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Local Health Officials On Alert Due To Ebola Scare
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Ebola infection of a Dallas nurse has shaken the medical world and put health officials on alert from California to Connecticut. At the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center...
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California Native Brittany Maynard, 29, ‘Dies With Dignity’ In Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (CBSLA.com/AP) — A young woman who moved to Oregon to take advantage of the state’s assisted-suicide law took lethal drugs prescribed by a doctor and has died, a spokesman said Sunday....
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Woman Claims She Ended Up In ICU After Procedure At Clinic She Says Doctor...
TORRANCE (CBSLA.com) — A San Pedro couple says they never had time to grieve the recent miscarriage of their daughter because of the events that transpired after. Back in March, Torrance Memorial...
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Local Doctor, 82, Accused Of Taking Part In Prescription-Drug Ring
CRENSHAW DISTRICT (CBSLA.com) — A doctor in his 80s and five other people have been indicted in a widespread prescription-drug ring, authorities said. Prosecutors say Clyde Arnold, 82, provided illegal...
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Doctor Who Treated Some Boston Marathon Bombing Victims Hopes Tsarnaev Is...
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_0804201522452189682AA.mp4 CAMARILLO (CBSLA.com) — A Camarillo doctor who rendered aid to some of the Boston Marathon bombing victims hopes a jury hands down...
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Doctor Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison After Pleading No Contest To Sexually...
MONTEBELLO (CBSLA.com) — A Montebello doctor pleaded no contest to two counts of felony sexual battery involving two patients, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. A...
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Thousand Oaks Doctor, Her Unlicensed Husband Held In Death Of 88-Year-Old Woman
THOUSAND OAKS (CBSLA.com) — Officials in Thousand Oaks said they have arrested a doctor and her unlicensed husband on felony charges related to the death of an 88-year-old woman. Investigators from...
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District Attorney’s Office: Fake Veterinarian Busted When Cat Dies After Surgery
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — He called himself a veterinarian, but when Hector Menjivar, who owns a North Hollywood animal clinic, recently performed surgery on a cat, the pet died that same night....
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Doctor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Surgical Recovery Patient
TEMECULA (CBSLA.com) — A doctor at Temecula Valley Hospital has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a patient recovering from surgery. Doctor John McGuire, 44, allegedly committed...
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LA Doctor Convicted In Overdose Deaths Of 3 Patients
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The second-degree murder convictions this week of a Los Angeles-area physician were the first against a U.S. doctor for recklessly prescribing drugs, the Los Angeles district...
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Victims’ Families Confront Rowland Heights Doctor Convicted of Murder
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Families of the victims of a Rowland Heights doctor convicted of second-degree murder for the drug overdose deaths of three of her patients confronted her in court Monday....
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Reseda Doctor Speaks Out After Being Suspected Of Molesting Multiple Patients
RESEDA (CBSLA.com) — A San Fernando Valley doctor has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting multiple women during medical examinations in his office, police announced Tuesday. According to...
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OC Doctor Who Faked His Death Faces 5 Years For Evading Justice
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Newport Beach physician who faked his own death to dodge an insurance fraud case and hid in Russia and Egypt for years faces five in prison for fleeing the country to evade...
View ArticleDoctor Is Accused Of Sexual Assault, So Why Is He Still Practicing?
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — You may only see your doctor a few times a year, but often those visits reveal the most intimate details of your life. So what happens when a doctor violates your trust, or, in...
View ArticleMedical License Revoked For 84-Year-Old Doctor Who Won’t Use A Computer
CBS Local — An 84-year-old doctor has lost her license to practice medicine, partly because she does not own or know how to use a computer. New Hampshire physician Anna Konopka surrendered her license...
View Article‘Her Kidney Is Crushing It:’ UCLA Doctor Touts Kidney Re-Gifting Program...
WESTWOOD (CBSLA) — Kidney donors give the gift of life. And now many are giving that gift twice as part of an innovative program that “re-gifts” the organs. Vertis Boyce’s kidneys failed a decade ago,...
View ArticleOC Doctor Accused Of Sending Sexual Messages To Cheerleaders
NEWPORT BEACH (CBSLA) — An Orange County doctor is accused of sexually harassing high school cheerleaders on social media. As CBSLA’s Michele Gile reports, the physician who volunteered to work at...
View ArticleSuspect Accused Of Killing Former Bush Doctor Takes His Own Life
HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of killing one of former President George H.W. Bush’s doctors fatally shot himself during a confrontation with authorities in Houston on Friday morning, the city’s police...
View ArticleFormer UCI Student Accused Of Impersonating A Doctor
ORANGE (CBSLA) — A former UCI student is accused of impersonating a doctor, authorities said. Ariya Ouskouian, 23, of Irvine was charged Tuesday with providing medical diagnosis while impersonating a...
View ArticleSan Clemente Doctor Charged In Wife’s Death
SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA) — A San Clemente doctor has been charged with murder more than two years after his wife fell to her death. Susann Sills fell down the stairs and died in her San Clemente home on...
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