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Closure of three Southland hospitals may be part of a trend
Hospital owner Pacific Health Corp. said it will close its three remaining Southern California hospitals, citing the fallout from a federal fraud case last year in which the company admitted paying to recruit homeless people off skid row in Los Angeles...
Tags: Medicaid, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, Healthcare Policies, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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California lawmaker proposes privacy protections for genetic data
SACRAMENTO-- Delving into an area once reserved for science fiction, state Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) has introduced legislation that would prohibit the unauthorized collection, analysis or transfer of an individual’s genetic information. The...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...
Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Methadone (drug), OxyContin (drug), Prescription Drugs
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Oklahoma urges 7,000 dental patients to get hepatitis, HIV tests
As many as 7,000 dental patients in Oklahoma are being urged to take blood tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after health officials said they discovered that instruments in a local practice were not properly cleaned. The warning of...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, HIV, Hepatitis B , Viral Diseases and Infections, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Study upholds breast cancer mortality for hormone replacement
In the nearly 11 years since researchers first rang alarm bells that women on hormone replacement therapy faced an increased risk of breast cancer, some have suggested that taking estrogen and progestin to treat symptoms of menopause might not be so...Tags: Medical Research, Breast Cancer, Physical Conditions, Trials, Health
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Valley fever cases jump in California, other southwestern states
Valley fever cases have skyrocketed in California and other Southwestern states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were more than 22,000 cases in 2011 in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, up from 2,...Tags: Disease Prevention, Medical Procedures and Tests, Coccidioidomycosis , Flu, Diseases and Illnesses
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Doctors debate telling patients to smoke marijuana
Perhaps you know whether you’d want to use marijuana to relieve severe pain or nausea. But if you were a doctor, what would you tell patients who asked about taking something that’s against federal law? The New England Journal of Medicine...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Drugs and Medicines, Breast Cancer, Science and Technology, Health Treatments
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Persistent strain of TB claims victims on L.A.'s skid row
Public health officials have launched a new, coordinated attack to contain a persistent outbreak of tuberculosis on downtown Los Angeles' skid row, including a search for more than 4,500 people who may have been exposed to the disease. The Centers for...
Tags: Social Issues, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Homelessness, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's why you've got a hangover.
Did you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a few too many green beers? Are you experiencing the medical condition commonly known as a hangover? As you do your best to cope, you might take some solace in the fact that scientists believe humans have...
Tags: Dizziness, Alcoholic Beverages, Science and Technology, Stroke, St. Patrick's Day
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Mammogram anxiety could have a good side
Mammograms might be helpful. Even for women in their 40s. But maybe not every year. Even for those in their 50s. Got it now? No. Women are entirely confused, though researchers raise legitimate issues about the value of annual mammograms, especially...
Tags: Anxiety, Demographics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mammogram, Biopsy
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FDA issues salmonella warning for ProtiDiet protein bars
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat certain ProtiDiet High Protein Chocolate Dream bars due to possible contamination with salmonella, according to an FDA statement Monday. The manufacturer, Pro-Amino International Inc....
Tags: Salmonella Infection, Diarrhea, Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration
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MOCA-National Gallery of Art deal is an empty prospect
A proposed five-year collaboration deal between the troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is, to use a critically astute technical term, a big, fat nothing-burger. The plan...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Eli Broad, Economy, Business and Finance, Artists, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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