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May 22, 2012
Mark 'Fightshark' Miller and Shelby Jones: The Fighter and His Cornerwoman
Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Kickboxer Mark "Fightshark" Miller is not one of those chest-pounding types. Well, he doesn't pound his own chest, that's for sure. Finely tuned athletes in the world of dudes- ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Dick Clark Dies at 82
See updates and details at the bottom. Dick Clark, who brought pop music to television with American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve, has died. ABC Eyewitness News, TMZ and other outlets are reporting he succumbed to a "massive heart attack." The final ball has dropped:
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March 22, 2012
Whitney Houston Drowned, But Cocaine Played Role in Her Death: Heart Attack Likely
Updated at the bottom: She likely had a heart attack. First posted at 2:28 p.m. L.A. County coroner's investigators say Whitney Houston drowned when she died at the Beverly Hilton hotel last month. LA Weekly was the first outlet to report that she might have been found in a bathtub, which she was. ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Is Sugar Toxic? Research Says Yes
We hope everyone knows by now that sugar is bad for you. But just how bad? Is it merely empty calories we have to spend an extra hour at the gym to sweat off? Apparently, no. A research team from the University of California, San Francisco says it's so bad it should listed as a toxic substance. W ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/13-2/17
Flickr/Lauren ManningIn which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Bay Cities' mac is enough to give heartburn to an 8-year-old and good enough for him to know it's worth it." 9 Best Macaroni & Cheese Dishes in Los Angeles. "Okay, it's not out just yet, but it's ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Heart Attack Grill Customer Has Heart Attack -- While Eating 6,000 Calorie Burger
Courtesy of the Heart Attack GrillEverything is bigger and flashier in Las Vegas, even the heart attacks. Halfway through eating a 6,000-calorie Triple Bypass Burger, a customer at the Las Vegas outpost of Heart Attack Grill began experiencing chest pains and had to be wheeled out of the rest ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Cholesterol Study: Eat More Cheese, Less Butter
Flickr/_gee_cheesesSorry Paula Deen, but a group of Danish researchers say that when it comes to cholesterol, cheese is less harmful than butter. A new study led the scientists to believe that cheese does not hurt cholesterol levels as much as other animal fats. Researchers at the Universit ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Medical Marijuana's Abundance in L.A. Has its Advantages: Synthetic Weed Linked to Heart Attacks in Teens
DEAMore synth than Thomas Dolby.Synthetic marijuana is just a wonder drug. We previously told you about how it can allegedly cause psychosis, mental chaos and other dark trips. Now research is suggesting it might also be correlated to heart attacks in teenage users. What's not to like? T ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Americans Eat Too Much Salt
Flickr/Rafe SaltmanWhy you salty broad. You old salt. A new "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report" from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health says 88% of the U.S. population consumes more than the recommended amount of salt per day, increasing their ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Drink Like a Mad Man, Sleep Like a Mad Man
Flickr/Muy YumThink twice about that nightcap. If you watch Mad Men too much and make a habit of drinking a Scotch or two before going to bed, Don Draper-style, you might want to consider warm milk instead. And your drinking habits in general. Scientific American gives us at least one reaso ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Cedars-Sinai Heart Transplant Recipients Play the Doctors Who Saved Their Lives...in Softball
Brought together by softball and heart transplantsPhoto courtesy of Cedars-Sinai Talk about a game with heart. Once a year, a bunch of cardiac transplant patients and the Cedars-Sinai doctors who saved their lives get together to play a friendly game of softball. The patients usually win. The ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Dietary Salt Cutbacks Bring Few Heart Health Benefits, Study Finds
Flickr/Sgt. Pepperedjane It's not an excuse to let it pour like the girl on the Morton's box, but cutting salt intake doesn't have a significant impact on cardiovascular disease, a British study has found. Limiting salt consumption may reduce blood pressure slightly, but the research, which ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Turning Heartbeats into Art, One Person at a Time: Interview with Japanese Artist SASAKI
