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Smith: It's a patient's job to be informed too
Concurrent with my duties as a weekly columnist for the Daily Pilot, I provide business development guidance to physicians and dentists. Since 1998, this work has taken me behind the scenes at countless medical and dental offices, clinics and hospitals....Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Internists, Cell Phones, MRI (imaging), Brain
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The Crowd: Funds and awareness for rare diseases
The ballroom at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort was filled with some 500 guests from all over the nation. They had come for the inaugural Champions of Hope Gala benefiting the Global Genes/ RARE Project, a nonprofit advocating research and treatment for...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Food and Drug Administration, Muscular Dystrophy, Parenting, PBS (tv network)
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Friday's Calendar
FRIDAY LWV of Orange Coast Luncheon Costa Mesa Councilman Jim Righeimer and former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis will be the featured speakers at a League of Women Voters of Orange Coast luncheon, starting at noon at Coco's at Fashion Island, 151 Newport...Tags: San Diego Padres, Claire Trevor, Petco Park, University of California, Irvine, French Literature
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Saturday's Calendar
SATURDAY Newport Beach Relay for Life The 11th annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Newport beach kicks off at 9 a.m. at Newport Harbor High School, 600 Irvine Ave., Newport Beach. A Luminaria Ceremony in honor of cancer survivors and in...Tags: San Diego Padres, Personal Service, Petco Park, University of California, Irvine, Huntington's Disease
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Virgen's View: Saul recalled fondly
Rich Saul will be remembered for his work as a football player, as he should. He was a great center for the Rams. But he was so much more than the player. Saul passed away Sunday. He was 64. He had been battling leukemia since 2003, the Orange County...Tags: St. Louis Rams, Diseases and Illnesses, National Football League, Football, Sports
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His vision for a better world [Corrected]
While most of us don't think twice about our ability to see the world around us, many lack even the basic access to eyeglasses. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Dr. Ahsan Khan was the president of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Guatemala, Environmental Issues, Pakistan, Cataracts
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Rotary has polio on the ropes in India
Rotary Club members worldwide, including those in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, are cautiously celebrating a milestone in the global effort to eradicate polio. India, until recently an epicenter of the wild poliovirus, has gone one year without recording...Tags: Pakistan, Rotary International, Mountains, Disease Prevention, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nursing home contesting citation, $100,000 fine
A Newport Beach nursing home is contesting a state citation relating to a patient's death, company officials said Tuesday. The California Department of Public Health this week issued its heaviest possible fine — $100,000 — and most severe...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Osteoporosis, Health Organizations, Nursing Homes, Hip Replacement
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Blood donation is valuable, so why not pay donors?
Los Angeles TimesNeed more blood donors? Economists have a suggestion: Pay them. For nearly 40 years, efforts to compensate people for donating blood have been discouraged by the World Health Organization. In the United States, the American Red Cross says “all...Tags: American Red Cross, HIV, Argentina, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Economy, Business and Finance
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H7N9 bird flu can pass between mammals, researchers find
Scientists are gaining a better understanding of the H7N9 bird flu that has sickened more than 130 people -- and killed more than 30 -- in China and Taiwan since February. The latest research into the virus, which before this year had never been...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Diseases and Illnesses, Bird Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu
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The Front Burner: Breed-specific regulation: Not new and not working
We all want to live safely, including with dogs. With that purpose in mind, we should adopt policies that have succeeded, and avoid ones that failed. Breed-specific regulation did not originate with pit bulls. Long Branch, N.J., banned the Spitz in...Tags: Humane Society of the United States, Litigation and Regulation, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Diabetes, Nutrition, Personal Income, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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