Blood drive to help Oak Park graduate
      Tim Potter, a 2007 graduate of Oak Park High School, was diagnosed with acute leukemia last year. On March 4 he underwent a bone marrow transplant with marrow donated by his brother, Stephen, also an OPHS graduate. Tim Potter is still a patient at UCLA, waiting to see if the transplant will be effective. He will need blood transfusions for at least six weeks.
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Los Robles and Yale launch study
      The Yale Schools of Public Health and Medicine has chosen Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center to participate in a fouryear study of young women with heart disease. The National Institutes of Health will provide a $9.7million grant for the project.
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First brain injury conference seeks to increase awareness
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Organizers want Ventura County's first brain injury conference in Oxnard this month to alert the public to the possibility and consequences of a brain injury and the need for more services. In recognition of March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, the Ventura County Brain Injury Conference will take place March 21 at St.
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