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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...
Tags: Family, Tuskegee Airmen, National Football League, Obituaries, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Letters: Medicare and Amgen
Re "Remove Medicare's straitjacket," Opinion, March 29 Art Kellerman misunderstands why Congress delayed inclusion of oral-only drugs in the Medicare payment bundle for dialysis services. It wasn't to give Amgen and other drug makers a major windfall;...Tags: U.S. Congress, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Health and Medical Professionals, Amgen Inc., Medicare
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Remove Medicare's straitjacket
Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although...
Tags: Marketing, Private Health Care, New Products, U.S. Congress, Food and Drug Administration
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Illegal immigrants should have health coverage, foundation says
L.A. NOWThe California Endowment is launching a campaign to extend medical coverage to all uninsured state residents, including undocumented immigrants. An estimated 3 million to 4 million Californians, or about 10% of the state’s population, could remain... -
Donate a kidney? A father's fears, a friend's devotion
Carla Wensky came to her father last year for a word of advice. The woman from the small Wyoming town of Powell wanted to donate something she said she didn’t really need, that she could live without. One of her kidneys. Wensky’s good...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Kidney Disease, Human Interest
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Lawmakers look to repeal Medicare provision aiding Amgen drug
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is seeking to repeal a Medicare-pricing provision in the recent "fiscal cliff" deal that benefits biotech giant Amgen Inc. U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) filed legislation this week to eliminate the exemption for a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Prices, Medicare, Jim Cooper, Bruce Braley
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Big protests arise in Hong Kong over Chinese 'national education'
World NowAs the school year begins in Hong Kong, protesters in the former British colony are rallying against new classes soon to be required by China, deriding them as “brainwashing.”... -
83-year-old who killed 94-year-old roommate gets lifetime probation
L.A. NOWAn 83-year-old man who murdered his 94-year-old roommate while both were recovering from surgery at a Laguna Woods rehabiliation center was sentenced Friday to lifetime probation with a suspended sentence of 16 years.... -
Jailed former South African police chief Selebi gets medical parole
World NowA disgraced former police chief of South Africa and Interpol boss serving a 15-year prison sentence for corruption was released Friday on medical parole, with officials insisting he didn’t get preferential treatment. Correctional Services Minister... -
PASSINGS: Tom Martinez, Katie Hall
Tom Martinez
Quarterbacks coach in the Bay Area
Tom Martinez, 67, a quarterbacks coach in the Bay Area who had worked with Tom Brady from his time as a high school player through his NFL career with the New England Patriots, has died.
Martinez died...Tags: Fraud, U.S. House of Representatives, Primaries, Super Bowl, Obituaries
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George B. Rathmann dies at 84; co-founder of biotech giant Amgen
George B. Rathmann, a far-sighted entrepreneur whose small team of talented scientists created two blockbuster drugs that helped turn his upstart Thousand Oaks firm, Amgen Inc., into the world's most successful biotech company, died Sundayat his Palo Alto...Tags: Chemotherapy, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Cancer, Biotechnology Industry, Emergency Health Procedures
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Decoding 'Luck': Anorexic jockeys, Nick Nolte's feelings
Show TrackerThis recap of HBO's "Luck" sees Walter Smith (Nick Nolte) entering his young prospect, Gettn'up Morning, in a 3-year-old maiden special weight race -- a race for horses who have never won, but who have enough potential to be protected from a claim. As...
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