Cleveland Clinic

Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?

2013-03-28 05:30:00

The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...

Face transplant recipient 'in great spirits' after operation

2013-02-27 15:14:00

They’re not exactly routine, but face transplants are becoming more common. The latest to be announced, on Tuesday at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, involved a former transplant nurse whose husband tossed industrial-strength lye on...

Friday's TV Talk: Wolfgang Puck; Walton Goggins; Michelle Obama

2013-02-21 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � CBS This Morning Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland...

'Inside Comedy': David Steinberg on comedy, inside and out

2013-02-09 07:45:00

Veteran comedian David Steinberg, who has directed such hit TV comedies as "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Mad About You" and "Seinfeld," returns to Showtime on Monday evening for the second season of his interview series, "Inside Comedy." This season he turns...

Las Vegas: Quincy Jones, Michael Caine to celebrate for a cause

2013-01-28 08:15:00

They were born within minutes of each other nearly 80 years ago, and on April 13, jazz great Quincy Jones and British actor Michael Caine will celebrate their birthdays together at a star-studded party at the MGM Grand resort. The Power of Love Gala...

HELPED OR HOOKED?

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Fourteen of Doanh Nguyen's patients have died of prescription drug overdoses since 2005, coroner's records show. But he's not to blame for any of them, he said. His practice in Orange County's Little Saigon caters to pain sufferers of all kinds....

Gadgets: Pillow designs stuffed with health and beauty claims

2012-09-01 00:00:00

Pillows. They're not just for nestling your noggin anymore. They're also for keeping your stiff neck from aching, your sinuses from congesting, your acids from refluxing, your snores from snorting, your tinnitus from tintinnabulating and — yes!...

Robby Benson opens up about his heart in many ways in iBook

2012-07-20 17:23:00

"I have eclectic fans because I've had a very eclectic career. When someone comes up to me, they may be from the days of 'The Chosen'; it may be completely from Broadway," says actor Robby Benson. "So I'm never sure what might surprise them the most....

PASSINGS: Murray Lender, Samuel Glazer

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Murray Lender Chief executive of bagel company Murray Lender, 81, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company credited with introducing bagels to many Americans, died Wednesday at a Miami hospital of complications...

Blood-thinning drug linked to heart attack risk

2012-01-10 00:00:00

Eel enters man's penis in spa treatment, is surgically removed

2011-09-16 19:11:00

Yes, you read that right. A Chinese man had to have an eel surgically removed from his bladder after a mishap while undergoing an unusual spa treatment. Zhang Nan, a 56-year-old resident of Hubei province, was bathing with live eels, in the hopes that...

Science picks through the chocolate nuggets

2010-05-31 00:00:00

It's every sweet tooth's dream. A steady stream of studies has linked chocolate to a variety of health benefits, including decreased blood pressure, lower cholesterol, reduced risk of heart disease, even effects on mood. But the evidence, all of it, is...

Artist Christina Lihan's cut watercolor paper sculpture of the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas is shown at her Fort Lauderdale home on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Lihan gained a following from building cut paper sculptures of people's homes, local hotels and European cityscapes.

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Dr. Margaret Liotta has joined Loyola University Health System as a gynecologic oncologist. She is also an assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

2012-08-14 08:58:00

SWAT team members leave Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, officials said. Special Agent Vicki Anderson said the shooter was taken into custody near his car about half a mile away from the high school.

2012-02-27 00:00:00