May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Science
Patients who have used doctor-prescribed pot are being turned away from hospital transplant programs.
Should using doctor-prescribed marijuana be a deal-breaker for someone needing an organ transplant? It is not a theoretical question but a pressing and emotional one confronting hospitals and patients in states where medical use of marijuana is legal.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Science
Health professionals — both intentionally and unwittingly — and dishonest patients are diverting powerful and potentially addictive pharmaceuticals from legitimate medical channels, authorities say.
A Riverside County psychiatrist who drove a Corvette and lived in a gated community allegedly wrote prescriptions in the lobby of his fitness club and outside restaurants for $100 each.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Science
Harvey Karman, a flamboyant psychologist whose invention made a key contribution to women’s reproductive health, particularly by making abortions simpler, cheaper and less painful, died May 6 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. He was 84.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Science
Funds to hire personal and domestic assistance could be cut under governor’s revised budget.
Salvador Chavez is a matchmaker. He helps people with disabilities find in-home attendants to help with bathing, dressing, shopping, cooking, cleaning and other personal and household chores. He screens providers to make sure they respect the dignity of the disabled and reminds customers that workers have rights too.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:03am Under Science
In a soon-to-be-released report, federal inspectors confirm findings by The Times that regulators failed to spot problem programs and didn’t act quickly to protect patients.
Prompted by serious lapses at three California organ transplant programs, federal inspectors have documented broad failings by the agencies that oversee the nation’s transplant system and raised doubts about the pace of promised improvements.
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May 19th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Science
Hugh Laurie’s character diagnoses Dr. Brock Sterling through the TV screen, then tops it with a dose of drama and a convenient swig of quinine.
“House”
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May 17th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Science
The baby stellar blast happened around 1868, astronomers say. Radio and X-ray techniques are combined to pinpoint the object.
Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old.
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May 17th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Science
In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
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May 17th, 2008 at 12:03pm Under Science
Researchers speculate that calm conditions in the Pacific altered the route of his ships, which became the first to circle the globe.
El Niño, the weather phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades, might have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago.
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May 17th, 2008 at 12:04am Under Science
The action comes after Kaiser Permanente and Health Net reach an agreement with a state agency.
Two of the state’s largest health plans agreed Thursday to reinstate coverage to nearly 1,200 patients whose policies were dropped after they incurred high medical expenses.
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