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National Institutes of Health

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    May 14, 2012

    HBO's The Weight of the Nation Scales Santa Ana's Obesity Problem

    Santa Ana gets a closeup in tonight's HBO documentary The Weight of the Nation.Not that Santa Ana's chamber of commerce is trumpeting the appearance. The documentary is about the obesity epidemic in the United States.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Freeway Pollution Linked to Brain Damage, Autism

    ​Robert Lee Hotz of the Wall Street Journal, of all places, put it best: "Congested cities are fast becoming test tubes for scientists studying the impact of traffic fumes on the brain."And what are these researchers in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Boston, New York, North Carolina, Beij ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    More Than Skin Color Determines Perceived Race: UC Irvine Research

    Black?​When it comes to determining the race of a stranger, our minds see more than skin color. That's the conclusion of a study co-authored by UCI sociologist Andrew Penner, which was really quite simple when it came to the research. Viewers were shown images of the same man in business attire a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    [UPDATED with Stellar Author, Contributors:] Kids of Stressed-Out Moms Age Faster: UCI Research

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 2, 5:24 P.M.: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa (pictured here) was lead author of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper describing UCI's research into stressed-out moms and their faster-aging children. It's a wonder Wadhwa has time to write anything given all he specializes i ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!

    ​UPDATE, AUG. 2, 5:24 P.M.: Dr. Pathik D. Wadhwa (pictured here) was lead author of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper describing UCI's research into stressed-out moms and their faster-aging children. It's a wonder Wadhwa has time to write anything given all he specializes i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2009

    Internet Shocker: Dems Blast Dana for Swine Flu Snoozing

    Where would the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) be without crazy congressman Dana Rohrabacher? He can always be counted on for fun and games and it seems like every day we get a press release from them about the guy--almost as many emails as we get from the Republicans bashing Lor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2006

    Prince Valeant and Mary Jane

    Valeant Pharmaceuticals, based out of Costa Mesa, wants to give cancer patients the munchies. The FDA has just approved Valeant's Cesamet, already on sale in Canada as Nabilone, to moderate nausea and vomiting in those undergoing chemotherapy. A Belgian company has made a similar project, Marinol ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    The Ecstasy Factor

    Bad science slandered a generations favorite drug. A new study aims to undo the damage.

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Steven Hatfill's Big Idea

    Bad science slandered a generations favorite drug. A new study aims to undo the damage.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    'Hello...Is This Thing On?'

    Nader and Benjamin try to get heard

  • Columns

    January 27, 2000

    Letters

    Nader and Benjamin try to get heard

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