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    May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Founding Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dies

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    This post has been updated, please see below for details. Jeff Hanneman, founding guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer whose furious riffs and chaotic bursts of power chords helped drive a revolution in heavy metal, has died, the band announced via...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Slayer (music group)

    2. Dec 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. What if Tylenol were taken off the self-service shelves?

    Opinion L.A.
    So is the next move by Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, going to revolve around taking Tylenol off the pharmacy's self-service shelves? The question might be silly, but it serves to make a point. If Sebelius......
    3. Nov 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. EGYPT: Hepatitis C infection reaches alarming figures

    Babylon & Beyond
    Egypt’s spiralling threat of hepatitis C virus – already the highest incidence rate in the world -- is alarming researchers who fear a potential epidemic of the blood-borne disease could spread across the most populous Arab country. The findings of......
    4. Jan 11, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Even medical professionals lack awareness of hepatitis threat, new report finds

    L.A. NOW
    Hepatitis B and C remain serious threats to public health, but many healthcare providers fail to screen at-risk patients and don’t know how to treat those infected with the viral diseases that can cause liver failure and cancer, according to......
    5. Mar 9, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. 'House M.D.': Blogging might just save your life

    Show Tracker
    After a monthlong hiatus, "House" returned with a bang last night. The episode, titled "Private Lives," guest-starred longtime television favorite Laura Prepon as Frankie, a blogger who obsessively reports the minutiae of her life to her online followers....
    6. Mar 18, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. High-fructose corn syrup consumption may push fatty livers to the brink

    Booster Shots
    Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the many consequences of obesity, as fat accumulates not only across the body and around the visceral organs, but inside the organ that helps break down fats, filter toxins from the bloodstream and......
    7. Sep 27, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Hospital Halts Organ Program

    Times Staff Writer
    St. Vincent Medical Center, one of the largest organ transplantation centers in the state, has suspended its liver program after discovering that its doctors improperly arranged for a transplant to a Saudi national using an organ that should have gone...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Saudi Arabia, Corporate Officers, Social Issues

    8. Dec 20, 2000 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. How a New Policy Led to Seven Deadly Drugs

    Times Staff Writer
    For most of its history, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved new prescription medicines at a grudging pace, paying daily homage to the physician's creed, "First, do no harm." Then in the early 1990s, the demand for AIDS drugs...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Censorship, Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology

    9. Dec 20, 2000 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. REZULIN: Fast-Track Approval and a Slow Withdrawal

    Times Staff Writer
    Soon after Warner-Lambert Co. submitted the diabetes drug Rezulin for FDA review in the summer of 1996, the medical officer assigned to examine it began finding problems. Dr. John L. Gueriguian cited Rezulin's potential to harm the liver and the heart. He...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Stock Market, Adults, Diabetes, Death

    10. Dec 20, 2000 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. A Girl Is Given an Adult Medicine and She Pays a Heavy Price

    Times Staff Writer
    When a hospital psychiatrist prescribed an antidepressant called Serzone for their 15-year-old daughter, Jimmie and Brenda Robinson assumed it was safe. The episode in February 1997 haunts them--Alissa Robinson nearly died while taking Serzone. After...

    Tags: Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Hospitals and Clinics, Children, Adults, Death

    11. May 2, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. International consortium releases hepatitis C data

    Two antiviral drugs used to treat hepatitis C appear to work as well in the real world as they did during clinical trials, an international research consortium has observed. The consortium also released data that may help inform how doctors and patients...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Liver Disease, University of Florida

    12. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press

  12. Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C

    The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as he recounts his unsuccessful effort.
    The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Lobbying, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Liver Disease

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