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Protection at a cost
Studies showing that alcohol protects the heart raise questions about drinking.
Does moderate, prudent drinking protect the heart and arteries? Two analyses say — shout, actually — that the answer is yes. But they raise a bigger issue: What...Tags: Health, Substance Abuse, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Harvard Medical School
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Briefs: Gaytan-Leach wins
Former Corona del Mar High standout Cierra Gaytan-Leach, now at the University of Texas, won in doubles over the weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Assn. summer circuit tournament at The Tennis Club Newport Beach. Gaytan-Leach, who will be a sophomore...Tags: Water Polo, Stanford University, Multi-Sport Events, Sports, Sage
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Viewpoint: Texas (partially) explained
The cultural and media snobs are trying to explain Texas to those who don’t know the difference between a steer and a bull. If you fall into this category, a steer has been castrated — a bull has not. I’ll leave any analogy to East and...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Television Industry, George W. Bush, San Antonio, Houston
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New Texas Law on Student Fitness Data Faces Obstacles
Texas Tribune
Texas children are fat — and getting fatter.
It is something state policy makers have known and have struggled to address for years. In the last decade, the Legislature has passed laws that set nutritional standards for school...Tags: Obesity, Health, Justice System, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Shel Hershorn dies at 82; photojournalist chronicled '60s tumult
Shel Hershorn, a photojournalist who documented the tumult of the 1960s and then dropped out to live a rustic lifestyle in northern New Mexico, died Sept. 17 at a nursing home in Espanola, N.M. He was 82.
Born in Denver on June 11, 1929, Herbert...Tags: Sports Illustrated, John F. Kennedy, Murder, College Sports, Newspaper and Magazine
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Supreme Court set to open crucial term
Los Angeles TimesThe Supreme Court on Monday opens one of its most anticipated terms, in which the justices could strike down President Obama's healthcare law, empower local police to arrest illegal immigrants, and declare an end to affirmative action in colleges and...Tags: Democratic Party, Jan Brewer, Pam Bondi, Justice System, Activism
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Scripps geneticist wins Noble Prize in medicine
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- A geneticist at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla won the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine Monday, along with two other scientists.
Bruce Beutler, 53, learned that he had won the prize for his groundbreaking work in...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Diseases and Illnesses, Awards and Prizes, Medical Research, Cell Phones
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Book Review: 'Fall Higher' by Dean Young
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFall Higher Dean Young Copper Canyon Press: 105 pp., $22 "All the new thinking is about loss," Robert Hass begins his 1979 poem "Meditation at Lagunitas." Structuralism had put poets in a bind by arguing that words are meaningless symbols assigned...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Health, Heart Problems, New York Observer, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Teen ends year as lifesaver
Daily American Sunday EditorSaving a life wasn’t on Somerset native Zach Sherbine’s agenda on June 2. He was enjoying a field day outside with other 9th graders when a 10th grade girl was bumped on the back and inhaled a plastic bottle cap she had in her mouth. “...Tags: National Football League, Science and Technology, Emergency Health Procedures, Football, Education
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Jordan doesn't expect to 'set any records' with Bundy's deal
Orioles top draft pick Dylan Bundy may be seeking a record-breaking contract, perhaps as high as $30 million, but it won't happen, according to amateur scouting director Joe Jordan.
"I don't look to set any records. I don't expect to," Jordan said in a...Tags: Government, Tampa Bay Rays, Death and Dying Customs, Vladimir Guerrero, Washington Nationals
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Nobel winner's father was acclaimed Scripps researcher, colleague
L.A. NOWNobel Prize and Bruce Beutler. Bruce Beutler, one of three winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine announced Monday, said his only regret is that his father, an acclaimed hematologist, didn’t live long enough to see him win the prize.... -
UT System Issues Updated Faculty "Productivity" Data
Texas Tribune
In early May, when the University of Texas System released much anticipated data used to measure faculty productivity, it came with a caveat: users were warned that the information had not been verified and could not yield "accurate...Tags: Elections, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities, Quinn Sullivan, Education
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