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    Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Men's Health Spotlight

    Robotic surgery was initially developed to target prostate cancer <span>&mdash;</span> and today four in five prostectomies are performed by this revolutionary system, according to the National Cancer Institute.
    Robotic surgery was initially developed to target prostate cancer — and today four in five prostectomies are performed by this revolutionary system, according to the National Cancer Institute. Although robotics — the pioneering da Vinci...

    Tags: City of Hope, Radiation Therapy, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Medical Research

    2. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. E. Donnall Thomas dies at 92; physician won a Nobel Prize

    E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92.
    E. Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered the use of bone marrow transplants in leukemia patients and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died Saturday in Seattle of heart disease. He was 92. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle,...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Oncology, Medical Research, Leukemia, General Practitioners

    3. Oct 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Russell Means dies at 72; American Indian rights activist, actor

    Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of the leaders of the 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973 and continued to be an outspoken champion of American Indian rights after launching a career as an actor in films and television in the 1990s, has died. He was 72.
    Russell Means, who gained international notoriety as one of the leaders of the 71-day armed occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota in 1973 and continued to be an outspoken champion of American Indian rights after launching a career as an actor in...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Libertarian Party, Cancer, Activism, Entertainment

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

  4. Screenings to help treat the right cancers

    Cancer is running out of places to hide. A new blood test can ferret out a single cancer cell tucked away among a billion healthy cells. Radiologists are using crystal-clear 3-D mammograms to find suspicious spots and lumps that they never could have seen with an old X-ray machine. And CT scans can detect the earliest signs of lung cancer before a patient even has a chance to feel out of breath.
    Cancer is running out of places to hide. A new blood test can ferret out a single cancer cell tucked away among a billion healthy cells. Radiologists are using crystal-clear 3-D mammograms to find suspicious spots and lumps that they never could have seen...

    Tags: Mammogram, Prostate Cancer, Medical Research, Cancer, Lung Cancer

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

  5. Designer antibodies, nanoparticles, bacteria

    When you pop a pill in the future, don't expect old-fashioned results. Thanks to new advances in the lab and a deeper understanding of the human body, drugs are becoming highly personalized and precisely targeted.
    When you pop a pill in the future, don't expect old-fashioned results. Thanks to new advances in the lab and a deeper understanding of the human body, drugs are becoming highly personalized and precisely targeted. And the hope is they'll also be more...

    Tags: Biotechnology, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Nanotechnology, Conservation

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

  6. Fighting diseases with genetic therapy

    Genes make us who we are &mdash; in sickness and in health. We get our genetic makeup from our parents, of course, but in the future, we might be getting genes from our doctors too. Imagine your doctor promising to cure your cancer or heart disease by prescribing some new snippets of DNA.
    Genes make us who we are — in sickness and in health. We get our genetic makeup from our parents, of course, but in the future, we might be getting genes from our doctors too. Imagine your doctor promising to cure your cancer or heart disease by...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Oncology, Medical Research, Cancer, Hemophilia

    7. Sep 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. PASSINGS: Robert Morgan Fink, Gene Vollnogle, Dorothy McGuire Williamson

    <strong>Robert Morgan Fink</strong>
    Robert Morgan Fink Biochemist at UCLA Robert Morgan Fink, 96, a retired UCLA biochemistry professor whose groundbreaking research with his biochemist wife included developing a new technique in the late 1940s to study the thyroid, died Wednesday of...

    Tags: Chemistry, Football, Cancer, Dorothy McGuire, Parkinson's Disease

    8. Sep 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Review: Junot Díaz on fire again in 'This Is How You Lose Her'

    <strong>This Is How You Lose Her</strong>
    This Is How You Lose Her Junot Díaz Riverhead: 224 pp., $26.95 In the age of e-books and Twitter novels, we old-fashioned, language-loving followers of literature can feel a bit glum. Gadgets seem to matter more than writers do. Then a book like...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Immigration, Cancer, Fiction, Arts and Culture

    9. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Steve Franken dies at 80; portrayed rich pal of 'Dobie Gillis'

    Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the popular situation comedy "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the early 1960s, has died. He was 80.
    Steve Franken, a veteran character actor whose long career included playing the spoiled young millionaire Chatsworth Osborne Jr. on the popular situation comedy "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the early 1960s, has died. He was 80. Franken died of...

    Tags: Blake Edwards, Cancer, Queens (New York City), Peter Sellers, Entertainment

    10. Aug 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. David Rakoff dies at 47; Thurber Prize-winning humorist

    David Rakoff, a humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture earned him the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor, died Thursday in New York City after a long illness. He was 47.
    David Rakoff, a humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture earned him the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor, died Thursday in New York City after a long illness. He was 47. The statement from Doubleday and Anchor Books announcing his death...

    Tags: Comedy (genre), Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Entertainment, Hodgkins Disease

    11. Jun 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Book review: 'Dream New Dreams: Reimagining My Life After Loss'

    There's a good chance you're familiar with Randy Pausch, a computer-science professor who delivered a poignant speech in September 2007 while he was dying of pancreatic cancer. It resulted in an incredible 2008 bestseller, "The Last Lecture," and a video that has racked up nearly 15-million views on YouTube.
    There's a good chance you're familiar with Randy Pausch, a computer-science professor who delivered a poignant speech in September 2007 while he was dying of pancreatic cancer. It resulted in an incredible 2008 bestseller, "The Last Lecture," and a...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Palliative Care

    12. Jun 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The New War on Cancer

    &nbsp;It used to be that the cancer doctor&rsquo;s toolbox contained three essential tools <span>&mdash;</span> a scalpel to cut out the disease, chemo to poison it and radiation to zap it.
     It used to be that the cancer doctor’s toolbox contained three essential tools — a scalpel to cut out the disease, chemo to poison it and radiation to zap it. But today that toolbox is bulging with new and better weapons. “We’re...

    Tags: Oncology, Diseases and Illnesses, Radiation Therapy, Lymphatic System, Prostate Cancer

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