Lymphatic System

Ground squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague exposure

2012-10-09 13:23:49

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The Cutting Edge

2012-10-23 16:30:00

When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...

Jeff Blatnick dies at 55; won gold in Olympic wrestling in 1984

2012-10-25 00:00:00

Jeff Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, died Wednesday. He was 55. Blatnick died of complications from heart surgery, USA Wrestling said on its website, citing a report...

Designer antibodies, nanoparticles, bacteria

2012-09-13 00:00:00

When you pop a pill in the future, don't expect old-fashioned results. Thanks to new advances in the lab and a deeper understanding of the human body, drugs are becoming highly personalized and precisely targeted. And the hope is they'll also be more...

Pets and your health: the good and the bad

2011-07-18 00:00:00

They cuddle and purr. And they shed. They wag their tails and fetch your slippers. And they shed. They never talk back and they never hold a grudge. And they shed. There are obvious pluses and minuses to living with pets, not only with respect to your...

Tom Fuentes dies at 63; longtime O.C. Republican Party leader

2012-05-20 00:00:00

Tom Fuentes, whose forceful leadership of the Orange County Republican Party confirmed it as an epicenter of GOP fundraising and political clout, has died. He was 63. Fuentes died late Friday at his home in Lake Forest, family spokeswoman Kathy...

New Avastin tests add to confusion over use in breast cancer

2012-01-30 00:00:00

In November, following an emotional public hearing some months earlier, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval for the cancer drug Avastin for patients with metastatic breast cancer — the late-stage, incurable form of the disease. The...

Giuliana Rancic's planned double mastectomy: What it means

2011-12-06 13:34:00

Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist

2011-12-15 21:57:00

Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has cancer

2011-12-27 21:39:25

'House' recap: A cock and bull story

2011-04-19 16:36:58

Manning Marable dies at 60; historian and author of forthcoming Malcolm X biography

2011-04-04 00:00:00

Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming biography of Malcolm X could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, has died only days before the book described as his life's work was to be published. He was 60. ----------------...

Alli Rogers of Salisbury, Md., center, stands with her parents, Linda and Bill Rogers of Mercersburg, Pa. Alli has lymphangiomatosis, which attacks the body's lymph system. Her parents will hold a fundraiser to help pay for Alli's medical bills.

2012-08-18 12:54:00

Medical Center. He came to the Medical Center in October from the University of Michigan.

2012-01-04 00:00:00

Andy Whitfield, star of the cable show "Spartacus: Blood and Sand," died Sept. 11 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of 39. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in the lymphatic system, which helps fight infections and diseases that invade the body.

2011-12-15 15:10:54