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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: Medical Specialization, Mastectomy, Bevacizumab (drug), Oncology, Diseases and Illnesses
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Costly turf war on men's balding heads
Special to the Los Angeles TimesVin Diesel has embraced his baldness. And it's doubtful Michael Stipe spends much time browsing for toupees. But not all of the 40 million American men with follicularly challenged scalps are going quietly into that bald night. They're raging — with...Tags: Medical Specialization, Chemical Industry, Vin Diesel, Health, Rogaine (drug)
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Jerry Dimitman dies at 91; professor grew prized Asian fruit
Special to The TimesJerry Dimitman, a retired professor of plant pathology at Cal Poly Pomona who regularly caused an uproar when he showed up to sell his exotic fruit at the Alhambra farmers market, died Dec. 14 of a stroke at his home overlooking the San Gabriel Valley. He...Tags: California Polytechnic State University, Medical Specialization, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Riverside, Pathology
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The Unreal World: 'Carnage' and child bullying
"Carnage"
SBS Productions
U.S. release: Dec. 16
The premise
Ethan Longstreet (Eliot Berger), age 11, has formed a gang at his Brooklyn school but has excluded classmate Zachary Cowan (Elvis Polanski), also age 11. When Zachary confronts him, Ethan...Tags: Jodie Foster, Medical Specialization, Teachers, University of California, Los Angeles, Health
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Having to think about the unthinkable
"I could show you case after case," said Dr. Neil S. Wenger. "I could bet you million-to-1 odds these patients would not want to be in this situation."
He was talking about patients in critical condition who are "attached to machines, being kept alive"...Tags: Palliative Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Arts and Culture, Nursing Homes
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A terrible choice to ponder
The day after hip surgery, my father asked me to bring him a frozen coffee and something sweet the next morning. I returned to the hospital with a Frappuccino and a doughnut, one or both of which nearly killed him.
He began choking and then turned...Tags: Hips, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Therapy, General Practitioners
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A hard road for the poor in need of cars
Last of three parts
No car, no work. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('div#series-box h4.last').html('Map: Alternatives for poor buyers'); }); That's the conclusion Lisa Twombly reached as she fought to hang on to her job as a caretaker for an...Tags: Jerry Brown, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Commuting, Public Transportation, Finance
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It's about time that FDA took action against Lap-Band billboards
It has taken almost two years, but government regulators finally woke up to the idea that those 1-800-GET-THIN billboards plastered all over Southland freeways may be dangerous to your health.
That's the underlying meaning of the action announced Tuesday...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Arbitration, Highway Transportation, Trials
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Open the discussion on dying
Last week, my dad was taken on a practice run from his Northern California nursing home back to his house. He'd had recent hip surgery, and the idea was that if he could master the challenge of getting in and out of the car and the wheelchair, he could...Tags: Palliative Care, Hips, Family, Health, Human Body
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Dutch scientist accused of falsifying data
Social psychologist Diederik Stapel made a name for himself by pushing his field into new territory. His research papers appeared to demonstrate that exposure to litter and graffiti makes people more likely to commit small crimes and that being in a messy...Tags: Corporate Crime, Health and Medical Professionals, Newspaper and Magazine, Psychologists, Psychology
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Moms stage 'nurse-in' to back breast-feeding in public [Video]
Nation NowNurse-in flash mobs were planned in 35 states in defense of Michelle Hickman, who said Target employees made her feel uncomfortable when she breastfed her son at the store while Christmas shopping, according to initial reports by Houston's KHOU-TV....
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