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The good news behind Obama's sad Natoma Canfield story
Top of the TicketBut the hospital says the woman is in no danger of losing her home over medical bills.... -
Consumer advocates hope watchdog agencies get more bite
You'll be safer in 2009. At least that's the expectation of consumer watchdogs who believe the changing of the guard at the White House in a few weeks will mark the beginning of a new era in protecting people from stuff that can hurt you. "It may not...Tags: Laws, Politics, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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When knees can't take any more
WE count on them to be strong and supportive, flexible and accommodating, willing to go the extra mile even when we load them down more than we should.
Our knees. We put them through their paces, so to speak, every day. No wonder that, every now and...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Arthritis, Basketball, Orthopedic Surgery, Medical Research
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Use of atypical antipsychotics for lesser disorders is gaining ground, despite safety concerns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAbout a year ago, patients began trooping into the office of UCLA psychiatrist Andrew Leuchter, asking whether an antipsychotic drug called Abilify "might be right for them." Few appeared to be delusional, plagued by hallucinations or suffering fearsome...Tags: Brain, Heart Attack, Education, Seroquel (drug), Bristol Myers Squibb Company
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FDA Pledges Conflict Reforms
Times Staff WriterResponding to criticism that its expert advisory panels are packed with industry-friendly scientists, the Food and Drug Administration pledged Monday to clarify its conflict-of-interest rules and provide greater public disclosure. But critics said it was...Tags: Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Companies and Corporations, Health, Drugs and Medicines
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Transplant monitor lax in oversight
Times Staff WritersThe little-known organization that oversees the nation's organ transplant system often fails to detect or decisively fix problems at derelict hospitals — even when patients are dying at excessive rates, a Times investigation has found. When it does...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Heart Disease, Surgery, University of California, University of Florida
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Goodwill Guardians
New York has George Soros. L.A. has Eli Broad. Vegas? Bet you thought everyone was busy wagering. Wrong. The city, historically known more for carnality than compassion, has a range of denizens working not only for a better city but a better world....Tags: Healthcare Provider, Andre Agassi, George Soros, Feet, Dining and Drinking
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Dr. Willem Kolff dies at 97; Dutch physician built first kidney dialysis machine
Dr. Willem Kolff, the Dutch physician and tinkerer who built the first kidney dialysis machine from cellophane, Ford auto parts and other scraps and in the process saved the lives of millions, died from natural causes Wednesday at a Philadelphia care...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Death, Surgery, Germany, Medical Research
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Preventing penile fractures and Peyronie's disease
From a purely biomechanical point of view, the design of the human penis has its pros and cons. Thanks to clever hydraulics and some very stretchy material, the organ is capable of eyebrow-raising changes in size and shape. But indestructible it is not....Tags: Cleveland, Allergan Inc., Surgery, University of California, Trials
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Contradictory findings on zinc products
IF cold symptoms alone don't make one's head spin, the sheer number of zinc options on the market -- lozenges, swabs, sprays and tablets containing various salts of the mineral -- surely will.
The buzz over zinc began in 1984, when researchers in Austin,...Tags: Common Cold, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Newspaper and Magazine, Matrixx Initiatives Incorporated
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Monday, May 20, 2013
IN STORES THIS WEEK
Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars are back with their fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams.
Aussie rockers Airbourne return with their second album, Black Dog Barking.
The Rolling...Tags: Repo! The Genetic Opera (movie), Opeth (music group), What Happens in Vegas (movie), Adriana Lima , James Dean
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A Dot in a sea of scrubs
Florence Morning News, S.C.Several paintings of distinguished nurses line a wall in McLeod Tower, all of them wearing their classic, white outfits with starched caps as they look out onto a hallway where nurses in scrubs are the new norm. But 86-year-old Dot Johnson, one of those...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Dwayne Johnson
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