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Genetic engineering and the alien wheat in Oregon
There's a dearth of evidence that genetically engineered food is dangerous to human health — but that doesn’t mean consumers are wrong to have concerns about its effect on the environment and on non-bioengineered crops. U.S. agribusiness has...
Tags: Arable Farming, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Organic Foods, Consumers, Dining and Drinking
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Supreme Court rejects gene patents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...
Tags: Trials, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Muscular Dystrophy, Genetic Engineering
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FDA approves skin cancer drugs and genetic test
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced its approval of two new drugs and a diagnostic test that can be used to treat advanced or inoperable melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin disease. Advanced melanoma has joined a wide range...
Tags: Skin Cancer, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Heart Failure, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers
A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say. The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the ...
Tags: AFSCME, Labor Legislation, Unions, Strikes, Judges
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Patient care workers set to start walkout at five UC hospitals
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides, surgical technicians and other patient care workers plan to stage a walkout starting Tuesday morning at five University of California medical centers. More than 12,000 workers from the American Federation of State,...Tags: AFSCME, Labor Legislation, Unions, Strikes, Justice System
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A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...Tags: Jennifer Aniston, Personal Service, Celebrities, Miley Cyrus, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Angelina Jolie, American Civil Liberties Union, Women's Health, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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On genetically engineered food, let the market decide
The movement to force the labeling of genetically engineered food is gaining momentum. In November 2012, an initiative to require the labels in California was on the ballot; it was defeated. Now, federal legislation carried by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif....
Tags: Arable Farming, Food and Drug Administration, Biotechnology Industry, Consumers, Wildlife
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Patient is out of network, out of luck
A worrisome abdominal pain drove Jalal Afshar to seek treatment last year at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. The Pasadena resident and Kaiser member had lived for years with a rare condition known as Castleman's disease, which affects the lymph...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Health and Safety at School, City of Hope, Abdominal Pain, Medical Research
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Insult To Injury
Adriann Georges was seriously ill and facing the fight of her life in 1999. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy and other treatment in hopes of beating the disease. Her oncologists recommended Aredia to...
Tags: Trials, Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Science and Technology
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Amgen aims to restock its medicine cabinet
Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops medicines used in the treatment of cancer, kidney disease, arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. The Thousand Oaks company's top-selling products include arthritis medication Enbrel,...
Tags: Kidney Disease, Chemical Industry, Osteoporosis, Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Rabies, Rubella, Vaccines, Pneumonia, Polio
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