Obstetrics & gynaecology
Who's in control when you're giving birth?
Kimberly Turbin wasn't expecting childbirth to be a pleasant experience, but she wasn't expecting it to be a nightmare either.
Dec 5, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Report: More infections from dirty scopes than estimated
At least 300 patients have been sickened by life-threatening infections linked to contaminated medical scopes—more than previously estimated by federal regulators, according to figures released Friday.
Apr 15, 2016
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Health
California hospitals face 'war zone' of flu patients, and are setting up tents to treat them
Ana Oktay rushed to the hospital in late December struggling to breathe, with a 102-degree fever and a cough that wouldn't let up.
Jan 16, 2018
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Health
Study shows marked decline in retailer compliance after enactment of NYC's Tobacco 21 law
In a study examining compliance with New York City's new law that raised the legal age for purchasing cigarettes to 21 years of age, researchers with New York University (NYU) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) ...
Nov 20, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus death toll hits 500,000, LA shuts bars again as US struggles
More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, an AFP tally showed Sunday, as bars in Los Angeles were ordered to close again due to surging cases in the United States.
Jun 29, 2020
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Medical sterilizing facilities face growing scrutiny due to toxic gas concerns
Southern California air regulators are investigating several facilities that sterilize medical equipment with a carcinogenic gas after preliminary monitoring confirmed their emissions may pose an elevated cancer risk to people ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The mental health effects of living with long COVID
I go to the Strand at Hermosa Beach each week and take in the fresh air. Most weeks, I get there and the sun is setting, the sky is an orangish-purple-pink Creamsicle color and the clouds are fluffy. The predictability of ...
Sep 20, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Doctors hope for cure in a second baby born with HIV (Update)
A second American baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment—in this instance, four hours after birth.
Mar 5, 2014
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Divided perception of e-cigarettes among chest medicine clinicians
At the CHEST Annual Meeting 2016 in Los Angeles, results from an online questionnaire sent to members of the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) earlier this year revealed that perceptions of e-cigarette harms and ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Unproven tests, inaccurate results: Public health labs worry 'bad data' could taint US recovery from coronavirus crisis.
Companies are lining up to market an emerging type of blood test to detect whether a person has ever had the novel coronavirus. These antibody tests could be critical to reopening the U.S., informing public health and state ...
Apr 16, 2020
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