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Bacterial Meningitis

Anna Almendrala

More Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Cases Uncovered

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 04.18.2013 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles public health officials Wednesday began offering free bacterial meningitis vaccinations to low-income and uninsured residen...

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Where To Get Free Meningitis Vaccines

Los Angeles Daily News | Susan Abram | Posted 04.15.2013 | Los Angeles
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Free meningitis vaccines will be offered beginning Monday by AIDS Healthcare Foundation at three locations throughout Los Angeles, officials announced...

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Family Decides To Remove Life Support

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 04.14.2013 | Los Angeles
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WEST HOLLYWOOD -- Brett Shaad, a 33-year-old West Hollywood, Calif. man, is dead after being removed from life support Saturday evening. Shaad, who...

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Man's Sudden Brain Death Sends Shockwaves Through Gay Community

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 04.13.2013 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES -- A 33-year-old West Hollywood man who felt sickened by bacterial meningitis earlier this week has been declared brain dead amid warnings...

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Oprah And Eben Alexander Discuss 'Proof Of Heaven' After His Near-Death Experience

Posted 12.01.2012 | Healthy Living
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Watch in the video above, as Oprah sits down with neurosurgeon Eben Alexander, whose remarkable near-death experience radically shifted his faith....

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Is Michael Graves the James Dyson of Healthcare?

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.15.2012 | Business
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Rosina Samadani

Michael Graves has noticed the deficit in understanding in the design of hospital rooms -- including layout, bathrooms, and even décor, and the tremendous need in assistive devices for patients.

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A Bad Outlook for a Bad Disease

Dr. Orin Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Dr. Orin Levine

For the first time, meningitis will get a slice of the pie. The pie in this case is the pie chart issued each year by the WHO, in which they estimate the proportion of child deaths due to each disease syndrome.

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