Masayuki Saito Japanese artist Makoto Sasaki, a.k.a. SASAKI (he goes by his last name only, in all caps) has perfected repetition in art. He's been drawing the same motif for sixteen years -- the heartbeat. For the first ten years, he drew only his own. Since then, he's branched out a bit, a ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Andy Irons, Surfing Champion, Died With Meth And Cocaine in His System -- Report
Facebook.Andy Irons.Pro surfing champion Andy Irons apparently died with meth and cocaine in his system late last year, according interpretations of an autopsy report obtained by the The New York Times. The 32-year-old was found dead in a Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport hotel room No ... More >>
LA Life
May 19, 2011
Abbas Ardehali: L.A. Transplant
Facebook.Andy Irons.Pro surfing champion Andy Irons apparently died with meth and cocaine in his system late last year, according interpretations of an autopsy report obtained by the The New York Times. The 32-year-old was found dead in a Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport hotel room No ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
L.A. Marathon: Don't Drop Dead, Because Running a Lot Could be Bad For Your Heart
Mike BairdRun in moderation.Have fun at the L.A. Marathon Sunday but don't drop dead. Seriously. Turns out those ironic tales about hardcore athletes and fitness fanatics taking their last steps during grueling runs might not be so rare. Running could actually be bad for your health. Seriou ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Heartbeats Review
Mike BairdRun in moderation.Have fun at the L.A. Marathon Sunday but don't drop dead. Seriously. Turns out those ironic tales about hardcore athletes and fitness fanatics taking their last steps during grueling runs might not be so rare. Running could actually be bad for your health. Seriou ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
New Terror: Fast Food Wrappers Transfer Chemicals Into Your Food
djjewelzKFC's Double Down sandwich.As if we needed another reason to avoid fast food: the chemicals used to prevent grease from leaking through fast food wrappers are being transferred to food and ingested by human beings. Various studies (mostly on animals) have linked a class of chemicals ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
I Got to Get It Out Someways
djjewelzKFC's Double Down sandwich.As if we needed another reason to avoid fast food: the chemicals used to prevent grease from leaking through fast food wrappers are being transferred to food and ingested by human beings. Various studies (mostly on animals) have linked a class of chemicals ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Amazing Rants Overheard on L.A. Buses: "I got to get it out someways."
Ranter: Fifty-ish African-American man with beard and black bomber jacket and Tarheels cap; forty-ish African-American woman in overalls Location: 206 bus, headed north up Normandie Time: Saturday, 5:30 pm. Topics Covered: Impossible fellatio; hirsute genitalia; the need for peace; starting ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
POM Juice Claims Sexual Benefit In New Ads: L.A. Billionaire And POM Co-Owner Lynda Resnick Backs The Claim
You have to admire the owners of POM Wonderful, the pomegranate juice maker that claims its product can prevent or treat heart disease, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction: A week after being slapped with a federal complaint alleging its claims are as lame as your penis will still be a ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
HEART OF GLASS
You have to admire the owners of POM Wonderful, the pomegranate juice maker that claims its product can prevent or treat heart disease, prostate cancer, and erectile dysfunction: A week after being slapped with a federal complaint alleging its claims are as lame as your penis will still be a ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
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 >>
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July 1, 2010
Plane Crashes At Catalina Island After Pilot Reports He May Be Suffering From Heart Attack ***Updated
Santa Catalina A small plane crashed short of the runway on Santa Catalina Island Thursday afternoon. The pilot had radioed in, saying that he was suffering chest pains and possibly having a heart attack. The plane crashed about two miles away in heavy mountain terrain near Echo Lake, Lt. Je ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
An Immigrant's Heart
To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big
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June 23, 2010
Food and Drug News: When Olive Oil and Your Medicine Cabinet Don't Mix
If this week's Wall Street Journal Health and Wellness section feature, When Food and Pills Clash, is any indication, those really annoying drug commercials are about to add a dozen foods to their even more annoying "You should not take if" lists. According to the article, grapefruit juice has been ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Bourdain at UCLA Tonight: No Tickets? Stake Out the Westwood In-N-Out
