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Drowning is a leading cause of death for boys worldwide
More than 500,000 people around the world die each year from drowning, according to the World Health Organization. That does not include people who die in floods or boating accidents, the agency says. With the start of summer, more families will be at...
Tags: Health Organizations, Newspaper and Magazine, Health
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For Antelope Valley African Americans, a lower life expectancy
Life is shorter for African Americans in the High Desert.
Antelope Valley residents of all races face higher mortality rates than in the rest of Los Angeles County, but the rates for black residents are even more pronounced. African Americans in the...Tags: Health Organizations, Weight, Kidney Disease, Cardiologists, Personal Income
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Nathan Eovaldi to start for Dodgers in place of Ted Lilly
The Dodgers are recalling pitcher Nathan Eovaldi from double-A Chattanooga to start in place of Ted Lilly on Tuesday against Milwaukee.
Although Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly coyly deflected questions about Eovaldi on Sunday, Chattanooga pitching coach...Tags: Tyler Greene, Physical Disabilities, Baseball, Washington Nationals, Baseball Statistics
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Mark Ellis makes first visit to Dodgers' clubhouse after surgery
Second baseman Mark Ellis, his left leg fully attached, dropped by the Dodgers clubhouse Sunday for the first time since having emergency surgery May 19. “It feels good, just being able to move around,” Ellis said. “It’s getting a...
Tags: Tyler Greene, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp, Hospitals and Clinics, Mark Ellis
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Quick action probably saved leg of Dodgers' Mark Ellis
Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly said Sunday that the team doctor told him second baseman Mark Ellis was within several hours of possibly having his left leg amputated if Ellis hadn't had emergency surgery. "That was scary," Mattingly said of the injury,...
Tags: Bobby Abreu, Tyler Greene, A.J. Ellis, Baseball, Health
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Scott Van Slyke not only starts, but hits fourth for Dodgers
PHOENIX -- For the second time in a major league career that has lasted all of two weeks, Scott Van Slyke found his name in the Dodgers' starting lineup. The first time, he batted third. On Monday, he batted fourth. "Necessity is a good word," Manager...
Tags: Justin Sellers, Baseball, Jerry Hairston, Jr,, National League, Clayton Kershaw
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Dodgers' Mark Ellis released from hospital
Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis returned home from the hospital Thursday, five days after undergoing emergency surgery on his left leg. Ellis was injured last Friday when Tyler Greene of the St. Louis Cardinals slid into him at second base. The next...
Tags: Tyler Greene, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Ellis, Baseball, Don Mattingly
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This one really hurts Dodgers: Mark Ellis lost for six weeks
For most followers of the Dodgers, Mark Ellis was this great discovery. When the Dodgers signed him the off-season, it seemed a modest undertaking. He was a guy with a reputation as a solid defensive player, whose offensive numbers had been in decline....
Tags: Tyler Greene, Justin Sellers, A.J. Ellis, Juan Uribe, Adam Kennedy
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Dispatch lag slows Los Angeles Fire Department call response
When Javier Ortiz collapsed in his backyard in Echo Park, rescuers were stationed in a firehouse just a half-mile away.
But the Los Angeles Fire Department dispatcher who answered the 911 call from Ortiz's daughter took more than 2 1/2 minutes to send...Tags: Police Arrests, Concerts, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Standards
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Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure, narrowing of artery, coroner finds
L.A. NOWConservative commentator and website editor Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure and had up to a 60% narrowing of a major artery, a Los Angeles County coroner's office report released Wednesday said. The office ruled that the cause of Breitbart's...... -
For defibrillators to save lives, people have to use them
Chances are, if you’re out and about, you’ll pass by an automated external defibrillator, or AED. The machines, which check the heart's rhythm and can deliver a shock to restore the heartbeat to normal, are scattered about public places so...
Tags: Medical Research, Police Arrests, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Failure
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Baby planners help parents-to-be navigate a life-changing event
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIn Los Angeles, red carpet treatment is not just for celebrities. Here, mere mortals can find specialists — medical concierges, cat whisperers, image consultants — for almost everything. And that includes experts who are hired to help...Tags: Services and Shopping, Breastfeeding, Weddings, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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