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Investigation focuses on doctor in drug deaths
The Medical Board of California has launched an investigation into a string of 16 fatal overdoses tied to powerful narcotics prescribed by a prominent Orange County physician. Dr. Van Vu, a pain management specialist in Huntington Beach, was featured in...
Tags: Morphine (drug), Litigation, Medical Procedures and Tests, Los Angeles Times, Methadone (drug)
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Joe Surf: Breathe in that misty salt air for kids
Next time you're out there, straddling your board, waiting for the next set, take a long, deep breath.
Appreciate it.
On Aug. 6, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will hold its fourth annual Pipeline to a Cure gala at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Health, Economy, Business and Finance, Human Body, Genes and Chromosomes
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Mailbag: Keep holidays safe in H.B.
As the holiday season approaches, it brings many festive occasions with friends and family. However, it also brings increased risks of being injured or killed in alcohol-related accidents on our roadways. Just a reminder: A DUI conviction can cost...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Washington, DC, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Are you Matt's match?
Matt Myer smiled as he sat at his kitchen table in a purple T-shirt with hospital bracelets on his wrist.
Family friend Traci Coffman told him he was looking better today — more color, a little pink, a side effect of his medication, his mother...Tags: Health, Human Body, Emergency Health Procedures, Genes and Chromosomes, Family
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Readers' travel tips
If you are taking your minor child on a vacation without your spouse, make sure you have a notarized letter from your spouse that specifically states you have permission to take the child to the specific destination during the specified dates....Tags: Trips and Vacations, Chemical Industry, Allergies, Travel
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Letters: Sexism and the Plan B debate
Re "A birth control double standard," Opinion, May 20 Bravo to Meg Waite Clayton's articulate Op-Ed regarding society's double standard for male and female sexuality, and the Obama administration's consequent restriction of access to emergency...
Tags: Standards, Science and Technology, Tylenol (drug), Abdominal Pain, Health Treatments
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Jay Rittenberg: Pharmacies getting crushed by supposed partners
As the owner of a 57-year-old family-run pharmacy in Miami Beach and engaged provider of health care, I want my community to know that our first priority is serving our patients. Our businesses, alongside 1,300 independent retail pharmacies in Florida,...Tags: Marketing, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Accounting and Auditing, Chemical Industry, Miami Beach
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Importance of expiration date depends on the specific drug
Q: I have several medications that are well beyond their expiration dates. Does that mean that they won't work — or are dangerous? A: The manufacturer's expiration date on most medications is 2-3 years from when the pills were made. This assumes...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Chest Pains, Chemical Industry
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Leapfrog health analysts hand out hospital grades
Florida's hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards and more than a third earned an A, according to a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. In the Sunshine State, 37...
Tags: Health, Sanford, Daytona Beach, Medical Specialization, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Hospitals fare well in recent scorecard
Broward and Palm Beach county hospitals, like those across the rest of the nation, have received their spring report cards as scored by a nonprofit organization that advocates for safer health-care delivery. Nineteen local hospitals earned A grades,...Tags: West Palm Beach, Hospitals and Clinics, Miramar, Medical Procedures and Tests, Human Interest
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4 HIV babies born in Broward, PBC — first in years
In South Florida, home to some of the nation's worst AIDS rates, a trend worth celebrating came to a sad end last year when Broward and Palm Beach counties each reported two babies born HIV-positive. They were the first such cases since 2006 in Palm...
Tags: Health, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), AIDS, Abusive Behavior, Palm Beach County
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Health care concerns
I'm not statistician enough to know how much of the story U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster's editorial ("Time to repeal Obamacare," May 16) tells, but surely we agree that the existing health care system deserved overhaul. We are a sick nation, getting sicker,...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Chemical Industry, Bill Shuster
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