In 'Super Agers: An Evidence Based Approach to Longevity,' Dr. Eric Topol lays out how to stay healthy as you age. Here's a peek at his actionable advice.

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06.06.2025

At Pansy Esthetics, the focus is on gender-affirming scar care - Los Angeles Times

Leola Davis owns Pansy Esthetics in West Hollywood, one of the few local skincare providers that caters to transgender people and nonbinary people post-operation.

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05.06.2025

Jessie J has early breast cancer, will have surgery soon - Los Angeles Times

Singer Jessie J uses a joke or two to get through the revelation that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She will have surgery in less than two weeks.

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03.06.2025

Skatebording into their 60s, fearless 'Deathracers' push the limits - Los Angeles Times

Deathracer413 is a group of skateboarders in their 50s and 60s who feel the dangerous sport is their key to health and longevity.

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24.05.2025

Billy Joel cancels all shows after brain disorder diagnosis - Los Angeles Times

Billy Joel has canceled all of his upcoming shows to focus on treating normal pressure hydrocephalus, a disorder where excess cerebrospinal fluid builds in the brain.

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22.05.2025

What it's like to do an enzyme cedar bath at Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary - Los Angeles Times

Osmosis Day Spa's enzyme-cedar bath buries guests in a magic mixture of wood chips and rice bran for a relaxing, warming and healing experience.

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22.05.2025

Is the late-night teahouse the future of nightlife in L.A.? - Los Angeles Times

As young people are drinking less, they're trading bars for teahouses that are open late. Is this where L.A. nightlife is destined?

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21.05.2025

Here's how to lose weight safely with GLP-1s and reduce food cravings - Los Angeles Times

In 'Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine,' former FDA Commissioner David A. Kessler offers a comprehensive guide to weight loss.

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21.05.2025

Contributor: The emergency in emergency medicine - Los Angeles Times

Chaotic, backlogged, unwelcoming ERs are the canary in the coal mine of a dysfunctional healthcare delivery system riddled with misaligned incentives and priorities.

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20.05.2025

A writer's personal journey to becoming a death doula - Los Angeles Times

Transitions and transformations can be fraught, even torturous. As a death doula, a big part of the work is sitting in that liminal space.

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20.05.2025

Scott Adams has metastatic prostate cancer, same as Biden - Los Angeles Times

'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams has metastatic prostate cancer similar to what President Biden just announced. He alluded to using California aid-in-dying law.

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16.05.2025

AmeriCorps volunteers were making America healthy again - Los Angeles Times

Ten volunteers at my community health clinic in Richmond, Calif., transformed lives every day, at virtually no cost.

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15.05.2025

Want to make more friends as an adult? Improve these 5 social skills - Los Angeles Times

Making new friends as an adult can be tricky, especially if you're socializing less. Try improving upon these five expert-approved conversation skills for better connections.

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15.05.2025

Are salmon sperm facials really good for your skin? - Los Angeles Times

Med spas all over Los Angeles now offer what they call salmon DNA facials. Does the trendy social media-approved treatment actually work?

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13.05.2025

Exhausted by cardio? This alternative may be key to a better workout - Los Angeles Times

In "A Physical Education," Casey Johnston journeys into the world of weightlifting and emerges transformed in both body and mind.

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12.05.2025

In the Go-Getter softball league, there's no surrendering to time - Los Angeles Times

Six teams of softball players from 50 to 80-plus square off weekly in Pico Rivera.

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10.05.2025

Trump cuts to L.A. overdose prevention efforts alarm experts - Los Angeles Times

Fatal opioid overdoses in the state are receding, but doctors and L.A. County officials warn measures credited with turning the tide are in jeopardy amid federal funding cuts.

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08.05.2025

3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has Stage 4 cancer, cancels tour - Los Angeles Times

Brad Arnold, the lead singer of 3 Doors Down, announced that the American rock band's summer tour would be canceled for a heartbreaking reason — he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney cancer that has spread to his lungs.

