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Patients go on a quest for the best medical care
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEVERY DAY, doctors and hospitals bring healthy babies into the world, jump-start stalled hearts and find cancer when it's still curable. The wonders of medical care, whether delivered within a sprawling urban campus or a tiny rural clinic, have become...Tags: Surgery, Boston, Drugs and Medicines, Demographics, Neurosurgery
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The path to assisted suicide
Contrary to an Aug. 11 Times editorial, AB 2747 is a legally confused solution to non-existent problems that opens the way to doctor-assisted suicide. This legislation is not cut and dry; rather, it raises substantive policy questions relating to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Justice System, Health, Breast Cancer
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Anna Gorman chat transcript
2007-04-13 12:51:04.0 Administrator: Hello everyone, thank you for coming to the chat. We're starting a bit early so please send your questions. 2007-04-13 12:51:12.0 Helen : I have the BRCA2 mutation. I inherited the mutation from my Dad. He passed away...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Colon, Mammogram, Chemotherapy, Mastectomy
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Drug Trials With a Dose of Doubt
Times Staff WriterOn Jan. 10, 2001, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. gathered its forces in a hotel conference room here with a clear-cut mission: Win a favorable vote for a new antifungal drug from a federal advisory committee -- a victory that would position the...Tags: Research, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Companies and Corporations, White House, Diseases and Illnesses
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Letters to the editor
And the homeless? Re “Connecting the spots,” March 12, and “L.A. hopes its park will be as grand as Chicago’s,” March 14 The Times' two long articles on the new Civic Center Park downtown did a great job of discussing...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Heads of State, Health, Research
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Woman Implicated Armstrong
Times Staff WriterNearly 10 years ago, in an Indiana hospital, a few days after he had cancer surgery, his life at stake and his racing future suddenly very secondary, cyclist Lance Armstrong was allegedly asked by doctors if he had ever taken performance-enhancing...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Cycling, Litigation, Social Issues, Indiana University
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With an inoperable brain tumor, Bob Tisch wound up at Duke
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPreston Robert Tisch, known as Bob and a co-owner of the New York Giants, had the wherewithal to go anywhere in the world for treatment for his inoperable malignant brain tumor. He was diagnosed with stage IV glioblastoma in August 2004. His son, Steve...Tags: Colon, Family, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Brooklyn (New York City)
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About This Series
Times staff writer Thomas Curwen met Ana Rodarte in December 2005 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Over the next 3 1/2 years, he conducted extensive interviews with her and her parents, and he and Ana engaged in an e-mail correspondence about...Tags: Migration, Immigration, Shriners, Family, Surgery
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Goodwill Guardians
New York has George Soros. L.A. has Eli Broad. Vegas? Bet you thought everyone was busy wagering. Wrong. The city, historically known more for carnality than compassion, has a range of denizens working not only for a better city but a better world....Tags: Steffi Graf, Crime, Law and Justice, Circuses, Feet, Dining and Drinking
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Hodgkin's disease treatment without a blood transfusion
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFor the masses in the middle -- people who may have to borrow and scrape to pay for care -- finding the best of the best can be just as important. Ruth Medina, 25, had a good prognosis with standard medical treatment when she suffered a recurrence of...Tags: Hodgkins Disease, Surgery, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services
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Frank talk about cancer connects loved ones
When I learned recently that yet another friend had been diagnosed with cancer, I experienced my usual reaction: disbelief and sadness, followed by anger at Life In General. But for the first time, I also saw what these under-35 friends and family members...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Mammogram, Family, Surgery, Health
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They're living with cancer and little else
So you think you've got it bad? Here's a story that will put things in perspective for you, no matter how grim your job prospects or how invisible your shrinking retirement fund.
The other day, at their invitation, I met Kerry Himmel, an unemployed truck...Tags: John Quinn, Dining and Drinking, Chemotherapy, Retirement, McDonald's
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