Imperial Valley News Center
Power Outage at the State Department
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Washington, DC - This morning during construction at the 21st Street entrance, one of the power lines that serves the Main State building was accidentally severed. This has resulted in a power outage at the State Department.
FDA approves drug that extends survival in the most common type of lung cancer
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- Written by Peter Bracke
Los Angeles, California - The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a new drug to treat non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), offering people new hope in fighting the disease. Lung cancer is expected to lead to more than 150,000 deaths in the United States this year alone, and NSCLC accounts for about 85 percent of all lung cancers.
UCLA researcher develops robotic surgery technique to treat previously inoperable head and neck cancer
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- Written by Peter Bracke
Los Angeles, California - In a groundbreaking new study, UCLA researchers have advanced a robotic surgical technique to successfully access a previously unreachable area of the head and neck.
Higher-earning physicians make more money by ordering more procedures per patient
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- Written by Kim Irwin
Los Angeles, California - In results they characterized as “very surprising,” UCLA researchers found for the first time that higher-earning clinicians make more money by ordering more procedures and services per patient rather than by seeing more patients, which may not be in patients’ best interest.
As gay marriage gains voter acceptance study illuminates one possible reason
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- Written by Meg Sullivan
Los Angeles, California - Conventional wisdom holds that changing the views of voters on divisive issues is difficult if not impossible - and that when change does occur, it is almost always temporary.
UCLA researchers project Southern California rainfall levels through end of century
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- Written by Alison Hewitt
Los Angeles, California - A UCLA study published today provides the most detailed scientific projections to date of how climate change will affect rainfall and snowfall in Southern California through the end of the 21st century.
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