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08.05.2025

This L.A. ‘floating’ tennis club has a pinch of country club swagger - Los Angeles Times

Sunset Tennis Club is a a “floating tennis club" popular with millennials and zoomers that operates on private courts in upscale neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

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07.05.2025

Overwhelmed by the world? Glennon Doyle says focus on staying human at heart - Los Angeles Times

In 'We Can Do Hard Things,' Glennon Doyle and her co-authors chart a road map to navigate the many difficulties of life.

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03.05.2025

7 million people have Alzheimer's. Why is Trump administration derailing research? - Los Angeles Times

Alzheimer's is the nation's seventh-leading cause of death. How can a deeper understanding of a set of unremittingly cruel brain diseases not be a priority?

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01.05.2025

Michael Bolton facing 'reality' after brain cancer diagnosis - Los Angeles Times

Michael Bolton has glioblastoma, a treatment-resistant and incurable cancer. The revelation comes 16 months after he had emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor.

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25.04.2025

Southern California's Catholic leaders reflect on Pope Francis - Los Angeles Times

By prioritizing the environment, championing the poor and striking a more welcoming tone with LGBTQ Catholics, Pope Francis inspired Catholic leaders in Los Angeles and the SoCal area.

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23.04.2025

Ye calls for custody a day after childhood sex-trauma reveal - Los Angeles Times

First Ye, f.k.a. Kanye West, reveals alleged childhood sex acts with a younger male cousin. Then he complains again about not being allowed to raise his children.

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17.04.2025

L.A. Circuit: The best places to exercise in the city - Los Angeles Times

Want to perfect your crow pose? Or master the reformer? What about max out your lifting gains? Our Los Angeles exercise guides have you covered.

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16.04.2025

Why this L.A. hospital says infants have mental health needs too - Los Angeles Times

A new baby at home can be a big transition for families, especially when sleep and bonding issues arise. This hospital is investing in baby mental health to help them through it.

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16.04.2025

I've been married 13 years. Why is vacation sex suddenly so fleeting? - Los Angeles Times

Why vacation can bring high expectations — and big disappointment — when it comes to sex and intimacy

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10.04.2025

Inside the L.A. ranch holding horse sound baths for L.A. fire victims - Los Angeles Times

The Healing Equine Ranch in the Santa Monica mountains has been teaching thousands to rein in the healing powers of the horse through new age experimental workshops and retreats that range from $70 to $2,000.

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09.04.2025

Busy but sad? You might have high-functioning depression - Los Angeles Times

In 'High Functioning,' Judith Joseph teaches people how to understand the science of their sadness, so they can understand the science of their happiness.

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08.04.2025

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran reveals suicide attempt in Netflix doc - Los Angeles Times

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran was the 2024 All-Star Game MVP. Yet the ex-Cal State Long Beach and Cypress High player says that in 2022 he tried to take his life.

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08.04.2025

Contributor: Families caring for elders need more than compassion. They need day programs to ensure support - Los Angeles Times

Show up for caregivers not just with a neighborly meal but with structural investment in formal elder care, especially programs for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.

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05.04.2025

No, Adam Devine is not dying from stiff person syndrome - Los Angeles Times

Adam Devine had a devastating accident when he was a kid and is still dealing with the fallout. But a recent diagnosis of stiff person syndrome was off the mark.

LA Times

04.04.2025

Contributor: The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse - Los Angeles Times

The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence and the presence of nonrelative males in a home. Money alone is not a fix.

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03.04.2025

San Francisco ties clean needle distribution for drug users to treatment - Los Angeles Times

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city's drug overdose crisis requires a bolder approach to getting illicit drug users off the streets and into treatment.

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02.04.2025

Federal legislation aims to help firefighters with job-related cancer - Los Angeles Times

Amid toxic L.A. wildfires, California's U.S. senators are supporting legislation that would provide financial help to first responders who develop or die from service-related cancers.

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01.04.2025

Dave Coulier describes the cold that could have killed him - Los Angeles Times

Dave Coulier, comedian and 'Full House' actor, resurfaces after six rounds of chemo for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He's a bit challenged now in the hair department.

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01.04.2025

Inside my workout at L.A.’s 'first full-scale AI-powered gym' - Los Angeles Times

At Fred Fitness in Santa Monica, software is integrated into every piece of cardio and strength equipment to make your workout harder as you improve.

