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Staffing, pay at issue in UC medical center strike
University of California patient care workers took to the picket line early Tuesday to begin a two-day strike for better staffing and higher pay. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, they wore green shirts, carried noisemakers and chanted, "All day,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Health Treatments, Labor Legislation
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Online Media Industry, Heart Attack, Conservation
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Jackson used vocal aid in concerts, choreographer says
Michael Jackson sometimes sang during concerts accompanied by his own recorded vocal track to help him perform the most physically strenuous numbers, the choreographer for what was to be his comeback shows in London testified Monday. What is known as...
Tags: Michael Jackson Comeback Tour (2009), Body Mass Index, Conrad Murray, AEG, Propofol (drug)
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California ranks 11th in hospitals with A grades for safety
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization, based the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Government Health Care
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Area hospitals show little progress in safety scores
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, AEG, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Government Health Care
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Supreme Court considers gene patents; scientists react
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case against Myriad Genetics, scientists who are skeptical of the idea of patenting genes said they were hopeful that the justices would overturn the Utah company's claims. "I was on pins and needles...
Tags: Science, U.S. Supreme Court, Science and Technology, National Institutes of Health, Cardiologists
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Blue Shield quick to demand action from policyholder over its mistake
Health insurers don't exactly enjoy a reputation for timely payouts when people submit claims. They've been known to make policyholders jump through all sorts of hoops before coming across with a little cash. But when you owe them money, that's...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance
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Pope Francis has only one lung. Is it enough?
His predecessor was the first pope to retire due to deteriorating health -- a condition no doubt exacerbated by frequent world travel and a demanding schedule. Yet at age 76, Pope Francis arrives at the Vatican with his own medical history....
Tags: Flu, David Geffen School of Medicine, Tuberculosis, The Pope, Lung Cancer
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UCLA student faces assault charges after frat party
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PASSINGS: Roland Moritz, David A. Braun, Laurie Gottlieb
Roland Moritz Longtime L.A. Philharmonic flutist Roland Moritz, 86, who played flute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 40 years and for a time shared the concert stage with his father, Frederick Moritz, the Philharmonic's longtime...
Tags: Music Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Culture, Bob Dylan, Justice System
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Man Dies While Trailing Justin Bieber's Ferrari
A photographer was hit by a car and killed Tuesday after taking shots of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari while it was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol, authorities said. Police are interviewing the motorist who hit the 29-year-old man but no...
Tags: Judges, Justin Bieber, Getty Center, Justice System, Arts and Culture
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Paparazzo killed photographing Justin Bieber's Ferrari [Google+ hangout]
L.A. NOWTimes crime reporters Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein will join city editor Shelby Grad at 1 p.m. in a Google+ Hangout to discuss a freelance photographer who was killed while trying to take photos of Justin Bieber's car. The incident......
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