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Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers
A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say. The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the ...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Heart Problems, Chemotherapy, Judges
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Pension and Welfare, Heart Problems, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Insult To Injury
Adriann Georges was seriously ill and facing the fight of her life in 1999. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy and other treatment in hopes of beating the disease. Her oncologists recommended Aredia to...
Tags: Science and Technology, Oncology, Chemotherapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Breast Cancer
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Science and Technology, Angelina Jolie, Mastectomy, Chemical Industry
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A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...Tags: Dermatologists, Science and Technology, Alopecia, Jennifer Aniston, Chemotherapy
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Patient is out of network, out of luck
A worrisome abdominal pain drove Jalal Afshar to seek treatment last year at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. The Pasadena resident and Kaiser member had lived for years with a rare condition known as Castleman's disease, which affects the lymph...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, City of Hope, Oncology
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Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet
Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Ovarian Cancer, Anemia, Arthritis, Science and Technology
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, AIDS, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Vaccines
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Bioengineered rat kidney could lead to treatments for people
A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has engineered functional rat kidneys by stripping donor kidneys of their cells and then repopulating the remaining collagen substructures with new cells. The bioengineered kidneys produced...
Tags: Boston, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Civil Rights
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Supreme Court to consider validity of patents on genes
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes...
Tags: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Specialization, Judges
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The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech
When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, John G. Roberts, Jr., Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Entertainment Events
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