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Review: 'Ain't in It for My Health' a fitting tribute to the late Levon Helm
Loose and ragtag, stirring and poignant, the documentary "Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm" proves a fitting tribute to its late star, perhaps best known as the singer-drummer of the influential late-1960s and '70s folk-rock group the...
Tags: Music Industry, NoHo, Throat Cancer, Movies, Music
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Remembering Roger Ebert: Join our video conversation
Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert died Thursday in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. A nationwide audience of movie fans got to know him in the 1980s via the TV show "At the Movies," which he originally co-hosted with Gene Siskel....
Tags: Roger Ebert, Movies, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Valley doctor bilks Medicare out of more than $3 million
L.A. NOWMedicare Fraud: A medical doctor who ran a clinic in the San Fernando Valley pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of health care fraud in which he bilked the federal Medicare social insurance program out of more than $3 million, the United States... -
Rihanna donates $1.75M to hospital, gets an unwanted visitor
This past weekend in Barbados, Rihanna was giving, and then she was nearly receiving — an unwanted visit from a swim-up stranger. The Barbadian pop star marked Saturday with a ceremony to commemorate her gift of $1.75 million worth of medical...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Rihanna, Human Interest, Barbados, Social Media
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The Cutting Edge
When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...
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L.A. Now Live: Gov. Jerry Brown treated for prostate cancer
L.A. NOWGov. Jerry Brown is receiving radiation treatment for early stage prostate cancer, but is expected to maintain a full work schedule, his office announced. The Times Sacramento reporter Michael Mishak will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. to discuss the 74-... -
Obama nominates two California doctors to cancer advisory board
L.A. NOWTwo California doctors, including one from Los Angeles, have been nominated to President Obama’s National Cancer Advisory Board, a committee that advises the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Dr. Beth Y. Karlan, director of the Women’s Cancer... -
Gov. Jerry Brown being treated for prostate cancer
PolitiCalThe office of Gov. Jerry Brown announced Wednesday that California's chief executive is being treated for prostate cancer. Dr. Eric Small, Brown’s oncologist at UC San Francisco, said in a statement that the governor is undergoing a short course of.... -
Men's Health Spotlight
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: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Men's Health, Prostate Cancer
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The New War on Cancer
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.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formalizes his reelection bid
World NowVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez registered Monday with the National Electoral Commission to face challenger Henrique Capriles in the October presidential election.... -
My Turn: Carrying on in the wake of tragedy
I like to help people. Tell me what's wrong, and I'll take on anyone and anything to try to make it better. Then news came about a boy, and everything changed.
A family in our community lost their teenage son when he fell from the fifth-floor balcony...Tags: Cancer, Health Treatments, Health, Lung Cancer
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