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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...
Tags: Cancer, Health Treatments, Radiation Therapy, City of Hope, Lung Cancer
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A day of reckoning for Lance Armstrong's fans
Tim Loranger is a Los Angeles aviation attorney who was deeply moved by Lance Armstrong's story of beating cancer. The former Marine wears the Armstrong yellow wristband, races in an Armstrong hat and has raised thousands of dollars for Armstrong's cancer...
Tags: Social Issues, Cycling, Cancer, Lawyers, Testosterone
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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...
Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Health Treatments, Prostate Cancer
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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. And the hope is they'll also be more...
Tags: Ecosystems, Parkinson's Disease, Chemotherapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Issues
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Poor neighborhood in Aleppo is focus of battle for Syria
ALEPPO, Syria — The car slams to a halt in front of the rebel field hospital on Shariyeh Street in the Salahuddin neighborhood, and a young man, his white pants drenched with blood, is carried haphazardly inside. But there is no doctor here....
Tags: Aleppo (Syria), Blood Transfusion, Hospitals and Clinics, Syria, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The kind of salad dressing you use can make veggies healthier
Dieters often say, “Hold the dressing,” but hold on: That might make those virtuous vegetables less nutritious, a study shows. Researchers at Purdue University found that some fat matters – and that the kind of fat matters too. For...
Tags: Cancer, Beta-Carotene, Iowa State University , Science and Technology, Salads
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My Turn: PSA scare prompts reflection and education
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die." Then came the delayed second reaction: This can't be right!...Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Urinary System, Mammogram, Prostate Cancer
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New Avastin tests add to confusion over use in breast cancer
In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...Tags: Human Body, Breast Cancer, Medical Specialization, Heart Attack, Chemotherapy
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Review: Jack White magnetic at the Mayan
Pop & HissGuitarist Jack White, known best for his work with the White Stripes, performed at the Mayan in Los Angeles on Monday night. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts reviews.... -
Frugal Fashion: Coco Rocha pretty in a peplum
All The RageModel Coco Rocha recently attended the 6th annual DKMS Linked Against Blood Cancer gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York in one of spring's hottest trends, a peplum dress. She wore a belted peplum cocktail dress with houdstooth bodice and lace-up... -
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