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A rock music video from a group of Southe Califoia women calls attention to their breasts – but not the way you might expect. It’s a parody created by Mothers You’d Like to Friend, a Facebook group that does a web sketch comedy series. Its goal is to spread acceptance of public breastfeeding. Their video is a playful riff on AC/DC’s “You Shook Me All Night Long,” featuring lyrics like “I’m working overtime to fend off the crying, can’t get no sleep, won’t let me be supine,” that describe the trials of nursing a hungry child “all night long.” It starts with a band in a garage, dressed like AC/DC but surrounded by strollers. A tired-looking mom tries to get some sleep. Backup dancers sway, al...

A pregnant woman has moing sickness so severe she can’t keep food down, so she stirs some caabis-infused oil into her moing tea to regain her appetite. An elderly man has chronic pain that keeps him up at night, so he smokes marijuana most nights before he and his wife go to bed. There’s a growing body of research that suggests marijuana can help with conditions such as nausea and pain while posing only modest health risks for adults. But as Califoians get ready to vote Nov. 8 on whether to legalize recreational marijuana, there are broader public health questions to consider, from whether it effects developing fetuses to the impact of secondhand smoke. “We often hear there are no negative ...

LOS ANGELES >> Between the retu of Matt Damon as super spy “Jason Boue,” the promise of laughing along with a few fed-up ladies in the raunchy comedy “Bad Moms” and the dark inteet thriller “Nerve,” all of which had strong debuts, there was something new for everyone in theaters this weekend. Even after a nearly 10-year hiatus, Matt Damon as Jason Boue still draws a significant audience. The Paul Greengrass-directed sequel raked in a healthy $60 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not adjusted for inflation, it’s the second highest opening of the series, behind “The Boue Ultimatum’s” $69.3 million debut in 2007 — the last time Damon appeared as the Ro...

LOS ANGELES >> Between the retu of Matt Damon as super spy “Jason Boue,” the promise of laughing along with a few fed-up ladies in the raunchy comedy “Bad Moms” and the dark inteet thriller “Nerve,” all of which had strong debuts, there was something new for everyone in theaters this weekend. Even after a nearly 10-year hiatus, Matt Damon as Jason Boue still draws a significant audience. The Paul Greengrass-directed sequel raked in a healthy $60 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not adjusted for inflation, it’s the second highest opening of the series, behind “The Boue Ultimatum’s” $69.3 million debut in 2007 — the last time Damon appeared as the Ro...

LOS ANGELES >> Hundreds of registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center began a four-day strike today -- the second walkout at the hospital in three months. Officials with the Califoia Nurses Association/National Nurses United union contend the walkout is part of a push for increased staffing levels to improve patient care, but Kaiser officials denied that claim, saying nursing staff ratios at the hospital “meet or exceed state guidelines.” “This strike is not about quality or adequate staffing levels,” according to Kaiser. “The quality of care our teams at LAMC provide has never been higher. In fact, in 2015 LAMC was named one of the Top 10 Best Hospitals in Calif...