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Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore includes the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins Universit
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore includes the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins Universit
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Opera designer Robert Israel's sculptures will cheer sick kids
Culture MonsterVeteran opera and stage designer Robert Israel has done 11 huge sculptures for a new children's hospital wing in Baltimore. The UCLA professor -- currently working on a ballet at La Scala in Milan, Italy -- had set sculpture aside since his 1968 debut... -
Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...Tags: Education, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Symptoms, Anxiety
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Decline on autopsies may obscure understanding of disease
Television crime shows have helped popularize autopsies, but in reality these postmortem exams are becoming rarer every year. Today, hospitals perform autopsies on only about 5 percent of patients who die, down from roughly 50 percent in the 1960s. That's...Tags: Crimes, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses
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Notes on Rebecca Skloot's appearance at ALOUD
Jacket CopyNotes on speaking to Rebecca Skloot, the author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, who appeared in Los Angeles Tuesday.... -
Validity of hospital rankings
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEven if you're the kind who never reads a review before heading to the car lot or the movie theater, you probably want to know how your hospital stacks up before you walk through the door. You definitely wouldn't want to find out after the fact that...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Mayo Clinic, Nursing, Diseases and Illnesses
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Alexander M. Haig dies at 85; secretary of State to Reagan
Alexander M. Haig's life threaded through some of the most tumultuous episodes of the second half of the 20th century. An Army officer in Vietnam, a presidential advisor during the Watergate scandal and a key Cabinet member during the attempted...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Obituaries, Wars and Interventions, Jimmy Carter, FBI
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Exercise helps speed recovery for ICU patients
Booster ShotsThe wasting away of muscle tissue can be a serious problem for people who are hospitalized and confined to bed due to a critical illness. That lack of mobility and strength can ultimately affect recovery. But by putting patients through...... -
Drug, alcohol abuse study measures the high cost of under-treated addiction
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDRUG AND alcohol abuse sets people on a path toward heart disease, cancer and other chronic illnesses. A study in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment reports that hospital costs for this medical fallout can be substantial -- and could be avoided with...Tags: Crimes, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Insurance, Behavioral Conditions
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USC Center Is Latest With Transplant Woes
Times Staff WritersThe liver transplant program at USC University Hospital in Los Angeles has one of the highest death rates in the nation, with twice as many patients as expected dying after their surgeries, according to data released this week. The most recent statistics...Tags: Politics, Death, University of Minnesota, Dialysis, Health
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'It's never just one thing' that leads to serious harm
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA technician mistakes an "a" for an "o" in a drug name. A doctor misplaces a decimal point in a prescription order. A nurse reaches for a vial in a cabinet as she's done hundreds of times before, only this time the light is dim and she fails to notice...Tags: Infants, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Dennis Quaid, Human Mishaps
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Hugo Moser, 82; neurologist's portrayal in `Lorenzo's Oil' belied his real character
Times Staff WriterDr. Hugo Moser, the prominent neurologist who was vilified in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" but who was known as a compassionate and energetic researcher by the parents of hundreds of children with the rare neurological disease known as adrenoleukodystrophy,...Tags: Symptoms, Science and Technology, Seizures, Multiple Sclerosis, Johns Hopkins University
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List Of Transplant Facilities Not Meeting Standards
To qualify for Medicare funding, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires transplant centers to perform a certain number of transplants annually and achieve a specific unadjusted survival rate for patients one year after surgery....Tags: Henry Ford, Saint Francis Care, Science and Technology, Mount Sinai, Washington Hospital Center
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