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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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    Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Costume jewelry: After 21 years, a hobby becomes an obsession

    Most of us are collectors, whether we display our obsessions in the workplace or hide them in their original boxes at home. We devote hours to researching and buying wine and designer bags, comic books and antique buttons, action figures and shoes.
    Most of us are collectors, whether we display our obsessions in the workplace or hide them in their original boxes at home. We devote hours to researching and buying wine and designer bags, comic books and antique buttons, action figures and shoes. Neil...

    Tags: eBay Inc., Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Fashion Shows, Halston

    2. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Don't cut lifesaving dollars

    It would be fair to say that Patient 5 owes his life to medical research. Also known as David Aponte, he was the headlining success story from a recent clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The trial tested a new approach — in which a portion of the immune system is genetically altered and then reintroduced to the body — for treating an otherwise fatal leukemia.
    It would be fair to say that Patient 5 owes his life to medical research. Also known as David Aponte, he was the headlining success story from a recent clinical trial at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The trial tested a new approach — in...

    Tags: Leukemia, National Institutes of Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Human Interest, Finance

    3. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Engineered T-cell therapy offers hope to adult leukemia patients

    A therapy that supercharges the body's immune cells and sends them back in to fight a deadly form of leukemia has shown promise in adult patients who were out of options, according to a new report published Wednesday.
    A therapy that supercharges the body's immune cells and sends them back in to fight a deadly form of leukemia has shown promise in adult patients who were out of options, according to a new report published Wednesday. Adults who have relapsed after...

    Tags: Leukemia, Prostate Cancer

    4. Jan 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Ada Louise Huxtable dies at 91; renowned architecture critic

    Ada Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who in two decades of writing for the New York Times became a powerful force in shaping New York City and was better known than many of the architects she was covering and certainly more feared, has died. She was 91.
    Ada Louise Huxtable, the architecture critic who in two decades of writing for the New York Times became a powerful force in shaping New York City and was better known than many of the architects she was covering and certainly more feared, has died. She...

    Tags: Philosophy, Human Interest, The Getty, Newspapers, Newspaper and Magazine

    5. Sep 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Technology to play a bigger role in hospital care

    The robot, sitting quietly in a corner, suddenly hums to life and rolls down the hospital corridor on three wheels. Perched atop the sleek machine is a monitor showing the smiling face of Dr. Paul Vespa, the physician who's piloting the rover from miles away. He can pull up to a patient's bedside, ask questions, observe symptoms and even use a stethoscope.
    The robot, sitting quietly in a corner, suddenly hums to life and rolls down the hospital corridor on three wheels. Perched atop the sleek machine is a monitor showing the smiling face of Dr. Paul Vespa, the physician who's piloting the rover from miles...

    Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, IBM, Nursing

    6. Apr 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, dies at 71

    Pop & Hiss
    Levon Helm, the widely respected and influential singer and drummer with the Band, whose Arkansas drawl colored the group's signature hits, including "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," died Thursday in New York of throat...
    7. Nov 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Evelyn Lauder dies at 75; daugher-in-law of cosmetics magnate

    Evelyn Lauder, 75, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, died Saturday at her Manhattan home of complications from nongenetic ovarian cancer, said Estee Lauder Cos. spokeswoman Alexandra Trower. She had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2007, years after battling breast cancer.
    Evelyn Lauder, 75, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics magnate Estee Lauder who helped create the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness, died Saturday at her Manhattan home of complications from nongenetic ovarian cancer, said Estee Lauder Cos....

    Tags: Healthcare Provider, Leonard Lauder, Obituaries, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest

    8. Jun 11, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Alan Rubin dies at 68; Blues Brothers trumpeter

    Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s.
    Trumpet player Alan Rubin was recruited to join the Blues Brothers after backing up John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the "Saturday Night Live" television skits that spawned the band in the late 1970s. One of many gifted session musicians in the group,...

    Tags: Television, Entertainment, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Human Interest, Aerosmith (music group)

    9. Sep 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. PASSINGS: Larry Totah, Rita Bronowski, Thomas Guinzburg

    <b>LARRY TOTAH</b>
    LARRY TOTAH L.A. architect and designer Larry Totah, 55, a Los Angeles architect and designer who created the look of retail boutiques, restaurants, furniture and home furnishings, died Sept. 3 at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. He had...

    Tags: Philip Roth, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts, Surgery, Cancer

    10. Jun 1, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Does Heliocare combat the sun's rays?

    Have you ever slathered on sunscreen but somehow managed to miss your nose? Or the back of your hand? Or the tops of your feet? You're not the only one. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, most people apply less than half of the optimal...

    Tags: Skin Cancer, Duke University, CVS Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Vitamin Therapy

    11. Jul 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Wallet stolen in 1982 found in NYC tree; $20 gone

    Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one. The blue leather wallet had been stolen by a pickpocket 27 years ago. It was found in the hollow of a dying cherry tree. It was...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Columbia University, Central Park, Crimes

    12. Feb 18, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Oscillo may help, but not by much

    HOMEOPATHIC remedies, such as oscillococcinum, contain extremely dilute amounts of natural substances that, in large doses, cause the same symptoms in need of a cure. In the case of "oscillo," as this unfortunately named French remedy is sometimes called, the natural substance is <i>anas barbariae</i>: extract of wild duck heart and liver.
    HOMEOPATHIC remedies, such as oscillococcinum, contain extremely dilute amounts of natural substances that, in large doses, cause the same symptoms in need of a cure. In the case of "oscillo," as this unfortunately named French remedy is sometimes called,...

    Tags: Liver, Flu, Medical Research, Health, Drugs and Medicines

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