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Ben Carson's conservative views are drawn from the Bible
I am not among the many who are shocked that Ben Carson, the brilliant and widely admired neurosurgeon based at Johns Hopkins Hospital, would emerge as a hero of the political right and Sean Hannity's new best friend. That Carson would stoop to making...
Tags: Elections, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Bible
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Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Elections, Politics, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics
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Doctor's orders: Step up to mentor boys
![It probably wasn't the warm and fuzzy message I suspect most of the full-house crowd at this year's 20th annual Arthur "Pappy" Kennedy Prayer Breakfast expected. But given the urgency, Benjamin Carson Sr. hadn't come all the way from Baltimore to pull punches on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-01/58946875-21184101.jpg "It probably wasn't the warm and fuzzy message I suspect most of the full-house crowd at this year's 20th annual Arthur "Pappy\" Kennedy Prayer Breakfast expected. But given the urgency, Benjamin Carson Sr. hadn't come all the way from Baltimore to pull punches on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.")
Darryl E. OwensIt probably wasn't the warm and fuzzy message I suspect most of the full-house crowd at this year's 20th annual Arthur "Pappy" Kennedy Prayer Breakfast expected. But given the urgency, Benjamin Carson Sr. hadn't come all the way from Baltimore to pull...Tags: Health, African Americans, Allergies, The New York Times, Surgery
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Wife 'heartbroken' at death blamed on meningitis
Eddie Lovelace's symptoms were subtle at first, almost imperceptible -- a headache now and then, a little dizzinessin the first week of September. A healthy 78-year-old circuit court judge in Albany, Kentucky, Lovelace didn't want to go to the doctor,...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Stroke, CNN (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Barbie (fictional character)
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Study: NFL players at risk for Alzheimer's disease, ALS
Just hours before the 2012 NFL season kicked off, a new study suggested that professional football players were three times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. When researchers specifically looked at Alzheimer's...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Genetics, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Chicago Bears
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Patt Morrison Asks: The brain, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
![Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that man -- associate prof, surgeon and head of the brain tumor stem cell lab at Johns Hopkins. His work puts him, passionately, on the cutting-edge of brain cancer research, and his life wedges him, reluctantly, into the immigration quarrel. He tells his story -- his traumas and triumphs, and his patients' -- in an autobiography, "Becoming Dr. Q," and here, now.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/column/2011-09/65140152-30171726.jpg "Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that man -- associate prof, surgeon and head of the brain tumor stem cell lab at Johns Hopkins. His work puts him, passionately, on the cutting-edge of brain cancer research, and his life wedges him, reluctantly, into the immigration quarrel. He tells his story -- his traumas and triumphs, and his patients' -- in an autobiography, "Becoming Dr. Q,\" and here, now.")
Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that...Tags: Edward Ruscha, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, CNN (tv network), DREAM Act
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On 'Grey's Anatomy,' an altruistic act in Alzheimer's study could wreak havoc
The premise
Neurosurgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital are conducting a clinical trial of a new treatment for patients with "rapidly progressive Alzheimer's disease." Some of the patients in the trial are randomly assigned to receive the experimental drug...Tags: Medical Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Science and Technology, Genetic Engineering
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Jamie Bamber is surgically suave in TNT’s “Monday Mornings”
Channel Guide MagazineJamie Bamber is making good progress completing the leading-man checklist. Hotshot pilot? Check. (Apollo on Battlestar Galactica) Hotshot cop? Check. (Matt Devlin on Law & Order: UK) Hotshot doctor? Well, that’s where Tyler Wilson on Monday Mornings... -
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives $11-million gift
L.A. NOWChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles has received an $11-million gift from the estate of an Oscar-winning filmmaker and his wife. The gift from Billy and Audrey Wilder will be used to create an endowed chair of the Division of Neurosurgery, which...... -
Sanjay Gupta explores concussions, high-school football in CNN special, “Big Hits, Broken Dreams”
Channel Guide MagazineOf all the questions people throw Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s way — and there are many for the neurosurgeon who is also CNN’s chief medical correspondent — among the most common deal with high-school football and concussions. Is the game... -
Doctor: Sen. Kirk ‘progressing as expected’ after stroke
TribLocal - Wheaton » NewsU.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is “progressing as expected” after his stroke and surgery, but he remains in serious condition, the neurosurgeon who operated on him …... -
Northwestern Hosts Workshops to Offer Parkinson’s Patients and Caregivers Information and Support
TribLocal - EvanstonNorthwestern’s Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center will host two workshops this spring to help those impacted by Parkinson’s better understand the disease and its …...
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