Health

• Gatorade to remove hotly debated ingredient from their recipe

  

  1/29/13, 10:45 a.m.

  Brominated vegetable oil, which contains an ingredient found in flame retardants, is now being removed from the Gatorade formula.

• Deadly poultry and kids with migraines: In health news today

  

  1/29/13, 9:02 a.m.

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

• Survey sheds light on how US adults track their health

  

  1/28/13, 3:50 p.m.

  About half of those who do track health indicators report doing so "in their heads," says Pew.

• Experts release first-ever guidelines for treating diabetes in youth

  

  1/28/13, 2:25 p.m.

  The growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes among children is in part due to a spike in child obesity rates.

• Lingering flu and narcotic misuse among youth: In health news today

  

  1/28/13, 8:54 a.m.

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

• Sabotaging birth control common tactic for abusive partners, say experts

  

  1/25/13, 5:03 p.m.

  It's called "reproductive coercion," which refers to forcing a woman into or out of a pregnancy against her will.

• Here's what you need to know about norovirus

  

  1/25/13, 10:41 a.m.

  The flu is leveling off nationwide, but there's a new virus in town – and it's equally unpleasant.

• Norovirus and more on smoking: In health news today

  

  1/25/13, 9:24 a.m.

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

• Hearing loss, an underreported condition, may lead to cognitive decline

  

  1/24/13, 4:09 p.m.

  A lot of people assume that hearing loss is simply a part of growing older, and so don't seek a doctor's help.

• Study: Doctors aren't only clinicians safe to perform abortions

  

  1/23/13, 2:56 p.m.

  A new California study shows that Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Certified Nurse Midwives are just as qualified to perform abortions as doctors.