The Los Angeles TimesClick for PDF of print article Halotherapy is an alternative therapy for chronic respiratory and skin problems that is modeled after the salt caves and spas that originated more than 200 years ago. LOS ANGELES — Heidi Kling is reading...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times science section on July 2, 2010-- Imagine yourself in an Old West film, standing in the middle of a deserted street flanked with saloons, hotels and brothels, the soundtrack from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" wailing strong. At...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times on February 4, 2011-- Chloe did it with See By Chloe and Marc Jacobs did it with Marc. Now L.A.-based Le Petit Petit, which we introduced here awhile back, is doing it as well. The brand's Malibu Native -- a less expensive, more...
Love Parisian fashion but don’t feel like parting with your whimsical, bohemian California girl look just yet? Why not mix the two? At least that’s what former Abercrombie and Fitch designers Logan Weinsieder and Marc Rosenbaum did for their newest clothing label, Le...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times style section on November 15, 2010-- Everyone shops on Melrose Avenue for different reasons. Whether you’re searching for fluorescent, high-topped sneakers at Sportie LA or the perfect vintage floral dress to complete your bohemian...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times style section on September 3, 2010-- Starting Friday, the notoriously hush-hush Freak City, an after-hours music venue, artists' space and clothes gallery on Sunset Boulevard, will open its doors for a short-term vintage and modern...
Los Angeles Times If there’s one thing to be learned from "Sex and the City," it’s that women love high heels. Sure, they might be painful to wear and challenging to walk in (for some of us, anyway), but as the saying goes, beauty is pain. But blisters might not be...
Los Angeles Times The kangaroo, a beloved national symbol of Australia, may in fact be an ancient interloper. A study published Tuesday in the online journal PLoS Biology suggests that Australian marsupials — kangaroos, wallabies, Tasmanian devils and more — evolved...
Los Angeles Times The therapist-patient relationship is crucial to people battling depression, addiction, weight gain and diabetes. But that relationship might not always have to be in person to be effective. Over the last decade, numerous hospitals and clinics have...
--Published on the front page of The Los Angeles Times on July 11, 2010-- In a noisy room, humans will yell to be heard, eventually giving up when communication becomes impossible. Now researchers have found that North Atlantric right whales, too, get louder in...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times health section on July 14, 2010-- Call her super-talented or super-insane, there's no denying that Lady Gaga has a magnetic effect on young girls, inspiring thousands of young fans to don blond wigs, sheer lace leggings, yellow...
--Published in The Los Angeles Times health section on July 5, 2010-- TV isn't the same as it used to be, especially when it comes to children's shows. Though friendly faces such as Mr. Rogers and Barney the dinosaur used to be popular among kids, hyper-active...