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St. John's bidding war escalates
A high-stakes bidding war has erupted for St. John's Health Center, a storied Santa Monica hospital, with a local billionaire teaming up with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on an unsolicited offer. The latest bid, expected to be...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Michael Jackson, Roman Catholicism, Health Insurance
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DNA links woman to the slaying of aspiring model, prosecutor says
The killing of an aspiring 21-year-old model and actress found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment was connected to a business negotiation that her father ended with a Marina del Rey doctor just days before her death, a prosecutor told jurors...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Leila Fowler, Justice System
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For a dying patient, a prescription of silence
His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty...
Tags: Abdominal Pain, High Blood Pressure, University of California, Los Angeles, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Aspiring model tried to fight off killer, prosecutor says
He is not in court. He is not even charged with a crime. But looming over the murder trial of a woman accused of strangling an aspiring model and actress in her Santa Monica apartment five years ago is a doctor who once dated the victim. A prosecutor...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Prosecution, Trials
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Doctor linked to 1-800-GET-THIN faces medical board action
One of the brothers behind the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign for weight-loss surgery faces the possible revocation of his medical license in a misconduct case filed by state regulators. The Medical Board of California accused Michael Omidi of "repeated...
Tags: Sleep Apnea, Crime, Law and Justice, Surgery, Justice System, Breast Reduction
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Saying no to surgery
Thom McDaniels is no stranger to surgery. As a longtime athlete and high school football coach, he's spent years putting his knees through the wringer. After injuring his right knee again during football practice, he was told by an orthopedic surgeon that...
Tags: Pathology, Orthopedic Surgery, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Treatments, Insurance
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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: Medical Research, Health and Safety at School, City of Hope, Insurance, Health Treatments
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Hoag Hospital to stop performing elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital. The letter said the decision is based of the low number of procedures done annually at...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Family Planning, Roman Catholicism, Social Issues
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Hoag Hospital will stop performing elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the hospital because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Family Planning, Roman Catholicism, Social Issues
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White Memorial Medical Center in L.A. settles kickback allegations
White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles has agreed to pay $14.1 million to settle allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians to get their patient referrals. The settlement announced Friday by the U.S. Justice Department stemmed from a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Corruption, Labor Legislation, Corporate Crime, Family
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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Healthy Diet, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System
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Coalition working on ballot measure to limit prescription drug abuse
Fearing lawmakers may fail to pass a package of medical reform bills, a coalition of consumer groups and trial lawyers is mounting a campaign to put before voters an even more ambitious slate of initiatives aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Government, Malpractice, Health and Medical Professionals, Finance
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