Allergy To Hair Dye Increasing (Science Daily)Allergic reactions to hair dye are
February 7th, 2007Allergy To Hair Dye Increasing (Science Daily)
Allergic reactions to hair dye are increasing as more and younger people dye their hair, warn researchers in this week's British Medical Journal. This can lead to dermatitis on the face and, in severe cases, facial swelling may occur.
Jolie's mom; Oscar tales; ionic hair dryer (Chicago Tribune)
PEOPLE: The story on the death of Angelina Jolie's mother, Marcheline Bertrand, gives an unusually detailed peek into both women's lives ("Angelina's Loss"). Bertrand was born in Chicago and "grew up in a bowling alley that my grandparents owned," it reports. She moved to L.A., trained with acting guru Lee Strasberg and married Jon Voight, fresh off his Oscar nomination for 1969's "Midnight …
More children get weight-loss surgery (Contra Costa Times)
As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults, a growing number of doctors are asking, "Why not children, too?" For decades, the number of kids trying weight-loss surgery has been tiny. The operations themselves were risky, with a death rate of about 1 in 50. Children rarely got that fat, and when they did, pediatricians hesitated to put the developing bodies under the …

