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    Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Monitoring upends balance of power at workplace, some say [video chat]

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    In a drive to cut costs and improve efficiency, companies are employing an ever-increasing array of tracking and monitoring technology to see what their employees are doing at all times, according to a story in Monday’s Los Angeles Times. For...

    Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Employment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Nursing, Productivity

    2. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Jana Winter: Facing jail time for doing her job

    Jana Winter, an investigative reporter for Fox News, faces the prospect of serious jail time for being a good journalist. Seriously.
    Jana Winter, an investigative reporter for Fox News, faces the prospect of serious jail time for being a good journalist. Seriously. Most of the accounts you may read won't describe her predicament quite that way. But make no mistake: A state judge...

    Tags: James Holmes, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, News Media, Psychiatry

    3. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Dementia care costs more than treating heart disease or cancer

    The financial toll of caring for Americans with dementia adds up to at least $159 billion a year, making it more expensive than treatments for patients with heart disease or cancer, according to <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1204629">a new report</a> in the New England Journal of Medicine.
    The financial toll of caring for Americans with dementia adds up to at least $159 billion a year, making it more expensive than treatments for patients with heart disease or cancer, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine....

    Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Science and Technology, Heart Disease, Long Term Care, Symptoms

    4. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Colorado university denies it barred James Holmes because of threat

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The University of Colorado-Denver stood firm Friday in saying that it never barred James E. Holmes from campus, despite newly released court documents that indicate the suspect in the Aurora movie theater massacre had his ID card deactivated after he alarmed a school psychiatrist.
    CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The University of Colorado-Denver stood firm Friday in saying that it never barred James E. Holmes from campus, despite newly released court documents that indicate the suspect in the Aurora movie theater massacre had his ID card...

    Tags: Murder, James Holmes, Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Psychiatry, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting

    5. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Chicken pox vaccine effective over long term, Kaiser study finds

    Once upon a time, not too terribly long ago, getting the chicken pox was practically a rite of passage for kids.
    Once upon a time, not too terribly long ago, getting the chicken pox was practically a rite of passage for kids. But now, nearly 20 years after approval of a vaccine for the varicella virus, which causes the itchy illness, chicken pox is a rarity. A new...

    Tags: Shingles, Vaccines, Varicella Vaccine, Chickenpox, Chemical Industry

    6. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. L.A. County hospitals, clinics conduct disaster drill

    Less than two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, several Los Angeles County hospitals and clinics conducted a disaster drill to test whether healthcare officials are prepared for such an emergency. At Providence Little Company of Mary Medical...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), University of California, Irvine, University of California, Los Angeles, Broken Bones

    7. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Allan Arbus, wise psychiatrist on TV's 'MASH,' dies at 95

    Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shellshocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "MASH," died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95.
    Allan Arbus, an actor best known for his recurring role as the wise, caring psychiatrist who ministered to shellshocked surgeons and troops on the hit television series "MASH," died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his family said. He was 95. The...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Psychiatrists, MASH (tv program), Obituaries, Psychiatry

    8. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Letters: Doctors and nurses -- who will take care of us?

    Re "Can't a nurse do that?," Editorial, April 21 To combat the impending physician shortage all across California, and the crisis already facing rural areas, state law absolutely must change to allow greater independence for non-physician medical...

    Tags: Internal Medicine, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), General Practitioners, Nursing

    9. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Allan Arbus dies at 95; played psychiatrist on 'MASH'

    As the wise, dryly humorous psychiatrist caring for shellshocked surgeons and troops in the hit television series "MASH," actor Allan Arbus was so convincing that at least one colleague assumed he had expertise in the medical specialty.
    As the wise, dryly humorous psychiatrist caring for shellshocked surgeons and troops in the hit television series "MASH," actor Allan Arbus was so convincing that at least one colleague assumed he had expertise in the medical specialty. In 1973, the...

    Tags: Heart Failure, Arts, MASH (tv program), Robert Downey Jr., Alan Alda

    10. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Tumor DNA studies help explain cancer genetics

    As it has become more efficient and less expensive to analyze the DNA in normal cells, it has also gotten a whole lot easier to analyze the mutated DNA in tumors &mdash; a project scientists hope will help explain why cancer behaves as it does and what new strategies oncologists might use to stop its growth.
    As it has become more efficient and less expensive to analyze the DNA in normal cells, it has also gotten a whole lot easier to analyze the mutated DNA in tumors — a project scientists hope will help explain why cancer behaves as it does and what...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Genetics, Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Biotechnology Industry

    11. Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The Starbucks syndrome in healthcare

    "In Scotland, death is considered imminent; in Canada, it's considered inevitable. In California, death is considered optional."
    "In Scotland, death is considered imminent; in Canada, it's considered inevitable. In California, death is considered optional." Ian Morrison, a Scottish-born futurist and healthcare consultant, was joking when he said those words. But not entirely....

    Tags: Starbucks Corp., MRI (imaging), Health Treatments, Internists, Conservation

    12. Mar 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Call the Midwife's' Pam Ferris talks birthing positions, fake babies

    <a href="74933667">Pam Ferris</a>, who plays the cantankerous nun Sister Evangelina on <a href="74933667">PBS</a>&rsquo; &ldquo;Call the Midwife,&rdquo; is deep in conversation about her admiration for Anglican sisters (portrayed on the series) during a recent trip to Los Angeles &mdash; &ldquo;they&rsquo;re not judgmental&rdquo; and &ldquo;there's no condemnation" and "when they sing together it's so uplifting."
    Pam Ferris, who plays the cantankerous nun Sister Evangelina on PBS’ “Call the Midwife,” is deep in conversation about her admiration for Anglican sisters (portrayed on the series) during a recent trip to Los Angeles — “they&...

    Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, United Kingdom, Mad Men (tv program), Downton Abbey (tv program), Nursing

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