As a pediatrician, I care for children suffering from many illnesses. One patient that stands out in my mind is a seven-year-old girl with asthma. She was taking her asthma […]
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Fried Eggs on the Sidewalk and Baked Cookies in Cars
In Arizona this past weekend — where temperatures muscled their way to 120 degrees — folks were frying eggs on the sidewalk and baking chocolate chip cookies in cars, giving new […]
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Buying Cheap Imported Drugs is a Rotten Deal for Patients
Presidential front-runner Donald Trump just unveiled a proposal that would authorize Americans to buy prescription drugs imported from countries like Canada. The measure sounds appealing — who wouldn’t want cheaper […]
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Proposed Medicare Changes Sacrifice Cancer Patients for Cost Savings
Officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently proposed a major change to the way Medicare pays for advanced cancer medicines. Unfortunately, the changes threaten cancer patients’ […]
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Vote We Must!
If it had been left up to the powers that be in the segregated South of the 1950s and 1960s, when I was growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, I would not have received the […]
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Trump Fuels Race Wars in America
By Al Pina Pictures are worth a thousand words and the pictures show that America will see racial demonstrations and violence not seen for decades. Make no mistake about this, […]
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Living With the Threat of High-Speed Trains
Communities located near San Fernando Road such as Sylmar, San Fernando, Pacoima, Sun Valley and Santa Clarita have lived under the threat of high-speed trains for more than five years. […]
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Neighborhood Council Power
Dear Editor, The upcoming neighborhood council elections make me consider how much weight councils have on L.A. city’s government. With all the projects and initiatives that Mayor Garcetti has in […]
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Manipulating Medicare
Fewer seniors are re-entering the hospital after their first stay there, according to recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Obama administration says that we have […]