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Wounded Pakistani schoolgirl talks about surgery, new girls' fund
LONDON -- Two videos were released Monday showing Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai speaking publicly for the first time since she was shot by the Taliban in October for campaigning for female education. The first, recorded by a public relations...
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives $11-million gift
L.A. NOWChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles has received an $11-million gift from the estate of an Oscar-winning filmmaker and his wife. The gift from Billy and Audrey Wilder will be used to create an endowed chair of the Division of Neurosurgery, which...... -
Dr. Paul H. Crandall dies at 89; invented techniques for diagnosing, treating epilepsy
Dr. Paul H. Crandall, a UCLA neurosurgeon who pioneered now widely used techniques for diagnosing the source of epileptic seizures in the brain and removing the offending cells, died March 15 from complications of pneumonia at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical...Tags: Seizures, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Chicago, Epilepsy, NASA
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Patt Morrison Asks: The brain, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that...Tags: Immigration, Cancer, Arts, University of California, Berkeley, ABC (tv network)
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War injury leads to advances at home
A world away from the roadside bombs and combat injuries of Iraq and Afghanistan, Americans are suffering the same type of brain injury seen in troops coming home from those war-torn countries. On American roads, at workplaces and on playing fields,...Tags: Medical Services, Cornell University, Research, National Football League, Iraq
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On 'Grey's Anatomy,' an altruistic act in Alzheimer's study could wreak havoc
The premise
Neurosurgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital are conducting a clinical trial of a new treatment for patients with "rapidly progressive Alzheimer's disease." Some of the patients in the trial are randomly assigned to receive the experimental drug...Tags: Science, New York University, Celebrities and Health Issues, ABC (tv network), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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'House' recap: Hallelujah, Huddy fans
Show TrackerWas it good for you? When last we saw our heroes, House had just lost a patient and had rushed home to excavate hidden Vicodin vials. Cuddy arrives, marches into Houseâs bathroom (why does so much of their relationship take...... -
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Riverside jury awards Arizona couple $16.5 million in medical malpractice suit
L.A. NOWA Riverside jury has awarded an Arizona couple $16.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Southern California neurosurgeon. In Riverside Superior Court on Friday, jurors found Christopher Pham negligent in his treatment of Trent Hughes in... -
Deep brain stimulation being tested with brain injury, Alzheimer's, obesity and more
Other conditions Deep brain stimulation for depression and epilepsy is already being tested in large clinical trials, but it has only been tested in a few patients for other conditions such as traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, obesity,...Tags: Obesity, Crime, Law and Justice, Hormones and Metabolism, Trials, Government
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Robert Iacono, 55; surgeon performed radical procedure on Parkinson's patients
Times Staff WriterDr. Robert Iacono, the troubled neurosurgeon who was one of the first practitioners of a radical form of surgery for Parkinson's disease but whose personal behavior derailed his career, has died in a plane crash. He was 55. Iacono was flying alone from...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Obituaries, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School
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Cancer risk from cellphone use is still a matter for study
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCALIFORNIANS who use hands-free cellular devices while driving may be doing themselves a favor in the long run. That's because scientists still can't say with certainty that placing a cellphone against the head is completely safe, especially for heavy...Tags: Children, Research, Cancer, Tumors, Brain
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