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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Justin Timberlake; Sam, Younes and David Nazarian; and Sandy and Larry Post were honored by the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors at their annual Gala on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California. The event, sponsored by Lexus, benefitted the Cedar-Sinai Board of Governors Heart Stem Cell Center and raised over $2.6 Million for the cause. Justin Timberlake was honored with the Heart of Hollywood Award during...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Justin Timberlake; Sam, Younes and David Nazarian; and Larry and Sandy Post will be honored by the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors at their annual Gala on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California. The event, sponsored by Lexus, benefits the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Heart Stem Cell Center. As the event sponsor, Lexus donated a 2010 Lexus LS 600h L Luxury sedan for an opportunity drawing. Justin...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A class action lawsuit (Case #BC4241898) was just filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Cedars Sinai Medical Center, GE Healthcare, Inc., and GE Healthcare Technologies on behalf of patients who received 8-times the approved dosage of radiation during their CT brain perfusion scans to diagnose strokes. Trevor Rees vs Cedars Sinai Medical Center, GE Healthcare, In., a Delaware Corporation; GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc., a corporation; and DOES 1...

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, provider of free, comprehensive, high-quality health care to 10,000 teenagers each year, announced the launch of a Breakfast of Legends website, http://breakfastoflegends.org, and a Facebook page to promote the important fundraising event. Eager to spotlight the Breakfast of Legends, benefit co-chairs Stacy and Mouli Cohen designed and donated the site. "Breakfastoflegends.org is a valuable resource," said Mouli...

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mount Sinai Medical Center has joined with Long Island Heart Associates in an affiliation agreement that will bring world-class clinical and surgical cardiovascular care to patients on Long Island. "The clinical and diagnostic expertise at Long Island Heart Associates made it an ideal match for our cardiovascular center of excellence, Mount Sinai Heart," said Wayne E. Keathley, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Mount Sinai Hospital....

Drummer for 'Loose Chains' joins researchers, physicians, neurosurgeons and other brain tumor survivors June 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center LOS ANGELES, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- It is not uncommon for musicians to have to work around scheduling conflicts, but Eddie Cleland, drummer for "Loose Chains" and two other bands, had to adjust his calendar to accommodate brain tumor surgery, which was performed by Keith Black, M.D., chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai...

LOS ANGELES, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating its 24th anniversary, this year's Sports Spectacular - the premier sports awards gala in the country - will bring together more than 80 of the nation's top athletes with 1800 prominent members of the financial, entertainment, legal and corporate communities from Los Angeles and New York. Sports Spectacular 2009 Honorees are professional boxer Laila Ali, professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler and Miami Heat Dwyane Wade (more honorees to...

Maroon 5's Adam Levine Set to Perform LOS ANGELES, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will honor Producer Alexandra Milchan-Lambert and Relativity Media President of Production Scott Lambert at their inaugural Rock-n-Reel event, June 14, 2009 at Culver Studios. The afternoon will celebrate the children who suffer from IBD and their families and will feature a fun-filled day of activities including arts and crafts,...

- SADHGURU SPEAKS IN WEST LOS ANGELES - WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- What does renowned author Rabbi David Wolpe, Senior Rabbi at Sinai Temple in West Los Angeles have in common with India's world famous Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, one of the most influential spiritual leaders and a profound mystic of our time? They both believe in building religious and spiritual bridges of understanding. To that end, Sadhguru will be speaking at a special appearance in West Los Angeles...

Archaeologists have unearthed four new temples in the Sinai peninsula, including one of mud brick with fortified walls that served as an important religious center at the eastern gateway to ancient Egypt, antiquities authorities announced Tuesday."The discovery is considered among the biggest discoveries in Sinai and includes the largest fortified Pharaonic temple in Sinai, at 80 meters by 70 meters," Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said in a statement.The temples date back...