The Little Flower That Could
October 16, 2003
Hippies, bellbottoms and Volkswagen Beetles aren\’t the only \’60s icons to resurface.
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Preteen Advocate Educates Nation About Diabetes
August 21, 2003
Emma Klatman serves as the American Diabetes Association\’s (ADA) 2003-2004 national youth advocate. Her duties entail promoting research and public policies relating to diabetes, and visiting diabetes summer camps to involve other children in the fight against the disease.
Charity Makes Tamkin an ICON
May 29, 2003
Dr. S. Jerome Tamkin doesn\’t keep a little black book, but he does keep a large white binder. And if you\’re an educational, Jewish or health organization, you want to be listed there, because the binder tracks 32 organizations which Tamkin and his wife, Judith, have chosen to support through their Tamkin Foundation. And that\’s just the major projects. It also includes a list of more than 100 additional entities which receive donations from the foundation.
Health Care Requires Resuscitation
April 24, 2003
\”We have a continuing crisis in this country of millions of Americans without health insurance, and that\’s just plain wrong,\” said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles), who will speak Friday, April 25 at Leo Baeck Temple as part of a series on health care.
Doctor Helps Kids Deal With Diabetes
April 24, 2003
If there\’s such thing as a typical doctor, Francine Kaufman surely doesn\’t fit the mold. First, as Zucker noted, \”She\’s the only doctor we know who comes to work in stilettos and a miniskirt.\”
Jewish Prescription For Health Care Ills
January 16, 2003
Is our national health care system beyond cure? Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Dr. Alexandra M. Levine, medical director of the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, believe that the Jewish community can take a role in advancing remedies for our nation\’s health care ills.
Now Hear This!
January 2, 2003
Welcome to Radio Sawa, the brainchild of Norman J. Pattiz, founder and chairman of the biggest radio network in the United States. Since March of last year, Radio Sawa (which means together in Arabic) has been broadcasting in Arabic around the clock in the Middle East, targeting listeners under 30 years old, who make up 60 percent of the region\’s population.
Radio Sawa broadcasts a mix of Western and Arabic pop music, interspersed with news updates and analysis, interviews and opinion pieces. Potentially, millions of listeners can access Radio Sawa via AM, FM and shortwave frequencies, as well as on the Internet (www.radiosawa.com) and on digital radio satellite channels.
Man as Creator
November 28, 2002
A woman who had taken fertility treatments became pregnant only to learn that she was carrying four embryos.
Muscular Disorder Won’t Stop Siblings
November 21, 2002
As young adults, brothers Babak and Daniel Darvish, born less than two years apart, were avid athletes, music lovers and medical students who planned to become surgeons.
Trauma System in Critical
October 31, 2002
Angelenos in need of emergency care are facing the threat of longer journeys to fewer facilities. Faced with a projected deficit in excess of $700 million in 2005, the L.A. County Department of Health Services has proposed to shut down two of its hospitals, increasing the burden on remaining hospitals countywide.
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