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Celebrities crave access with Barack Obama
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOne of the things that makes Hollywood so attractive to politicians is not just the depth of its pockets, but the fact that its hand isn't out. Collecting contributions from any other industry usually comes with an implicit understanding that it wants...Tags: Global Warming, Global Change, CNN, Super Bowl, Aretha Franklin
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Ruling removes billing headache from emergency room visits
Winding up in the emergency room is bad enough. But the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that patients no longer have to worry about getting billed for emergency treatment charges that their HMOs fail to pay. Health maintenance organizations and...Tags: Medical Services, Court Administration, Medicine, Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Death risk double in latest study of anti-psychotic drugs for elderly Alzheimer's patients
AP Medical WriterLONDON (AP) — Anti-psychotic drugs commonly used to treat Alzheimer's disease may double a patient's chance of dying within a few years, suggests a new study that adds to concerns already known about such medications. "For the vast majority of...Tags: Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, Therapies, Diseases, Pharmaceuticals
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Doctors use honey to save man's leg
Special to NewsdayA Little Neck man may owe his right leg to an unlikely ancient remedy: honey. Treatment that was until only recently thought by many to be "barbaric," according to one nurse at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, saved Franklin Lloyd from...Tags: Long Island, Little Neck, Hospitals and Clinics, Illnesses, Diseases
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The Ticker
The plastic surgeon who operated on Chicago rapper Kanye West's mother, Donda, before she died in 2007 has been sentenced to a year in a Northern California jail. Dr. Jan Adams pleaded no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving last year. ... Michael...Tags: Trials, Folklore and Mythology, Vampires, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson
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Study finds that elective C-sections before 39 weeks raise risk to babies
Tribune NewspapersThousands of women put their babies at needless risk of respiratory problems, hypoglycemia and other ills by scheduling Caesarean-section deliveries too early, according to an analysis of more than 13,000 births published Thursday in The New England...Tags: Massachusetts, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproduction, Medicine, Colleges and Universities
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Drugs from engineered goats' milk a first
You've heard of making cheese from goats' milk, but prescription drugs? In what would be a scientific first, an anti-clotting drug made from the milk of genetically engineered goats moved closer to government approval Wednesday after experts at the...Tags: Genetics, Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations
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Keep doctors from disappearing
Gary S. Mirkin, M.D., is a practicing pediatrician in Great Neck and the CEO of Allied Pediatrics of New York.Health care reform and the increasing cost of medical care have been widely discussed for years, but recent reports point to a fundamental flaw that could overshadow the political rhetoric - the doctors who perform the majority of checkups and everyday...Tags: Medical Services, Healthcare Policies, Medicine, Family, Government Health Care
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Early planned C-sections may be harmful to infants
Thousands of women put their babies at needless risk of respiratory problems, hypoglycemia and other medical ailments by scheduling Caesarean-section deliveries too early, according to a new, large study of U.S. births published today. The study found...Tags: Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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THE BUZZ
DONDA WEST SURGEON JAILED. The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before she died has been sentenced to a year in jail for drunken driving, The Associated Press reports. Dr. Jan Adams pleaded no contest to misdemeanor drunken driving last...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Celebrity, Ian McKellen, Los Angeles
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Early C-Sections Are Risky For Babies, Study Shows
Los Angeles TimesThousands of women put their babies at needless risk of respiratory problems, hypoglycemia and other medical ailments by scheduling Caesarean-section deliveries too early, according to an analysis of more than 13,000 births published today in The New...Tags: Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Carolina, Medicine
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The wrong people pay for Schwarzenegger's busted budget
The Schwarzenegger administration, which was launched via an electoral campaign of majestic hypocrisy in 2003, has finally fulfilled all the heady promise of those distant days of the Gray Davis recall. Just a few days after being featured on "60...Tags: Gray Davis, Executive Branch, New Year's Day, Dining and Drinking, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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