Los Angeles Health News

A controversial recommendation on breast cancer testing by a U.S. medical panel shows why healthcare reform is flawed, a Republican Party spokeswoman says...Senate candidate Carly Fiorina , speaking Saturday during the GOP's weekly radio address, noted she is a breast...

Overwrought at what seemed to me to be a typical smattering of pimples, my teenage daughter had been begging for months to see a dermatologist. But I'd insisted on exhausting all other approaches before going to the expense. After all,...

Well, I sure as heck was a lot more aware of breast cancer this October than I was last October because now I know that I have it. Not only do I have it, but my first sign of it...

Doctors believe his condition is related to stress, diet and exhaustion. City Atty. Carmen Trutanich was released Thursday from Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro after being admitted Saturday suffering from abdominal pains...John Franklin, a spokesman for...

A latest study by Nordic researchers, found that there is no apparent link between cell phones and brain cancer, China's Xinhua news agency reported, citing the online edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers at the Institute...

Scientists measured smokers' levels of cotinine, a by-product of nicotine which has been shown to reflect the risk of developing lung cancer. Waiting until you had eaten breakfast reduced the amount of this chemical. The team from Penn State College...

A very disturbing fact that is almost too somber to scripturally admit, is that in order to maintain a decent quality of life these days, we have to literally be miniature detectives when it comes to our food and nutrition...

The Willowbrook hospital closed to inpatient care in August 2007 due to repeated lapses in medical care, including the death of a woman on the floor of the emergency waiting room. The hospital has been a source of embarrassment for...

When he arrived for his first visit, the 55-year-old diabetic had no idea what constituted a healthy diet, says pharmacist Steven Chen. "He ate two or three dinners a night, such as two whole pizzas about an hour apart." And...

Is there anything new on the generic version of Wellbutrin XL? My wife had done well on the brand name and then the Watson generic bupropion for several years...When I realized how severe her situation was, I ran out and...