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Insurers limit doctors, hospitals in state-run exchange plans
California's health insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace came in lower than expected this week, but one downside for many consumers will be far fewer doctors and hospitals to choose from. People who want UCLA Medical Center and its doctors in...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Government, Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Consumers
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Medicaid, Healthcare Provider, Medical Procedures and Tests, Employment Opportunities
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Angelina Jolie and BRCA1: One woman's medical journey [Chat]
Angelina Jolie announced that she had a preventive double mastectomy because she had a gene that made likely she would get breast cancer. Writing in the New York Times, Jolie, 37, said: “My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at...
Tags: Mastectomy, Angelina Jolie
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Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...
Tags: Aetna Inc., Medical Procedures and Tests, Walmart, Health Insurance Cost, Bankruptcy
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California ranks 11th in hospitals with A grades for safety
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization, based the...
Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hedda Bolgar dies at 103; renowned psychoanalyst
Hedda Bolgar, a psychologist old enough to have attended Sigmund Freud's lectures in Vienna but youthful enough to have treated patients until just a few weeks ago, has died. She was 103. Her mind was sharp, her zest for work keen, and her social...
Tags: Sigmund Freud, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Health Treatments, Psychologists
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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, St. John's Health Center, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies, Gallbladder Removal
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Area hospitals show little progress in safety scores
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization,...
Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, AEG, Hospitals and Clinics
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[UPDATED] French Garden and Jerry's Deli close; Carson House opens; DBGB to Vegas
This week, a downtown favorite shut its doors, a famous deli decided to close up shop and move on, and an L.A. chef brought his love of frozen treats to Sin City. Here's a look at the latest restaurant news out of Los Angeles and beyond. French Garden,...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Asparagus, Shrimp, Lifestyle and Leisure
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How a 'million-dollar patient' got off a medical merry-go-round
For more than two decades, Wanda Remo has battled one illness after another. Asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, chronic pain, strokes. Specialists treat her lungs, her heart and her joints. Her...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, High Blood Pressure, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Treatments, Wheezing
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Album review: Lil Wayne's 'I Am Not a Human Being II'
The title of Lil Wayne’s new album rings familiar, and not just because it’s the sequel to a 2010 disc. On “I Am Not a Human Being II,” the famously out-there rapper boasts, as he has countless times over the last decade, that he&...
Tags: Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Nicki Minaj
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Lil Wayne reveals he has epilepsy: 'I could have died'
Lil Wayne wants to set the record straight about his seizures: He has epilepsy. The rapper called in to radio station Power 106 on Thursday to discuss his new album, "I Am Not a Human Being II," and to address concerns raised when he had a series of...
Tags: Radio Industry, Seizures, Lil Wayne, Entertainment, Radio
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