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According to a Cedars-Sinai Medical Center scientist, controlling antibiotic usage in an outpatient setting to prevent further increases in the rate of antibiotic resistance is now a national priority.

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1. New Program for Children with Brain, Spinal Cord Tumors 2. Bacteria Becoming Increasingly Resistant to Antibiotics 3. New "Success With Heart Failure" Program 4. National Glaucoma Awareness Month 5. New Heart Watch Program Offers Coronary Calcium Scans

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Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy -- A new type of cancer vaccine is being tested at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute, giving new hope to patients with malignant brain tumors.

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For the past seven years, medical geneticists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have specialized in a limb-lengthening procedure known as the Vilarrubias technique. This technique used in treating patients with dwarfism, it lengthens both legs at the same time.

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1. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis survivor and liver transplant expert available; 2. Rare Surgical Approach Offers Hope for Epilepsy Patients; 3. Uncommon Procedure Enables Patients With Dwarfism to do Things Most People Take for Granted; 4. Gene Array/DNA Extraction

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Neurogeneticists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have localized SCA10, a gene involved with a rare form of inherited ataxia, a disease whose onset usually comes in early adulthood and that causes incoordination of gait and movement.

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Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and other medical centers nationwide have found that in treating children who have certain malignant brain tumors, a "tried-and-true" chemotherapy protocol provides better results than a newer, more experimental method.

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1)Antibiotics in preventing heart attack; 2)Allergies; 3) New Ataxia/Epilepsy Gene; 4) Fitness; 5) Pain Management; 6)Parkinson's; 7)Stroke; 8)Nurse Practitioners; 9)Cedars Named Quality Leader for Providing Most Preferred Healthcare Services

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Well-meaning parents who give their babies "designer" bottled waters to drink may be unwittingly contributing to their young children's dental problems, says a pediatric dentist, orthodontist and dental anesthesiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

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1) "Gold-Standard" study shows surgical skill affects survival rates in children with brain tumors; 2) Early dental exams can help avert problems posed by "designer" bottled waters; 3) Tips for parents of premature babies; 4) Young patients get "TLC" in new Pediatric ER