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Pot Of Gold Or Pipe Dream?
Chicago TribuneIn about a dozen states, you can smoke a joint if you have cancer or HIV and meet certain conditions, like having a doctor's note. In California, you can light up if you have just about anything — headaches, anxiety, epilepsy — and a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Death, Health, HIV, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Deep brain stimulation reduces epileptic seizures, study finds
Booster ShotsElectrodes implanted deep in the brain where they provide a minute electrical charge can sharply reduce the incidence of seizures in epileptics who cannot bring their seizures under control with drugs, Stanford researchers reported Wednesday. The... -
Science of the orgasm
Special to The TimesAS they seek to document and demystify one of life's great thrills, scientists have run across some real head-scratchers. How, for example, can they explain the fact that some men and women who are paralyzed and numb below the waist are able to have...Tags: University of California, Psychology, Health, Physical Conditions, MRI (imaging)
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The man behind Obama's message
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSen. Barack Obama strode into a hotel ballroom filled with expectation one recent Tuesday and declared that his quest for the Oval Office, which "began as a whisper in Springfield, has swelled to a chorus of millions calling for change." That's the...Tags: Iowa, David Axelrod, Politics, Washington Monument, Karl Rove
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Autistic powerlifter's quest
Tribune staff reportergoogle_max_num_ads = '0'; Jamie Smith plunked down in the passenger's seat of his mother's car and slipped on a pair of thick-framed sunglasses that gave him the look of a young Ray Charles. "Ready, Jamie?" Alice Smith asked. "Ready, Mom." They clasped...Tags: Death, Athletes, Judges, Easter, O'Hare International Airport
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California's liability waiver law refined by ruling
Times Staff WritersRecreation providers in California may be held liable for gross negligence regardless of the wording on liability waivers signed by participants or their parents, the California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Monday. The state high court decision permits the...Tags: Death, Judges, Health, Politics, Local Government
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Man recalls little of crash fatal to mother
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe man whose 72-year-old mother was left behind in a crumpled car towed to a police impound lot said Wednesday that he remembers little about the car crash that killed her and put him in a hospital intensive care unit. From his hospital bed, Steven...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Tampa, Death, Health, Medical Services
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Henry M. dies at 82; victim of brain surgery accident offered doctors key insights into memory
For 55 years, he was known to the world at large only as HM or Henry M., the survivor of brain surgery that went catastrophically wrong, leaving him with a form of amnesia that prevented him from collecting any new memories and living in a pre-1953 world....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School, Death, Health, Disasters and Accidents
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Kaiser to push for standards on health plans
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. said Tuesday that it was working with state regulators to develop standards to protect its members from unfair cancellations of health insurance, a move that the state's largest HMO hopes could lead to industrywide...Tags: Standards, Consumers, Health, Insurance, Medical Services
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Favorite TV faces, favorite radio songs
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Lost" meets "Heroes," crossed with "Desperate Housewives," a little reality TV and a fiddle -- what's not to love? And love it they did. The Band From TV, a charity cover band created by actor Greg Grunberg ("Felicity," "Alias" and now "Heroes")...Tags: Hayden Panettiere, Los Angeles Times, Celebrities, Netflix Inc., Entertainment
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'America's Next Top Model': Cycle 12 begins!
I felt burned out on "America's Next Top Model" after the end of last season. However, for some reason, maybe because the world is too serious right now, or maybe because I caught a marathon of Cycle Two on Oxygen last week and got enthused all over...Tags: Death, America's Next Top Model (tv program), Upper East Side, Entertainment, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Guitar Hero May Cause Seizures
SACRAMENTO - It's one of the most popular video games around, but rocking out to Guitar Hero could cause some nasty side effects. "There will be people with photo sensitive epilepsy where those patterns will trigger a seizure," said Dr. Robert Burgerman...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Entertainment, Building Material, Gaming, Sacramento
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