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Report: Many CA Health Care Workers Not Screened

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES -- A report published Tuesday showed that more than 100,000 California health care professionals -- including doctors, dentists and therapists -- have not undergone the background checks that are supposed to be required for state boards to license them.

The Department of Consumer Affairs identified about 104,000 medical professionals that have not been through fingerprints screening, according to the Los Angeles Times. And an investigation by the Times and ProPublica found that about 195,000 of Californias registered and vocational nurses have not had background checks done.

Tiny Spanish mission a rare gem in Monterey

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

When the United States took over, the Catholic Church sent Joseph Alemany, a Spaniard, to be bishop of California. He made the Monterey chapel his cathedral in 1849, but soon moved to Old St. Marys in San Francisco. Not long afterward, another bishop came to Monterey, but he moved the cathedral to Santa Barbara, to be closer to Los Angeles.

In the 1920s and later, a new interest in the California missions and in mission architecture blossomed in California. It was the era of Mission Revival architecture, when advocates restored the Mission-era buildings to their original Spanish-Moorish exteriors and plain, whitewashed interiors.

Crescenta Valley Sun: La Crescenta, California

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

And bull; and ensp;The Community Standards District, six years in the making, was approved by the Los Angeles Planning Commission and forwarded to the board of supervisors. The CSD would implement area-specific standards for the unincorporated portion of the Foothill Boulevard commercial corridor.

And bull; and ensp;Dale Frazier of La Ca and ntilde;ada had a close call with a coyote when walking her border terrier, Doc. The coyote attempted to grab the terrier and run, but let go when Frazier started yelling at it. The Strong family fought with a mountain lion when it snatched their Bernaise mountain dog, Bear, from the family and rsquo;s compound in La Ca and ntilde;ada. Thankfully they were able to get Bear to a vet who saved the 50-pound pet.

Jaw Disease Risk may increase with Bone-Growth Drugs TopNews United States

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Study coauthor Parish Sedghizadeh, an assistant professor of clinical dentistry and researcher at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles said jawbone disease is "absolutely rare, and one of the least likely bones to get infected. All of a sudden, we saw this raging epidemic of jawbone infections," prompting the researchers to sit up and take note.

ABC News: Will Side Effect Reports Scare Fosamax Patients

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Some doctors already speculate that the new report, out of the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in Los Angeles, may affect public acceptance of the drug.

Former in-laws identified among victims of Santa shooter

Mon, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:00 GMT

Police said Bruce Jeffrey Pardo committed suicide after he went on a shooting rampage dressed as Santa Claus at the party in the Los Angeles suburb of Covina. He targeted his ex-wife, 43-year-old Sylvia Pardo, and her family, police said. He then started the fire, police said.

The former parents-in-law of a man accused of killing nine people at a Christmas Eve party were among the remains of six people identified Saturday by the Los Angeles County Coroners Office.

Study Sheds Light on Link Between Religion, Self-Control

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:58:00 GMT

Researchers for decades have repeatedly found a correlation between religiosity and higher self-control among students and adults, noting that students who spent more time in Sunday school did better at laboratory tests measuring their self-discipline and that devout people were more likely than others to wear seat belts, go to the dentist and take vitamins.

Religious lifestyles may contribute to self-control by providing people with clear standards for their behavior, by causing people to monitor their own behavior more closely, and by giving people the sense that God is watching their behavior, states one conclusion of the study, which will be published in the issue of Psychological Bulletin.

Preventing Oral Cancer keyc. tv

Mon, 31 Dec 2008 06:01:00 GMT

In Health Watch: Oral cancer is on the rise in the US. And kills twice as many Americans each year as cervical cancer. But a new non-invasive test can help determine if lesions in the mouth contain pre-cancerous. allowing them to be removed before they turn into cancer. Manuel Gallegus explains. A trip to the dentist may have helped Ken Schneider prevent oral cancer. Schneider says, I saw what I thought was an unusual white spot or a lesion and I decided to have it examined further. 10 percent of Americans have these lesions which can turn into oral cancer. While most are not pre-cancerous. The "brush test" can help you be sure -- *without* any cutting. The dentist scrapes cells off the spot with a brush and sends them to a lab. Where theyre tested. for abnormal or pre-cancerous cells. Kens

Many California Health Workers Not Checked for Criminal Pasts - ProPublica

Mon, 31 Dec 2008 06:01:00 GMT

Californias failure to check the criminal backgrounds of health professionals extends well beyond nurses, encompassing tens of thousands of doctors, dentists, psychiatric technicians and therapists.

All told, the agency now estimates that close to a third of the states 937,100 licensed healthcare workers have not been screened through fingerprint checks.

PR-USA. net - Prime Companies Begins Financial Audit

Mon, 30 Dec 2008 05:57:00 GMT

Prime Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PCIR) today announced that its auditors, Stonefield Josephson, Inc. , Los Angeles, California, has begun the audit of the Companys 2007 financials.

Prime Companies previously announced that it is launching a web site service to allow consumers to research and choose the appropriate dentist for their location and needs. Further information will be released about this service shortly.