Girl's lung transplant leaves thorny ethical questions

Girl's lung transplant leaves thorny ethical questions

The emails arrived by the dozens. Then the hundreds. Then the thousands.

Plan B emergency contraceptive pill battle: Confusion endures

Plan B emergency contraceptive pill battle: Confusion endures

It was hailed as a significant step forward in women's reproductive rights, but this week's decision by the Obama administration to allow non-prescription, over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step may do little to...

Los Angeles leads nation in Medicare spending on end-of-life care

Los Angeles leads nation in Medicare spending on end-of-life care

More money was spent in the Los Angeles area on chronically ill patients in their final years than anywhere else in the United States, according to new data on Medicare patients released Wednesday.

Obama administration reverses course on Plan B pill

Obama administration reverses course on Plan B pill

The Obama administration dropped its long-standing opposition to over-the-counter sales of a controversial morning-after pill Monday and decided to permit consumers of any age to buy Plan B One-Step without a prescription.

Doctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates looms

Doctors brace for pain as 10% cut to Medi-Cal rates looms

In a office decorated with Chinese art and diagrams of body parts, Dr. George Ma cares for more than 4,000 patients.

 
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<strong>'Aquabats! Super Show!'</strong>

'Aquabats! Super Show!'

Our Robert Lloyd visits the masked men in their secret lair.

Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together

Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together

Many days, the sheer weight of Iszurette Hunter's clinical depression becomes more than she can lift. She clings to her bed in her South Los...

Financial help for patients fighting cancer

Financial help for patients fighting cancer

After finding a lump in her breast, Laura Wells had to wait nearly six months before getting a confirmed diagnosis of cancer.

Obama cites California to tout his healthcare law

Obama cites California to tout his healthcare law

[Updated, 10:56 a.m. June 7: SAN JOSE – President Obama on Friday morning held up California as an example of how his...

PTSD may be prevented, researchers find

PTSD may be prevented, researchers find

Experts estimate that up to 20% of U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition...

Affordable Care Act spurs hiring blitz

Affordable Care Act spurs hiring blitz

The nation's complicated healthcare overhaul is proving to be a surprising source of work: People are needed to explain the law's provisions...

South L.A. health center adds fresh produce to its mix of services

South L.A. health center adds fresh produce to its mix of services

Half of physician Mimi Choi's pediatric patients are overweight or obese. She instructs them to eat more fruits and vegetables.

Officials from L.A. urge delay in transferring some to managed care

Several members of the Los Angeles congressional delegation asked the federal government Tuesday to postpone moving hundreds of thousands of...

Brain wave study sheds light on autism among toddlers

Brain wave study sheds light on autism among toddlers

How an autistic baby's brain fires up in response to words at 2 years of age may predict how well that child will...