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Plan B emergency contraceptive pill battle: Confusion enduresIt was hailed as a significant step forward in women's reproductive rights, but this week's decision by the Obama administration to allow... Los Angeles leads nation in Medicare spending on end-of-life careMore money was spent in the Los Angeles area on chronically ill patients in their final years than anywhere else in the United States,... Obama administration reverses course on Plan B pillThe Obama administration dropped its long-standing opposition to over-the-counter sales of a controversial morning-after pill Monday and... Doctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates loomsIn a office decorated with Chinese art and diagrams of body parts, Dr. George Ma cares for more than 4,000 patients. Treatments of physical and mental health are coming togetherMany days, the sheer weight of Iszurette Hunter's clinical depression becomes more than she can lift. She clings to her bed in her South Los... Financial help for patients fighting cancerAfter finding a lump in her breast, Laura Wells had to wait nearly six months before getting a confirmed diagnosis of cancer. Obama cites California to tout his healthcare law[Updated, 10:56 a.m. June 7: SAN JOSE – President Obama on Friday morning held up California as an example of how his... PTSD may be prevented, researchers findExperts estimate that up to 20% of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition... |
