General Practitioners

DNA evidence in model's death 'overwhelming,' prosecutor says

2013-05-22 16:50:00

A Los Angeles prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that there was overwhelming DNA and other evidence to show that a mortgage broker assaulted and strangled an aspiring model in Santa Monica. Genetic testing proved that Kelly Soo Park's DNA was found on the...

Woman on trial in slaying of aspiring model does not testify

2013-05-22 12:37:00

Defense attorneys for a woman charged in the 2008 killing of an aspiring model and actress found strangled in a Santa Monica apartment rested their case Wednesday without calling their client to testify. Closing arguments were expected to begin...

Woman charged with strangling model had no motive, lawyer says

2013-05-22 19:44:00

A businesswoman accused of beating and strangling an aspiring model in Santa Monica five years ago had no motive to carry out the killing, a defense attorney told a downtown Los Angeles jury Wednesday. Attorney George Buehler said in his closing...

CDC to doctors: Help your patients quit smoking!

2013-05-22 18:31:00

A new anti-tobacco campaign is urging smokers to turn to their physicians for help in quitting. The campaign – "Talk With Your Doctor" – also encourages clinicians to ask patients whether they smoke and to�offer them assistance giving up...

Why can't blue states allow people to die with dignity?

2013-05-20 16:13:00

Does Vermont's death with dignity legislation, signed�into law Monday,�make it any more likely that California�can now move in the same direction? Yes and no. There's no active effort under way in California to make it legal for doctors to prescribe...

Ketamine: a potential rescue drug for depression takes a step forward

2013-05-21 12:55:00

For years, physicians have been inching their way to a better understanding of how -- and how well -- the drug ketamine, a "twilight drug" used to sedate some patients before a painful procedure, can lift someone with severe depression almost...

Doctoring in a family way

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...

Raiders' D.J. Hayden is lucky to be alive

2013-05-18 05:00:00

For cornerback D.J. Hayden, the ability to thrive in one-on-one situations sets him apart. It was teamwork, though, that saved his life. Hayden, drafted 12th overall by the Oakland Raiders last month, nearly died on the University of Houston...

Travis Stork of 'The Doctors'

2013-05-18 00:00:00

As more people get their health information from TV and the Internet, it becomes crucial to have experts on the small screen who can provide accurate information. That's where Travis Stork, co-host of the TV show "The Doctors," comes in. Stork, an...

Vermont House OKs right-to-die bill; governor expected to sign it

2013-05-14 14:21:00

Vermont is on track to become the fourth state to allow severely ill patients to end their lives under medical supervision. The state’s House of Representatives voted 75 to 65 on Monday night to approve the “Patient Choice at End of Life&...

For a dying patient, a prescription of silence

2013-05-16 00:00:00

His wife was a patient at the clinic where I worked in my early days as a doctor. I saw her regularly for hypertension. But on one visit, she was more concerned about her husband — let's call him Pedro. He was having stomach pains and difficulty...

DNA links woman to the slaying of aspiring model, prosecutor says

2013-05-15 14:55:00

The killing of an aspiring 21-year-old model and actress found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment was connected to a business negotiation that her father ended with a Marina del Rey doctor just days before her death, a prosecutor told jurors...

Nau of University Healthcare Physicians; Christina DeRosa of Jefferson Medical Center; Josh Miller of Jefferson Medical Center; Aaron Henry of University Healthcare Physicians; Joanna Boyce of University Healthcare Physicians; Peggy Smith, mayor of Charles Town, W.Va.

2013-05-20 16:56:00

Dr. Jan R. Radke has joined the Prism Healthcare Partners Ltd. as managing director. Radke will specialize in clinical process improvement, evidence-based practice establishment and enhanced physician-hospital alignment.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Middlesex Eye Physicians: Roger D. Luskind MD, Elizabeth A. Rocco MD, Raji Mulukutla, Kristy Mascarenhas, Peter Shriver.

2013-04-24 12:35:00