Some hospitals boast an army of specialists in every field, but few can say they have an art curator on staff. Fewer still are home to a blue-chip art collection. Cedars-Sinai is a prominent exception. John T. Lange, who studied sculpture and had been a gallery assistant and graphic designer, was hired in 2003 to […]
You’ve Seen Them on the Road, but What the Hell is Ambulnz?
They began popping up in L.A. three years ago—cheery blue rigs marked Ambulnz. “What the hell is Ambulanz [sic]?” asked a Reddit commenter in New York two years later as the company expanded its reach eastward, echoing the general confusion about the oddly shaped vehicles. “My partner said they’re like an Uber, but with EMTs.” […]
Is Urgent Care Safe? Depends on Where You Go
In February, I fractured my wrist in three places and spent two-and-a-half hours waiting to be X-rayed at UCLA’s Westwood emergency room. The next day I traveled back to Westwood to get a knuckle-to-elbow cast. Over the course of treatment, I saw one nurse practitioner, four doctors, and underwent a series of X-rays and MRIs. […]
Plastic Surgeons Reveal the Procedures Most Requested by Image-Obsessed Angelenos
Pamela Anderson’s Double Ds have fallen out of favor, Kim Kardashian’s ass is passé, and Kylie Jenner’s plumped pout has lost its luster—at least according to L.A.’s top cosmetic surgeons. Until recently, “people wanted to look like they had something done because it showed that they had money,” says Dr. Richard Zoumalan, a Beverly Hills […]
Inside the South L.A. High School That’s Giving the Doctors of Tomorrow a Head Start
Seventeen years after the Watts riots, a group of civic and religious leaders responded to the lack of educational and employment opportunities in the neighborhood by creating a small magnet school with a few bungalows for 60 students on a shared high school campus. Today the King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science has […]