AmazonAs Anthony Bourdain fans have known for months now, the No Reservations guy is in town to give a talk at UCLA tonight. Bourdain has also been making the rounds, talking to Pat Morisson on KPCC this afternoon, during which time he heaped praise on local institutions In-N-Out, Philippe' ... More >>
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April 6, 2010
L.A. County In Relatively Good Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health this week touted a study that concluded L.A. county has "one of the lowest per capita death rates in the state, ranking 14th out of the state's 58 counties," according to a statement from the department. "This report underscores that our col ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
BREAKING: Big Star's Alex Chilton Dead at 59
We just received confirmation of this. More forthcoming. UPDATE: From the Memphis Commercial Appeal paper, from Chilton's beloved hometown: Pop hitmaker, cult hero, and Memphis rock iconoclast Alex Chilton has died. The singer and guitarist, best known as a member of '60s pop-soul act the Box Top ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Headline of the Week: Heavy Drinking Is Good For the Heart (Um, Right)
wine.comWe're all familiar with the notion that a regular glass of red wine may help protect our tickers, but a controversial new study has concluded that drinking alcohol of any kind every day could be beneficial. The findings were published this week in the journal Heart. Based on lifest ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Iconic Filmmaker John Hughes Dies
L.A. Weekly just got word via MTV News, and now confirmed by TMZ, that iconic filmmaker John Hughes has died. Hughes, 59, reportedly died of a heart attack. He won over audiences with comedy hits like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and more. Story de ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
Author Harris' Death: Heart Disease
Amazon.comE. Lynn HarrisThe L.A. County Coroner's office announced that successful author E. Lynn Harris, who died suddenly last week at the age of 54, was stricken by heart disease aggravated by high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, according to Associated Press. Harris, who lived i ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Lewis & His Black Heart
Amazon.comE. Lynn HarrisThe L.A. County Coroner's office announced that successful author E. Lynn Harris, who died suddenly last week at the age of 54, was stricken by heart disease aggravated by high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, according to Associated Press. Harris, who lived i ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson Has Heart Attack in LA, TMZ, LA Times Reporting That the King of Pop Is Dead
Developing: Michael Jackson was rushed to the UCLA Medical Centerl after 911 received a call at 12:21 this afternoon. TMZ says: "we're told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance." TMZ updated it: "A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in "really bad shap ... More >>
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May 18, 2009
Coroner: Porn Star Marilyn Chambers Died of Natural Causes
Porn star Marilyn Chambers, whose body was found in her mobile home in Canyon Country last month, died of natural causes, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. Porn Actress/Ivory Snow Girl: Marilyn Chambers Chambers, whose real name was Marilyn Ann Taylor, was discovered by her daughter ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
Rest In Peace Ron Asheton of the Stooges
Longtime Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton died in Ann Arbor this morning of a heart attack. He was 60. Asheton helped create punk rock with an evil, distorted sound. While Iggy prowled, Asheton growled.
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June 6, 2008
Local Theater Leader Suffers Major Heart Attack
Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood, and underwent triple bypass surgery two days later on Wednesday, May 28.
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April 1, 2004
T.H. McCulloh: 1934-2004
Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood, and underwent triple bypass surgery two days later on Wednesday, May 28.
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August 23, 2001
Broken Hearts Club
Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood, and underwent triple bypass surgery two days later on Wednesday, May 28.
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November 26, 1998
1982 Timeline
Ron Sossi, artistic director of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, suffered a major heart attack on Monday, May 26, while attending a movie. He was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital in West Hollywood, and underwent triple bypass surgery two days later on Wednesday, May 28.

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