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Senior Living Q & A: What about long-term-care insurance?
Q. I’ve been hearing a lot about “long-term-care insurance.” Won’t Medicare cover my needs? The short answer is, no, probably not. Unlike other types of medical procedures and treatments, long-term care is not primarily...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Nursing
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Students show off jump roping skills
If students jumping rope at Palm Crest Elementary School on Friday appear to have a little extra spring in their feet, it might have been because they were there for a cause. They took to the playground during physical education class, ropes in hand, to...Tags: Health, Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Heart Association
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Alleged anti-Semitic remark triggers call for teacher's dismissal
La Caņada school board member Cindy Wilcox is calling for La Caņada High School math teacher Gabrielle Leko to be fired, alleging, among other things, that she addressed a ninth grade geometry student as “Jew boy.”
Wilcox said she filed a...Tags: Unions, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, Judaism, American Civil Liberties Union
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In Theory: Can we disagree, still maintain standing?
Q. A study released June 9 by the Public Religion Research Institute: “Committed to Availability, Conflicted About Morality, What the Millennial Generation Tells Us about the Future of the Abortion Debate and the Culture Wars.” The survey was...Tags: Abortion, Jesus Christ, Medical Research, John Robinson, Crimes
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Crime Blotter-June 16, 2011
AREA 1: 2600 block of Ridge Pine Drive: A man reported that the rear window of his 2010 Chevrolet Traverse was smashed sometime between noon and 7 p.m. on June 12 while it was parked on the street. Damage was estimated at $500. 4300 block of Ocean View...Tags: Health, Los Angeles, Santa Clarita (Los Angeles, California), Prosecution, Crimes
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Senior Living Q&A: Having surgery is up to you, not your doctor
Q. My doctor is recommending I have surgery, but I am not sure I want to. Do I have to go ahead and do what he says? The decision of whether or not to have surgery is yours. Be sure to make it an informed decision. Keep in mind that approximately one-...Tags: Physical Conditions, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Medical Services
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Senior Living Q & A: Writing a history for long-term health Nancy Turney
Q. My doctor suggested I write a family health history but I don’t really know what that means. Can you explain it? A family health history is a written record of a family's health. The history contains information about a family's medical...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Health, Diabetes, Arts and Culture, Human Body
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Ruling OKs JPL background checks
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday to allow sweeping background checks of JPL scientists and other government contract workers, ruling that privacy rights do not prevent officials from digging into employees' medical, financial and...Tags: Health, Heads of State, National Security, Labor Legislation, George Bush
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Around Town: Dreaming of a world without cancer
In 2004, our son, 2nd. Lt. Andrew Torres, USMC, died of cancer. He was 23 years old. Andrew was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (Class of 2002), a Marine and a fine person. In the hours before his death, he asked us, his family and friends,...Tags: University of Southern California, Physical Conditions, Medical Research, Health, Golf
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A patient approach
What once was a filing room at Glendale Adventist Medical Center is now a second home for cancer patients to rest and relax between appointments. A ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 11 at Glendale Adventist's Center for Cancer Services celebrated the...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Heart and Circulatory System
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In Theory: Save the mother or the baby?
Q. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, Ariz. has stripped St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, also in Phoenix, of its Catholic affiliation for performing emergency surgery on a woman that saved the woman's life but ended her pregnancy, which...Tags: Abortion, Jesus Christ, Hospitals and Clinics, American Civil Liberties Union, Roman Catholicism
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Around & About
CLASSES: Zumba Toning — Saturdays, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Vonder Haar Center, 457 Foothill Blvd., La Caņada. Using light weights, this class combines body-sculpting techniques and Zumba moves. First class is free. For more information call (818) 395-7760....Tags: University of Southern California, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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