that can turn ordinary activities such as getting out of bed into a painful, perhaps impossible, chore, a study finds. Those who regularly walked or did weight training were less likely to lose abilities to perform activities of daily living, such as getting out of bed, the study says.
HEALTH
June 25, 2001 | ERIN McCLAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Childhood vaccinations and anti-smoking counseling for adults are the most effective preventive medicine, says a new study that ranks medical services based on how many lives they save and how much they cost. The findings also suggest that some of the best preventive measures--such as screening for colon cancer and warning teenagers about drugs--are reaching surprisingly few Americans.
TRAVEL
March 4, 1990 | DR. KARL NEUMANN, Neumann is a Forest Hills, N.Y., pediatrician who writes on travel-related matters
To stay healthy when you travel abroad, divide the world into three regions: Region I. Good Health Standards: most of Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan. Region II. Fair Health Standards: Greece, Spain, Portugal, southern Italy, Eastern Europe, Israel, Singapore, South Africa, the islands of the Caribbean (except Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Region III. Unreliable Health Standards: Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, most of Asia, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
BUSINESS
January 13, 1994 | STUART SILVERSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A ground-breaking safety proposal--a plan intended to protect all employees in California from the rapidly spreading ailments known as cumulative trauma disorders--comes under its first public scrutiny today. The proposed standard, the subject of a hearing in Los Angeles, marks the first comprehensive effort by any state to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, bursitis and other physical problems linked to repetitive on-the-job activities.
NEWS
May 26, 1986 | DENNIS McLELLAN, Times Staff Writer
"Age fast, age slow--it's up to you." That's the message of Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, the man who coined the term "aerobics" with the publication of his 1968 best-seller of the same name. Cooper, founder and president of the Aerobics Center in Dallas, brought his message to the Crystal Cathedral on Friday, the final day of the three-day "Prime Time: A Possibility Thinkers Conference for Retired Persons (and Those Anticipating Retirement)."
NEWS
July 28, 1993 | JAMES F. PELTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The use of alternative treatments for serious illnesses got a major boost Tuesday when one of the nation's largest health insurers said it would reimburse the costs of a non-surgical therapy for heart disease. The therapy, which uses a vegetarian diet, exercise, meditation and support groups to reverse the disease, was developed by Dr. Dean Ornish, an internist and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.