Medical Specialization

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...

Motion picture nursing home plan hits snag in Washington

2012-01-04 16:06:00

Costly turf war on men's balding heads

2012-01-29 00:00:00

Vin Diesel has embraced his baldness. And it's doubtful Michael Stipe spends much time browsing for toupees. But not all of the 40 million American men with follicularly challenged scalps are going quietly into that bald night. They're raging — with...

Jerry Dimitman dies at 91; professor grew prized Asian fruit

2012-01-03 00:00:00

Jerry Dimitman, a retired professor of plant pathology at Cal Poly Pomona who regularly caused an uproar when he showed up to sell his exotic fruit at the Alhambra farmers market, died Dec. 14 of a stroke at his home overlooking the San Gabriel Valley. He...

The Unreal World: 'Carnage' and child bullying

2012-01-02 00:00:00

"Carnage" SBS Productions U.S. release: Dec. 16 The premise Ethan Longstreet (Eliot Berger), age 11, has formed a gang at his Brooklyn school but has excluded classmate Zachary Cowan (Elvis Polanski), also age 11. When Zachary confronts him, Ethan...

Having to think about the unthinkable

2011-12-14 00:00:00

"I could show you case after case," said Dr. Neil S. Wenger. "I could bet you million-to-1 odds these patients would not want to be in this situation." He was talking about patients in critical condition who are "attached to machines, being kept alive"...

A terrible choice to ponder

2011-12-11 00:00:00

The day after hip surgery, my father asked me to bring him a frozen coffee and something sweet the next morning. I returned to the hospital with a Frappuccino and a doughnut, one or both of which nearly killed him. He began choking and then turned...

A hard road for the poor in need of cars

2011-11-03 00:00:00

Last of three parts No car, no work. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('div#series-box h4.last').html('Map: Alternatives for poor buyers'); }); That's the conclusion Lisa Twombly reached as she fought to hang on to her job as a caretaker for an...

It's about time that FDA took action against Lap-Band billboards

2011-12-14 00:00:00

It has taken almost two years, but government regulators finally woke up to the idea that those 1-800-GET-THIN billboards plastered all over Southland freeways may be dangerous to your health. That's the underlying meaning of the action announced Tuesday...

Open the discussion on dying

2011-12-28 00:00:00

Last week, my dad was taken on a practice run from his Northern California nursing home back to his house. He'd had recent hip surgery, and the idea was that if he could master the challenge of getting in and out of the car and the wheelchair, he could...

Dutch scientist accused of falsifying data

2011-11-05 19:09:00

Social psychologist Diederik Stapel made a name for himself by pushing his field into new territory. His research papers appeared to demonstrate that exposure to litter and graffiti makes people more likely to commit small crimes and that being in a messy...

Moms stage 'nurse-in' to back breast-feeding in public [Video]

2011-12-28 16:37:03

Following the storms that left some nursing homes without power for extended periods of time, and the growing cost of elderly care in Connecticut, the legislature my tackle issues pertaining to nursing homes and elderly care this session.

2012-02-08 19:09:22

Florida Medical Center nurses including Wavney Rouse (left, holding honk if you love nurses sign, rally outside the hospital to push management to expand nurse-patient ratio.

2012-02-06 08:49:23

Florida Medical Center nurses including Wavney Rouse (left, holding honk if you love nurses sign, rally outside the hospital to push management to expand nurse-patient ratio.

2012-02-06 08:49:23