Health

• 7 myths (and 9 truths) about obesity

  

  2/1/13, 4:25 p.m.

  No, sex does not burn up to 300 calories – but genetics can affect your weight.

• Super Bowl Sunday: A feast of football, calories and fat

  

  2/1/13, 12:05 p.m.

  Super Bowl Sunday is second only to Thanksgiving in the amount of fat and calories consumed.

• Medical school restrictions linked to doctors' prescribing habits

  

  2/1/13, 11:43 a.m.

  Medical schools who forbid their doctors from accepting gifts from the pharmaceutical industry graduate students who are less inclined to prescribe newly-marketed drugs, says a new study.

• The flu is waning and dangerous energy drinks: In health news today

  

  2/1/13, 10:04 a.m.

  OnCentral's daily round-up of the health headlines southside Angelenos ought to know about.

• What's the doctor-patient ratio in South LA?

  

  1/31/13, 4:32 p.m.

  At its best, South Los Angeles' doctor-patient ratio hardly qualifies as "good."

• Obesity's ties to MS and more marriage benefits: In health news today

  

  1/31/13, 11:18 a.m.

  OnCentral's daily round-up of the health headlines southside Angelenos ought to know about.

• Eating fried food linked to upped prostate cancer risk

  

  1/30/13, 3:09 p.m.

  A new study says weekly fried food consumption may increase a man's prostate cancer risk by up to 37 percent.

• Senate report: US is 16,000 primary care doctors short

  

  1/30/13, 10:59 a.m.

  If nothing changes by 2025, the shortage of doctors is expected to grow to 52,000.

• Flu shots and what erections say about the heart: In health news today

  

  1/30/13, 9:07 a.m.

  OnCentral's daily round-up of the health headlines southside Angelenos ought to know about.

• CDC: Adult vaccination rate in US 'unacceptably low'

  

  1/29/13, 11:09 a.m.

  The country isn't on track to meet its 2020 goals for vaccination coverage, said the federal health agency in a new report.