Cancer

Prepping To Shoot Coachella, While Battling Cancer

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for outlets including our sister paper OC Weekly, on top of hisday job at a hospital, of all places. As he conti ... More >>

A Concert Photographer's Battle With Cancer

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had stage IV colon cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for outlets including our sister paper OC Weekly, on top of hisday job at a hospital, of all places. As he conti ... More >>

FTC Orders POM Wonderful to Stop Making Health Claims

POM Wonderful pomegranate juice is made from the Wonderful variety of the fruit, but that doesn't make it some wonder drug. The Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission have had enough of the company making medical claims such as that its products help reduce cholesterol, aid with ... More >>

Junk Food Tied to Higher Colon Cancer Risk

People with a genetic susceptibility to colon cancer increase their risk by eating junk food, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer on December 17. "These patients have this very high risk because of this [genetic] mutation they have, but it might be that they could reduce the nu ... More >>

Researchers Report Coffee Cuts Mouth Cancer Risk by Half

Drinking four cups of caffeinated coffee a day slashes mouth and throat cancer risk by 50%, even if people drink alcohol and smoke, according to CBS News. Researchers from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta said the effect may not be due to caffeine but to the hundreds of natural antioxidants ... More >>

Karen Hatfield Hosts 1st Annual "Pink Apron" Dinner with Mary Sue Milliken, Suzanne Tracht, Dakota Weiss, Nyesha Arrington Sherry Yard

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and to support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, chef Karen Hatfield is hosting a one-night dinner at Hatfield's on Oc. 8 with help from five of L.A,'s best female chefs, including Suzanne Tracht (Jar), Mary Sue Milliken (Border Grill), Dakota W ... More >>

Eating Fatty Foods During Pregnancy Linked to Breast Cancer in Offspring

In the "Well This Really Sucks" department, a new study has found that women who eat a lot of fatty foods during pregnancy increase their daughters' -- and even their granddaughters' -- chances of getting breast cancer, the UK's Daily Mail reports. Now we've gotta worry about what our grandmas ate ... More >>

Marijuana Is Bad For Your Balls, USC Study Suggests

Marijuana might be medicine that helps to ease your pain, officially so in California, but new research out of USC suggests that smoking weed might also have a connection to testicular cancer. Don't all reach for your cajones at once, guys. Well, maybe do. Men with a history of toking were twice ... More >>

Coffee Might Help Prevent Skin Cancer

Any bleary-eyed 9-to-5er can vouch for coffee's miraculous qualities. But while java is keeping your face from slamming into your keyboard, it also might be protecting you from sun cancer (should you have the opportunity to step outside). A recent study has found that people who drink three or more ... More >>

Nora Ephron, Writer of 'Sleepless in Seattle,' Dead at 71

Hollywood filmmaker Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail, died today at the age of 71, the Washington Post and New York Times report. After a day of rumors about her health that included denials from her agent and publisher, the two outlets said late this afternoon that t ... More >>

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Two Booze Studies Serve Up Sobering News

We're reminded that booze and artificially sweetened mixers sometimes can be a problematic combo. The study that figured this out has been around for a while, but it's being given fresh attention thanks to the June edition of the University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter, which offers news ... More >>

Pizza Could Cure Cancer, Study Says

Can pizza be the cure to cancer? According to a new study by researchers at Long Island University, the herb oregano, a key ingredient in most pizza sauces, can potentially be used to treat prostate cancer. "We know that oregano possesses antibacterial as well as anti-inflammatory properties, but ... More >>

Fancy & Enchanting: Certainly An Evening For Remembering!

Men Have Dirtier Mouths Than Women

Some of you have really dirty mouths. And we're not just talking about the performers in Porn Valley who now have to use condoms on location shoots under a new city of L.A. law. A new study published this week in the journal JAMA says that seven percent of the folks in the U.S. aged 14 to 69 have t ... More >>

Lights. Camera. Cure. The Hollywood Dance-a-Thon

Glass of Red Wine a Day Could Keep Breast Cancer Away, Says New Cedars-Sinai Research

RadarOnlineDoctor's orders.​Does drinking wine affect a girl's odds for breast cancer? Battle of the studies! Just a couple months ago, Harvard University released some buzz-killing stats showing that "women who drink just four small glasses of wine a week increase their risk of developing br ... More >>

'Ta-Ta' Dodgeball Game With Breast-Like Balls For Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Only in L.A.

knowcancer.com​Straddling the edge between feminism and sexism, compassion and hedonism, a group cheekily named the Eagle Rock Yacht Club is hosting a "Ta-Ta Tournament" of the Dodgeball variety, where the dodgeballs are resemble breasts and the after-party resembles an after-party. Now, befo ... More >>

50/50 USC Event With Seth Rogen Asks the Question: Can Cancer and Humor Co-Exist?

