McAlister Estate Gifts $38.3 Million to CHLA for Research Program
CHLA in Los Angeles receives 38.3 million from the Fern and Harold McAlister estate, the largest single estate gift to a U S hospital for children. The funding funds the McAlister Clinical Research Program and aids a new 105,000 square foot research building begun March 31 at Sunset and Vermont. The McAlisters' gifts exceed 100 million over time, supporting endowments and 19 pediatric programs.
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Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles
Fern and
Harold McAlister
United States
CHLA
Walter W Noce Jr
Children’s Circle of Care
Seattle
Wash
McAlister
National Institutes of Health
Noce
McAlister Estate
H. Russell
Jeanne R. Smith
Senior weight training boosts health in Pasadena program
Tom Strafaci, a certified strength and conditioning specialist, helps seniors over 60 through his Total Body Program. He won two gold medals at the Pasadena Senior Olympic weightlifting event on June 3, with clinics also taking medals. His home and studio workouts, via the Great Health for Life tape, emphasize three pre exercise stretches and free weights to improve bone mass and daily functional strength.
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Tom Strafaci
Strafaci
Pasadena
Andre Ettinger
Huntington Hospital
Ettinger
Stafaci
Colorado Blvd
Plan Backup For Vital Home Medical Equipment Before Power Failures Occur
Stanford expert urges proactive plans for home life support users. Vicki Running notes devices like ventilators and oxygen concentrators may fail without power. Recommendations include charging internal backups, securing non powered alternatives, maintaining two hours oxygen, using a gas powered generator if feasible, keeping a corded phone, charging cell phones, arranging neighbor check ins, and using local hospital ER if needed.
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Vicki Running
Stanford University Medical Center
Running
Health seminars and trials announced for June events
Free seminars cover chronic sinus problems with Dr Paul Rodgers and sleep disorders with Dr Pratap Saraf at CHEC San Gabriel and Huntington Hospital. A makeup and wig guidance session for cancer patients features Lou Campbell in Pasadena. USC hosts a stroke recovery trial for Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy via EXCITE, funded by NIH, with eligibility criteria listed.
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Paul Rodgers
CHEC
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
Junipero Serra Dr
San Gabriel
Douglas Ford
Lou Campbell
American Cancer Society
CTFA
NCA
Foothills
E. del Mar Blvd
Pasadena
Pratap Saraf
University of Southern California
Independent Health Professions
USC
National Institutes of Health
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McAlis Family Legacie
Clifton S. Smith Jr
Geri Wilson
Mitch Lehman
Carolyn Wightman
Debra Jorgensen
Giorgio Amilio
Kate Boyce
Rod Balingit
San Gabh
Huntington Drive
San Marino
Earthlink
Society
California Newspaper Publishers Association
San Marino Tribune
Neil Singla
Huntington
Singla
Crime
Cribune
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