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Defining Big Data in a big book (and an app)

2012-12-04 10:41:00

By now you've probably seen a reference to "Big Data," especially if you're interested in technology, marketing trends or the mechanics of political campaigns. It's such a hot topic, it's even found its way into newspaper editorials. As the volume of...

Young workers highly educated, making $40,000 at small firms, report says

2012-08-24 11:56:00

Where should you work if you’re 18 to 30 years old? Try small companies, preferably technology ones, especially in Seattle. So says a new report�from compensation data company PayScale and research group Millennial Branding. Gen Y – also...

Wilson Greatbatch dies at 92; inventor of first practical implantable pacemaker

2011-09-30 00:00:00

While building an oscillator to record heart sounds, Wilson Greatbatch made a fortuitous mistake in the late 1950s. After he grabbed the wrong resistor from a box and plugged it in, the unit gave off a startlingly familiar, uneven electrical pulse. "I...

Visit the ADA Expo on May 21

2011-05-15 00:00:00

The American Diabetes Assn.’s Los Angeles Expo provides the most comprehensive array of diabetes- related products, services and information available under one roof. Stop Diabetes� and learn how to live healthy, be active and help change the...

Deep brain stimulation: Expanding its reach to new patients

2009-06-01 00:00:00

Under the skin, a battery is surgically implanted -- generally within the upper chest. From the battery, wires snake up to the head, to tickle different targets deep inside the brain. Such is the hardware for deep brain stimulation -- the equivalent of a...

Computer program paves way for artificial pancreas

2010-02-07 16:32:36

Freezing heart tissue halts atrial fibrillation better than drugs, study says

2010-03-16 16:32:43

Deep brain stimulation reduces epileptic seizures, study finds

2010-03-17 21:32:37

Top Health Experts at Los Angeles Times Festival of Health & Fitness Oct 5-6 at USC

2002-09-18 00:00:00

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The day ahead in business May 21

2013-05-21 03:30:00

Earnings: Autozone Inc., Best Buy Co., Burberry Group Plc, Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., Home Depot Inc., Intuit Inc., Medtronic Inc., Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc., Saks Inc., TJX Cos. Annual meetings: Allstate Corp., Mondelez International Inc., Old...

Modesto project offers free training in simpler CPR

2013-05-20 03:14:01

Emergency responders are teaching an easier lifesaving technique to residents so that cardiac arrest victims have a better chance of survival. They hope to train up to 1,000 people in 30-minute classes held across Modesto on Wednesday, giving them the...

In novelty races, you don't have to be fastest to win

2013-05-18 01:04:02

Is Steve Prefontaine rolling over in his grave? The legendary American distance runner once famously said, "I run to see who has the most guts." But runners in the Twin Cities and the rest of the country now are flocking to a host of new events...

Sears Holdings said Jeff Balagna will join the company as executive vice president and chief information officer. Balagna most recently served as the chief information officer at Eli Lilly.

2013-05-14 11:31:00

Problems with some Sprint Fidelis leads in defibrillators sparked an FDA-Medtronic alert not to use the parts.

2007-10-18 00:00:00

LIFEBLOOD: Gerardo de la Concha manages operations in Mexico for Medtronic, which makes complex cardiac devices.

2006-03-09 22:53:06