Tag: symptom
Opinion: Too many older Americans are getting tested for Alzheimer's
An 80-something patient came in for an annual visit recently and was worried that recent memory lapses might be symptoms of Alzheimer’s...
Valley fever is a growing risk in Central California; few visitors ever get a warning
When Nora Bruhn bought admission to the Lightning in a Bottle arts and music festival on the shores of Kern County’s Buena...
L.A. County reports first West Nile virus death this year
A San Fernando Valley resident is the first person in L.A. County to die this year from West Nile virus, a mosquito-transmitted...
'Grief into action.' Philanthropists give historic $150 million donation to City of Hope for pancreatic cancer research
For entrepreneur and philanthropist Emmet Stephenson Jr., seeing his wife and friends die from pancreatic cancer served as a wake-up call.His...
How Death Valley National Park tries to keep visitors alive amid record heat
FURNACE CREEK, Calif. — As temperatures swelled to 128 degrees, Death Valley National Park rangers got a call that a group of...
Mpox is on the rise in L.A. County. Here's how to avoid it
New cases of mpox in Los Angeles County rose considerably in the last two weeks, local health officials said Monday. The “concerning...