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29.03.2025

Commentary: 20 years and counting: How a chance encounter with a street musician led to a lasting bond - Los Angeles Times

'Can you believe we’ve been friends for 20 years?' A chance encounter brought Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers together — and to Disney Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and the White House.

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28.03.2025

Should doctors kick out unvaccinated children? Pediatricians face dilemma - Los Angeles Times

Keeping an unvaccinated child as a patient could give pediatricians the chance to educate families on vaccines but may also expose more kids to preventable diseases.

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27.03.2025

When is it OK to bring a baby out into crowded spaces? - Los Angeles Times

Doctors recommend keeping babies away from crowds within the first month, but every parent has their own risk tolerance level.

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'Super Agers' author Eric Topol shares how to feel 50 at 80 - Los Angeles Times

At Pansy Esthetics, the focus is on gender-affirming scar care - Los Angeles Times

Jessie J has early breast cancer, will have surgery soon - Los Angeles Times

Skatebording into their 60s, fearless 'Deathracers' push the limits - Los Angeles Times

Billy Joel cancels all shows after brain disorder diagnosis - Los Angeles Times

What it's like to do an enzyme cedar bath at Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary - Los Angeles Times

Is the late-night teahouse the future of nightlife in L.A.? - Los Angeles Times

Here's how to lose weight safely with GLP-1s and reduce food cravings - Los Angeles Times

Contributor: The emergency in emergency medicine - Los Angeles Times

A writer's personal journey to becoming a death doula - Los Angeles Times

Scott Adams has metastatic prostate cancer, same as Biden - Los Angeles Times

AmeriCorps volunteers were making America healthy again - Los Angeles Times

Want to make more friends as an adult? Improve these 5 social skills - Los Angeles Times

Are salmon sperm facials really good for your skin? - Los Angeles Times

Exhausted by cardio? This alternative may be key to a better workout - Los Angeles Times

In the Go-Getter softball league, there's no surrendering to time - Los Angeles Times

Trump cuts to L.A. overdose prevention efforts alarm experts - Los Angeles Times

3 Doors Down singer Brad Arnold has Stage 4 cancer, cancels tour - Los Angeles Times

This L.A. ‘floating’ tennis club has a pinch of country club swagger - Los Angeles Times

Overwhelmed by the world? Glennon Doyle says focus on staying human at heart - Los Angeles Times

7 million people have Alzheimer's. Why is Trump administration derailing research? - Los Angeles Times

Michael Bolton facing 'reality' after brain cancer diagnosis - Los Angeles Times

Southern California's Catholic leaders reflect on Pope Francis - Los Angeles Times

Ye calls for custody a day after childhood sex-trauma reveal - Los Angeles Times

L.A. Circuit: The best places to exercise in the city - Los Angeles Times

Why this L.A. hospital says infants have mental health needs too - Los Angeles Times

I've been married 13 years. Why is vacation sex suddenly so fleeting? - Los Angeles Times

Inside the L.A. ranch holding horse sound baths for L.A. fire victims - Los Angeles Times

Busy but sad? You might have high-functioning depression - Los Angeles Times

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran reveals suicide attempt in Netflix doc - Los Angeles Times

Contributor: Families caring for elders need more than compassion. They need day programs to ensure support - Los Angeles Times

No, Adam Devine is not dying from stiff person syndrome - Los Angeles Times

Contributor: The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse - Los Angeles Times

San Francisco ties clean needle distribution for drug users to treatment - Los Angeles Times

Federal legislation aims to help firefighters with job-related cancer - Los Angeles Times

Dave Coulier describes the cold that could have killed him - Los Angeles Times

Inside my workout at L.A.’s 'first full-scale AI-powered gym' - Los Angeles Times

Commentary: 20 years and counting: How a chance encounter with a street musician led to a lasting bond - Los Angeles Times

Should doctors kick out unvaccinated children? Pediatricians face dilemma - Los Angeles Times

When is it OK to bring a baby out into crowded spaces? - Los Angeles Times

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