The Health Report

Monday, April 28, 2008

How safe are green cleaning products?

By Elena Conis

Plant-based or natural ingredients don't always mean a cleaning product is safe. The market is largely unregulated. >>

Moles and melanoma

By Jennifer Cutraro

Scientists are starting to understand what makes one mole healthy while another turns cancerous. >>

Gyms just for teens

By Jeannine Stein

Youth gyms are catering to teens who want to get fit with those their own age.Plus, there's training and supervision. >>

A workout for pooches and pals

By Rosie Mestel

Trainer Bruce Gilbert leads an hour fitness session every Sunday in Runyon Canyon. >>

Salvia divinorum, an old psychedelic drug with new appeal

By Shari Roan

Anyone can buy hallucinogenic salvia online or at a local head shop. The DEA and others want to limit its use, but scientists say making it a controlled substance would hinder research. >>

Nutritional changes to WIC program will allow low-income mothers to buy fruits and vegetables

By Susan Bowerman

Get ready for less fruit juice and cheese: Soon, WIC coupons will cover produce and other healthful foods. >>

Pica: insatiable hunger for an odd diet

By Elena Conis

Is it heredity, mental illness, missing nutrients? The list of things people with pica may crave includes starch, clay, chalk, wood, burned matches, raw potatoes, laundry detergent, hair, feces and to >>

Make workouts a challenge

Get more out of your workouts, whether at home or at the gym, by practicing moves that challenge you. For example, if you're familiar with this basic yoga posture, called triangle pose, kick it up a notch and progress to the more advanced version. Doing so will boost your strength and flexibility while improving your focus and balance. >>

Four questions help anesthesiology researchers identify obstructive sleep apnea sufferers among surgical patients

Identifying obstructive sleep apnea sufferers among surgical patients

By Susan Brink

SLEEP apnea can put surgical patients at high risk for respiratory complications during and after surgery. >>

Fish oil as anti-inflammatory

By Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon

I am a registered nurse and am constantly on my feet. I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis two years ago and had steroid injections in both heels several times, without much relief. >>

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Rosie Mestel, Deputy Health Editor | Rosie.Mestel@latimes.com

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