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Melrose Salon Offers Organic Alternative to Spray Tans
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- The active chemical used in spray tans -- called dihydroxyacetone, or DHA -- has been shown in scientific studies to cause genetic mutations, according to a recent ABC News report. That report hit home for salon owner Vered Valensi,...Tags: Cancer, ABC (tv network), Genes and Chromosomes, Health, Food and Drug Administration
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Experts Warn of Cancer Threat from Spray-on Tans
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- People who get spray-on sun tans are being warned that their faux glow could be harmful to their health, and possibly even deadly. The active chemical used in spray tans -- called dihydroxyacetone, or DHA -- has been shown in...Tags: Cancer, Genes and Chromosomes, Food and Drug Administration, Health, Medical Research
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Fashion News: Hair industry legend Vidal Sassoon dies
All The RageHair styling legend Vidal Sassoon dies. Cameron Diaz's Met Gala gown was a burden. And people are wondering if Kim Kardashian was snubbed by fashion elite.... -
MacArthur 'genius' tackles concussions in football
Kevin Guskiewicz, one of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation award announced Tuesday, was long a thorn in the side of the National Football League.
Since 1999, he has wired the helmets of about 700 college football players with accelerometers to...Tags: Radio, Concussion, University of California, Los Angeles, North Carolina Tar Heels, NPR
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Paddling against cancer
Though he overcame cancer, Jack Marshall Shimko was no match for the recent large ocean swells and rough seas off the Southern California coast. The Newport Beach native had to divert his quest to paddle to each of the eight Channel Islands —...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Health, Hodgkins Disease, John Wayne
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Surgeons optimistic on lymph node study
Daily American Staff WriterLocal surgeons are cautiously optimistic about a new study that finds that many women with early stage breast cancer do not need a procedure that has long been routine: Removal of all cancerous lymph nodes from the armpit. “This is a major change,&...Tags: Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Clubs and Associations, Biotechnology
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Playing for a good cause
Digs trumped kills at La Caņada High girls' volleyball match against Rio Hondo League opponent South Pasadena. The Oct. 21 game was about more than just volleyball — it involved the Spartans' second annual Dig for the Cure. Leading up to the match,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Volleyball, Health, Human Body, South Pasadena
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Scene & Heard: 'What a Pair!' revue gets boost at Library Alehouse
Special to the Los Angeles Times"What a Pair!" organizers Jody Price and Ruth Stalford paired up with "the beer chicks," Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune, and the Library Alehouse in Santa Monica on Tuesday for a class in "Beer Pairing 101." "What a Pair!" is an annual musical revue,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Entertainment, Diseases and Illnesses, Anne Heche
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Coming soon in the medical arsenal against cancer: vaccines
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's a deceptively simple idea: What if doctors could recruit the body's own immune system to fight cancer? The complexities of the immune system have kept this from becoming reality, until now. Three cancer vaccines -- for prostate cancer, melanoma and...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Liver Disease, Prostate Cancer, Immune System, Social Issues
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Hysterectomy risk
Tribune NewspapersWomen who have their healthy ovaries removed when they have a hysterectomy face a higher risk of death, including death from coronary heart disease and lung cancer, than women who keep their ovaries, according to new research. The finding, from a study...Tags: Ovaries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Santa Monica, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research
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Moles' split personality
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWe've long been told to keep an eye on our moles lest they progress to melanoma, a form of skin cancer that's treatable if caught early, deadly if not. But not all moles are equal -- some are risky; others can be safely left alone. The biological roots of...Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Dermatology
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