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It's hard to imagine a more sympathetic victim than Diana Levine, a guitarist who lost her arm to gangrene after she was negligently injected with Phenergan, an anti-nausea drug. Last week, the Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote upheld a Vermont jury's...Tags: John Paul Stevens, Litigation and Regulation, Politics, California, Justice System
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Woman, allegedly refused help, dies on flight
From the Associated PressAmerican Airlines today disputed the account of a man who said his cousin died aboard a flight after she was twice refused oxygen by a flight attendant. He also claimed that medical devices, including two oxygen tanks, failed. Struggling to breathe,...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, New York City, Death, Air Transportation, Hospitals and Clinics
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Homeowners dig down for more space
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCOME ON DOWN, Stefan Lemperle says. Here, 13 feet under the ground, there's sunlight and fresh air, an open-to-the-sky patio with a rock-lined pond, a high-ceilinged lounge and a media room large enough to host dozens of friends. Lemperle's new glass...Tags: Arts and Culture, Paul Klee, Vehicles, Los Angeles Times, California
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Not right for everyone
Times Staff WriterWHEN coronary arteries grow dangerously narrow, the solution — increasingly — is to prop open the walls with a device called a drug-eluting stent. Now two new studies are adding fuel to a growing debate about whether these stents are being...Tags: Death, Health, Heart and Circulatory System, Heart Attack, Duke University
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Abbott to examine use of heart stents in women
The low participation among women in clinical trials for popular artery-clearing heart stent devices is among the key interests of a study by North Chicago-based drug and medical device-maker Abbott Laboratories. Although the study could one day be a...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Death, Trials, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Adrian Kantrowitz dies at 90; surgeon performed first U.S. heart transplant
Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, the pioneering cardiovascular surgeon who performed the first U.S. heart transplant, developed a balloon-pumping device that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and developed mechanical heart-assist devices, died of heart...Tags: Long Island, Death, Neurosurgery, National Institutes of Health, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Hopelessly Devoted to the Cause
One of America's favorite musicals, is making a big return to the Great White Way in a brand new production, and the cast just got a surprise visit from iconic star Olivia Newton John. The four-time Grammy Award winner teamed up with the Broadway cast to...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Health, American Cancer Association, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Free Rule
No, you won't be receiving a king or queen in the mail (most call this measuring instrument a 'ruler'...technically, it's a 'rule'). Which ever word floats your boat, you'll be getting a free one from MailFinity. Click on it, then fill out a little... -
Promotions and appointments
Times Staff WriterKorn/Ferry International announced that Carlos Garcia has joined its Los Angeles office as a senior client partner. City National Bank announced Scott Aney has joined the company as senior vice president and regional manager. Nederlander Concerts...Tags: San Fernando, Trials, State Budgets, Politics, Banking
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Two Bodies Found Near Jet Crash Site
Searchers found two bodies and a briefcase containing a ticket for Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean close to where the jetliner is believed to have crashed, a Brazil military official said Saturday.
The French agency investigating the...Tags: Death, Travel, Transportation Industry, Fashion Shows, Defense
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Storm hampers effort to restore power
Sun StaffThe rainstorm that hit the Baltimore area on the heels of Tropical Storm Isabel plunged 56,000 more people into darkness and made Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s effort to restore power to all customers that much harder. But it is too soon to tell...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Baltimore County, Health, Tropical Storms
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 4
And with Bethlehem's new acquisition came an inside line into some of the nation's most visionary steel projects. By the time Bethlehem took over McClintic-Marshall, the fabricator already had contracts to build the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and the George...Tags: Death, San Francisco, Alameda (Alameda, California), Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Manhattan (New York City)
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