​ A most unusual movie screening took place recently at the Landmark Theaters in the Westside Pavilion: a screening of the movie 50/50 that was co-organized by the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital. The event addressed the issues of cancer treatment and humor as a cancer-fig ... More >>

Susie's Annual Pink Satur-dye

Love Those BPMs

Teen Tanning Ban Passed by California Legislature: No Fake Bake For You, Young Lady

No can do.​California has challenges, like a perpetually stormy, multi-billion-dollar deficit hanging over our heads, a public-university system, once the best in the world, with near private-school prices, and the imminent release of 33,000 state prisoners. So South Bay Sen. Ted Lieu has don ... More >>

The Right Focus

Potluck Purpose: New Hollywood Chapter Of Dining For Women Launches Tomorrow

Michael Sears, www.jsonli.jpgAfghani Culinary Themed Potluck At A Milwaukee Dining For Women​Charity dinners at restaurants are great presuming you can afford the high dollar price tag that comes along with them. For the rest of us, or at least half of us, Dining for Women's first L.A. chapter ... More >>

Mainstream Cancer Center in Burbank Gets in Touch With Inner Hippie, Offers Patients Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs

Eastern medicine: Now to be practiced at big scary cancer facilities with normal sign fonts​Looks like the big boys in cancer treatment are finally realizing patients would rather get an exotic massage from their hot young attendings than a scratchy blanket and a bedpan. The Roy and Patricia ... More >>

Tonight: Jack's Mannequin, Usher, E-40, Freelance Whales, Olin and the Moon, John Carpenter, Lifehouse

Andrew McMahon​Andrew McMahon, the 28-year-old Orange County-bred songwriter behind the bands Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate, is just happy to be here. In 2005, just before the release of the first Jack's Mannequin album, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- which wa ... More >>

Do Booze And Breast Cancer Awareness Mix? Not Really, Says L.A. Expert Deborah Anthony

​It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Los Angeles, and the alcohol companies are out in force making sure you "think pink" when it comes to supporting this particular cause. There's Chambord and its "Pink Your Drink" campaign. Sutter Home has a white zinfandel wrapped in a pink ribbon. And, ... More >>

OUR MR. BROOKS

Woman Who Had Breasts Removed Unnecessarily At L.A. County Hospital To Get Nearly $200,000

​A woman whose breasts were removed at County-USC Medical Center following an erroneous cancer diagnosis will be able to settle a lawsuit against the county for just less than $200,000. The $198,000 settlement was approved this week by the County Board of Supervisors, according to Associate ... More >>

UCLA Study: Pancreatic Cancer Loves Fructose, Controversial Sweetener

A coming battle over corn? ​ As Americans' consumption of high-fructose corn syrup -- a corn-based sweetener found in sodas and other processed foods -- has skyrocketed, so has our propensity to become obese and develop diabetes. Not surprisingly, corn growers and the food industry have foug ... More >>

Angelenos Healthier, Making Gains Against Heart Disease, Cancer, HIV, Strokes And More

​Following news last week that life expectancy in Los Angeles County was at an all time high (with 80-years-old being the new average), county health officials this week gave the reasons for L.A.'s decreasing death rate. Data from 1998 to 2007 shows major gains on HIV infections (down 36 per ... More >>

Chemicals in Processed Meats Linked to Cancer

Mike Johnson, TheBusyBrain.comThe chemicals that make hot dogs red may be a contributing factor in certain cancers. ​ Cigarettes might not be the only "cancer sticks." Nitrites and nitrates -- chemicals added to processed meats such as hot dogs and bologna for preservation, color and flavor -- ... More >>

WHO LOVES YA JOHNNY

BREAKING: Gang Starr's Guru Dead at 43

DJ Premier's blog confirms that after months of rumors about his deteriorating condition, Gang Starr's Guru passed away yesterday morning after a long battle with cancer. The visionary partnership between Guru and Premier changed the face of East Coast hip hop from the mid-1980s forward. Those e ... More >>

Last Night: Bowling For Boobies 2008 at Lucky Strike Lanes

Check out the Bowling for Boobies 2008 slideshow by clicking on the image above. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/Holly_Madison_Bowls_for_Boobies_in_Los_Angeles'; Monday night at Lucky Strike Lanes in Hollywood, I sat in a bowling booth next to Playboy's Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's ex-main sq ... More >>

Made Me Nuclear: The Operetta

Frankie B. Jeans & Genes

Frankie B. designer Daniella Clarke was inspired by her "love affair with music" for her latest collection, not too surprising considering she married a musician— Gilby Clarke a former Guns-n-Roser. So what does a "love affair with music" look like? Smudgey morning after a night on a tour bu ... More >>

Lion’s Den

Facing down pediatric cancer in a Cincinnati hospital

Lion's Den

Facing down pediatric cancer in a Cincinnati hospital

Johnny Ramone's Deathwatch Postponed

The Hallucinogenic Way of Dying

Can psilocybin reduce death anxiety in end-stage cancer patients?

The Final Frontier

Depending on whom you ask, stem-cell research is either a medical godsend or further proof that God is dead.

Crimson Came Schechner

9 Reasons You Might Not Die Tomorrow

Living Next to a War Factory

Neighbors of closed Aerojet plant worry about their health and water

Home, Sweet Dump

Some 1,400 low-income tenants live atop an old refinery and toxic dump

Letters

UCLA Study Burns Rocketdyne

Cancer rates elevated among space-lab workers