ANAHEIM, Calif. — Two components of red meat — dietary protein and dietary iron — may combine to form powerful carcinogens, N-nitroso compounds, which increase risk for bladder cancer. Moreover, individuals with reduced ability to reverse the effects of N-nitroso… Read More ›
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In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions?
Stuart Wolpert | August 21, 2014 Children’s social skills may be declining as they have less time for face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of digital media, according to a UCLA psychology study. UCLA scientists found that sixth-graders who… Read More ›
Study explores possible costs, benefits of making movies with ‘Oscar appeal’
– “The movies tend to be serious and depressing, and audiences don’t like that, so making Oscar-y movies is a riskier strategy than the average moviegoer might appreciate.” WASHINGTON, DC, January 15, 2014 — What do… Read More ›
US ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending
Contact: Carla Denly cdenly@support.ucla.edu 310-825-6738 University of California – Los Angeles UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University… Read More ›
Care at top hospitals is NOT INCLUDED in Obamacare, report reveals
Insurers selling cover on the new exchanges will not offer access to cancer centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Access to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, one of the top research and teaching hospitals,… Read More ›
Chinese Company Falling Short of Goal for California Jobs / Company Claims Chinese workers here on legal work visas are not subject to state labor laws, including the minimum wage
Monica Almeida/The New York Times An electric-powered bus built by China’s B.Y.D. By JENNIFER MEDINA Published: October 25, 2013 LOS ANGELES — At the height of the recession, Los Angeles officials spent a year and a half wooing a Chinese… Read More ›
Scientists REFUSE to release a list of 1,500 outdated Los Angeles homes, offices, and factories at risk of collapse from an earthquake / For fear of being sued
Scientists refuse to pass on details they collected on unsafe buildings Non-reinforced concrete structures are a deadly trap during major quakes Separate list by LA Times shows Capitol Records building, Pantages Theater, and Avalon nightclub among dangerous buildings Scientists confirm… Read More ›
New study shows 6 million youth out of school and work as 49 states see INCREASE in families living in poverty
15 per cent of those aged 16 to 24 who have neither desk nor job, according to report by the The Opportunity Nation coalition Idle young adults are missing out on a window to build skills they will need later… Read More ›
Exercise-loving mother-of-three branded a ‘fat shaming bully’ after showing her flat abs and asking ‘what’s your excuse?
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 16:54 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:43 EST, 15 October 2013 An exercise-loving, mother-of-three has come under fire after posting a photograph of her toned body to Facebook, captioned ‘What’s your excuse?’ Maria Kang,… Read More ›
California allows undocumented migrants to obtain driver’s licences
Governor Jerry Brown predicts that endorsement of driver’s licenses for migrants will mean more states will follow Associated Press in Los Angeles theguardian.com, Thursday 3 October 2013 17.44 EDT California governor Jerry Brown said: ‘No longer are undocumented people… Read More ›
British pilots will be ‘dangerously fatigued’ under proposed EU law, says union / EU wants a “environmentally sustainable, safe and cost- efficient aviation market”
Simon Calder Sunday, 29 September 2013 Proposed new rules on pilots’ working hours could lead to air crews flying while “dangerously fatigued”, union officials have warned ahead of a key vote by MEPs. On Monday afternoon, members of the… Read More ›
REVEALED: Secret program gives federal agents nearly instant access to BILLIONS of AT&T phone records without a court order
Hemisphere program allows federal agents to access details on rolling database of 4billion calls a day that are process through AT&T switches Secret program in place since 2007 includes records dating back to 1987 Federal agents can issue ‘administrative subpoena’… Read More ›
Claim the American Association of Physician Specialists is led by a CEO who manipulated medical certification tests, repeatedly flunked female doctors….
Female Doctor Slams Specialization Board By MATT REYNOLDS ShareThis LOS ANGELES (CN) – In a lurid lawsuit, a dermatologist claims the American Association of Physician Specialists is led by a CEO who manipulated medical certification tests, repeatedly flunked female doctors,… Read More ›
Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
Source: Reuters – Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35 AM Author: Reuters LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) – Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general… Read More ›
Toxic pesticides burn up in California wildfire
Published time: May 03, 2013 16:30 US Forestry fire fighters preapre to take on an out of control wildfire on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (AFP Photo / Getty Images / Kevork Djansezian) Hazmat teams are trying to contain… Read More ›
Man Says Kaiser Business Model Includes Death
By PHILIP A. JANQUART LOS ANGELES (CN) – Kaiser Foundation Health Plan refuses to pay for care necessary to save a man’s life, he claims in court. Jalal Afshar, 58, suffers from Castleman’s disease, a rare condition known… Read More ›
California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms
By Michael B. Marois and James Nash – Mar 12, 2013 Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for… Read More ›
Bizarre Complaint Against L.A.-Area School
By MATT REYNOLDS SAN BERNARDINO (CN) – A Los Angeles-area school district refused to discipline an elementary teacher who stuck a “long object” up a boy’s rectum while telling him “good boys don’t cry,” the mother… Read More ›
Bodyguard Claims Justin Bieber Assaulted Him & Owes Him Money
EEV: Priceless 😉 LOS ANGELES (CN) – Justin Bieber, egged on by a claque, assaulted one of his bodyguards during an abusive backstage tirade, then fired him owing him money, the man claims in court. Moshe Benabou, a licensed… Read More ›
Making Millions Is Easy if You Cheat, SEC Says
LOS ANGELES (CN) – An L.A.-area investment adviser cherry-picked trades to scoop up $2 million for himself, while losing $4.4 million for his customers, the SEC claims in court. The SEC sued Aletheia Research and Management… Read More ›