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Baby Steps Helps Clients Navigate Field Of Infertility, Surrogacy

No Author — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:05:00 EST

After her own miserable, humiliating, frustrating and costly experience with surrogacy, Liz Silverman-Platt decided there had to be a better way. So nearly three years ago she founded Baby Steps Fertility, LLC to help others, save them from some of the tribulations she went through, and be the resource she wishes she�d had.

UCLA Health System�s New Santa Monica Campus Now Open for Patient Care

No Author — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:36:00 EST

The new UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica officially opened its doors Jan. 8 as 125 adult and pediatric patients were transported into new hospital buildings on the Santa Monica campus, as well as the existing Merle Norman Pavilion.

Nicotine Therapy Doesn't Help Smokers Quit: Study

No Author — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:20:00 EST

Gums, patches and nasal sprays that supply smokers with nicotine do not help people quit cigarettes over the long term any better than going it alone, said a US study on Monday.

Patti Davis Founds New Support Group To Help Alzheimer�s Caregivers

No Author — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:30:00 EST

Patti Davis is working to give family members, friends and caregivers of Alzheimer�s patients something she didn�t have�a place where people could share their emotions and struggles, and be supported.

Sharing The Spirit

No Author — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:56:00 EST

Five singers from LA Opera�s Education and Community Outreach programs kicked off their two-day tour performing for patients in several local hospitals on Wednesday at Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The singers performed holiday classics for more than 20 assembled patients, family members and hospital staff in the hospital�s inpatient rehabilitation unit, which had been turned into a winter wonderland, complete with a holiday tree and light poles wrapped like candy canes. Patients of all ages, including those who couldn�t join but peeked out from their rooms, sang along to holiday classics like Little Drummer Boy and Here Comes Santa Claus. The performers took requests, including Twelve Days of Christmas and Silent Night and even took time out to sing Happy Birthday to a patient celebrating her 12th birthday. The performers�who came dressed in Christmas cheer, complete with Santa hats�included, from left, soprano Karen Hogle-Brown, baritone LeRoy Villanueva, baritone Eli Villanueva, tenor Ashley Faatoalia and mezzo-soprano Sara Campbell (not pictured). Joining the quintet of professional singers were LA Opera�s Director of Education and Community Outreach Stacy Brightman and staffers Jennifer Babcock and Jacob Shideler (right). Now in its 26th Season, LA Opera is the fourth largest opera company in the U.S. Throughout every season, LA Opera collaborates with numerous community centers, libraries, schools, and faith-based organizations to engage and serve its rich and diverse community. Each month, it offers scores of free talks, recitals and programs in neighborhoods throughout LA County. Last year, the company�s education and community outreach programs were experienced by more than 107,000 students and community members from a variety of backgrounds, many of them seeing and hearing opera for the very first time.

L.A. County Officials Call for Truth in Advertising from 1-800-GET-THIN

No Author — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:04:00 EST

The L.A. Board of Supervisors today took aim at a marketing firm that promotes gastric by-pass surgery, following an FDA warning to the company about misleading advertisements.

Blood Pressure Meds Extend Long-term Life Expectancy

No Author — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:08:00 EST

People who took blood pressure medicine during a 1980s clinical trial showed longer life expectancy two decades later than people who took a placebo, a US study said on Tuesday.

Drug-Resistant Infections: A New Epidemic?

No Author — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:18:00 EST

Most people are not aware that colds, flu, most sore throats and bronchitis are caused by viruses. Or that antibiotics do not help fight viruses and that using them for viral infections only decreases their effectiveness overall.

Kaufman Honored For Advocacy To Ensure Access For Diabetes Patients

No Author — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:00:00 EST

The Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC), a L.A.-based nonprofit whose mission is to champion the rights of people with disabilities through education, advocacy and litigation, held its Franklin D. Roosevelt Dinner at the Omni Hotel to recognize excellence in corporate diversity, health advocacy and efforts toward the promotion of rights for people with disabilities, with more than 500 people in attendance.

CHLA�s Claudia Looney Named Outstanding CCS Fundraising Professional For 2012

No Author — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:39:00 EST

Claudia A. Looney, FAHP, CFRE, senior VP of development at Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), is recipient of the 2012 CCS award for Outstanding Fundraising Professional presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

Baby Marks Milestone For CHLA�s ECMO Program, Largest In The State

No Author — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:06:00 EST

Last month, an emergency transport helicopter rushed two-day-old Dorion Freeman to the Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children�s Hospital Los Angeles.

UCLA Launches Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program, First In U.S.

No Author — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:00:00 EST

Increasingly, physicians and hospitals are recognizing the special needs of adolescents. At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, this recognition is manifesting in the form of a special unit�the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program.

California Child Obesity Rates Dip

No Author — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:37:00 EST

Childhood obesity rates in California fell slightly from 2005-2010 in a sign that the state might be starting to get a handle of the childhood obesity epidemic, according to a study released today by UCLA and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy.

Aram I Makes Historic Pontifical Visit to CHLA

No Author — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:15:00 EST

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and spiritual leader of Armenian Diaspora communities in the Middle East, Europe and North America, visited patients and staff at Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). The visit was coordinated by State Senator Kevin De León of the 22nd District, which includes the community of Little Armenia.

UCLA, Operation Mend Help Heal Scars Of War

No Author — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:41:00 EST

A partnership between UCLA Health System, Brooke Army Medical Center and VA-Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is helping servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thus far, 52 combat veterans have been treated at UCLA.

CHLA Grant Allows Expansion Of Services, Education On Primary Immune Deficiencies

No Author — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:51:00 EST

Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) will be able to expand diagnostic, research and physician education services for Primary Immunodeficiencies (PI) thanks to a grant from the Jeffrey Modell Foundation presented last week. This commitment will establish the hosptial�s Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Program for Primary Immunodeficiencies at the hospital.

CHLA Honors Oldest Living Patient

No Author — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:01:00 EST

In 1917, a 3-year-old child from Pasadena named Helen Baker came to the recently opened Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) for successful minor neck surgery. Now 94 years later, Helen returned to the hospital as its oldest living patient to be honored for her lifelong support of the institution and take a tour of the newly opened high-tech patient tower.

Senior Health

No Author — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:48:00 EST

The City of Beverly Hills will offer the sixth annual Senior Health Fair on Monday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Roxbury Community Center, 471 S. Roxbury Dr. For more information, call 310- 285-6840 or on-line at www.-beverlyhills.org. Pictured is a booth from the 2010 Senior Health Fair.

UCLA Hospitals Recognized For Excellence

No Author — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:02:00 EST

Once again, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the #1 hospital in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the best in the Western USA and among the top five in the country. And its sister hospital, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic, has been ranked among the top hospitals in the metro area.

CHLA, Mauli Ola Foundation Help CF Patients Hang Ten

No Author — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:55:00 EST

For most people, surfing is a fun sport. But for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients, it�s also therapy. That�s why Children�s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the Mauli Ola Foundation and professional surfers from around the globe teamed up recently to teach youngsters with CF how to ride the waves at Santa Monica State Beach