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Jackson's propofol death a first in 14 years, witness says
 A toxicologist testified Monday that Michael Jackson is the only person in Los Angeles County not in the medical field to die of propofol intoxication in their home in the last 14 years. The comments from Dan Anderson, with the county coronor's...
Tags: Arthritis, Conrad Murray, Nursing Homes, Nursing, AEG
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Limo fire: Women killed met through nursing, friends say
OAKLAND -- The women involved in a deadly limo accident on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge on Saturday were friends who knew one another through nursing work and were celebrating the wedding of one of the five who died. "I'm shocked. It's devastating, a...
Tags: Arson, Nursing, Television Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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'Cultural Politics of Seeds' at UCLA on May 17
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women will be presenting a symposium on the "Cultural Politics of Seeds" on May 17, as part of the Life (Un)Ltd project which explores the impact of recent developments in biotechnology and biosciences on feminist studies....
Tags: Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Arts and Culture, Biology, Genetics
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Limo fire: Grief at Oakland nursing home where victims worked
An Oakland nursing home was reeling Monday as staff and residents assessed the magnitude of their loss: Eight of the nurses involved in a deadly limousine fire had ties to the home. Four of them were killed. Officials at the Fruitvale Healthcare...
Tags: Vehicles, Nursing Homes, Philippines, Services and Shopping, Nursing
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After hospital care, the test begins
In 2011, my husband, Eric, a trial attorney, was felled by a brain stem stroke just before he was to board a flight at O'Hare in Chicago. He was just 53 years old with no prior health conditions or problems. From the outset, we knew his recovery and...
Tags: Medical Research, Nursing, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Chemical Industry
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Stephen J. Ryan dies at 73; longtime dean of USC medical school
While USC conducted a nationwide search for a dean for its school of medicine, Dr. Stephen J. Ryan stepped in as interim dean in 1991, expecting to serve for six months. He held the job a record 13 years. During his tenure as dean, it became known as...
Tags: Science and Technology, Macular Degeneration, Drugs and Medicines, Education, Research
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Predicting stubborn alcohol addiction: mood, motive may hold keys
It doesn't take stacks of research to demonstrate that medicating painful feelings with alcohol or drugs is a dangerous and ultimately futile strategy (although those studies do exist). But the relationship between emotional difficulties and alcohol...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Medical Research, Depression, Psychiatry, Behavioral Conditions
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Lebanon border region caught in Syria conflict
ARSAL, Lebanon — When Mustafa Ezzedine, a Sunni Muslim from this Sunni border town, wanted to buy some furniture, he undertook a clandestine trip into war-torn Syria rather than face harassment, or worse, from Shiite Muslim security officers or...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Islam, Religious Conflicts, Bashar Assad, National Government
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Christopher Shinn's plays explore what victims do next
NEW YORK — David Mamet has his hustlers, Edward Albee his domestic warriors, Tony Kushner his brilliant self-flagellators. If playwright Christopher Shinn has a signature character, it is the manipulative victim — the half-sympathetic, half-...
Tags: New York University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health Treatments, Lower East Side, Iraq
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Fund set up for victims' families, survivors of Bay Area limo fire
OAKLAND —The Oakland nursing home where all but one of the victims of a horrific Bay Area limousine fire had worked Thursday announced the creation of a fund to support the four survivors and the families of the five women who perished....
Tags: Nursing Homes, Nursing, Bank of America Corp., Human Interest
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Fire survivor says limousine driver did 'not want to listen'
A survivor of the Bay Area limousine fire that killed five women said one of her friends got stuck trying to escape and that the limo’s driver initially ignored pleas for help. In an interview with San Francisco's ABC7 News, Nelia Arellano...
Tags: Nursing Homes, Nursing, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Limousine's back doors were locked, fire victim's husband says
The rear passenger doors were locked on a limousine that caught fire on a Bay Area bridge, fatally trapping five of its passengers, the husband of one of the victims said. John Balon told the San Francisco Chronicle that one of the limo’s...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Philippines, Nursing Homes, Nursing, Long Term Care
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