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July 22, 2008
Retired prof, wife donate $2 million to attract top surgeons to UCLA
Living in Los Angeles costs roughly 20 percent more than in Chicago, 30 percent more than in New Haven, Conn., and a whopping 50 percent more than in Austin, Texas. The resulting sticker shock can discourage doctors from considering UCLA job offers and sway them toward rival academic medical centers in less pricey cities.
Even within the University of California system, where the 10 campuses
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July 18, 2008
L.A. Laker Jordan Farmar visits kids at UCLA children's hospital
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Los Angeles Lakers player Jordan Farmar will host a reunion luncheon at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA for six pediatric patients and their families who participated in his Making Dreams Come True program during the 2007–08 NBA season. Farmar will also visit additional pediatric patients at their bedsides and deliver goodie bags.
The Making Dreams Come True program allows
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July 18, 2008
UCLA scientists find possible markers for Alzheimer's
Every aging baby boomer listens for the footsteps of Alzheimer's, and for good reason: It's estimated that 10 million American boomers will develop the disease. The need to develop preventative strategies, ideally long before Alzheimer's destructive, clinical symptoms appear, is critical.
In furthering the steps toward that goal, UCLA associate professor of neurology John Ringman and his
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July 18, 2008
Union's five-day strike at UC campuses comes to a close
On the final day of a five-day strike, Democratic state legislators spoke Friday at a rally in Westwood in support of members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The union had initiated the strike at University of California facilities despite a court order prohibiting the action.
At UCLA, the union represents approximately 5,425 employees,
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July 17, 2008
UCLA experts advisory: sports medicine, doping and the Olympics
The following UCLA experts are available to speak to journalists on topics related to sports medicine, sports injuries, athletic conditioning and doping at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Anthony Butch is director of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Laboratory, the largest World Anti-Doping Agency–accredited sports drug–testing facility in the world and one of the leading research
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July 16, 2008
Health System leaders meet with Senator Romero on strike
State Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) met Wednesday with leadership of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to express her concern and support for members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which have been on strike against University of California facilities since Monday. At UCLA, the union represents approximately 5,425 employees,
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July 15, 2008
Study identifies mechanism linking stress to physical illness, aging
FINDINGS:
Every cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides. Short telomeres are linked to a range of human diseases, including HIV, osteoporosis, heart disease and aging. Previous studies have shown that an enzyme within the cell, called telomerase, keeps immune cells young by preserving their telomere length and ability to continue dividing. UCLA scientists
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July 14, 2008
UCLA Health System hospitals remain open despite strike action
Despite a court order prohibiting a strike today, a number of patient-care technical and service staff did not report to work at the UCLA Health System's hospitals. The figure, though, falls far short of the total number of workers represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) at UCLA. Most of the patient-care technical workers have shown up for work
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July 10, 2008
UCLA Medical Center rated one of top three hospitals in the U.S. - Ranked 'Best in West' for 19th consecutive year in annual survey
UCLA Medical Center ranks as one of the top three American hospitals - and the best hospital in the western United States for the 19th consecutive year - according to a U.S. News & World Report survey that reviewed patient outcomes data, reputation among physicians and other care-related factors.
The news comes on the heels of the hospital's June 29 move into its new state-of
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July 09, 2008
Researchers design model for automated, wearable kidney
Two researchers from UCLA and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have developed a design for an automated, wearable artificial kidney, or AWAK, that avoids the complications patients often suffer with traditional dialysis.
The design for the peritoneal-based artificial kidney — which is "bloodless" and reduces or even eliminates
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July 09, 2008
Scientists learn how what you eat affects your brain - and your kids'
In addition to helping protect us from heart disease and cancer, a balanced diet and regular exercise can also protect the brain and ward off mental disorders.
"Food is like a pharmaceutical compound that affects the brain," said Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, a UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science who has spent years studying the effects of food, exercise and sleep on the
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July 08, 2008
Asthma costs California 3.9 million days of work or school yearly
California's children missed 1.9 million days of school and the state's adult workers missed 2 million days of work due to asthma, according to new research from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Asthma, a chronic inflammation of the air passageways in the body, is also to blame for a half million - and possibly more - visits to emergency department or urgent care center over the course
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July 07, 2008
Vaginal microbicides may benefit men more than women, study shows
Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women, according to a new UCLA AIDS Institute study.
The study, which used novel mathematical models to simulate clinical trials and population-level transmission of HIV, appears
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July 02, 2008
Helping military families help themselves
For a civilian, it's hard to fathom the stress a military family faces when a parent and spouse is sent to combat zones in Iraq or Afghanistan. Long, and often multiple, wartime deployments take a toll not only on the service member on the front lines but on family members back at home.
According to recent figures released by the Rand Corp., one in five veterans of these two wars
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June 30, 2008
World-class Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opens for patient care
Built to meet the community's evolving health care needs with compassionate care and pioneering medical research for decades to come, UCLA's new state-of-the-art Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opened its doors on June 29.
The result of a 10-year design and construction process, the innovative, patient-focused academic medical facility also houses the Mattel Children's Hospital
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June 29, 2008
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center completes move; new facility opens
Opening follows switchover of hundreds of patients from UCLA hospitals
UCLA's new state-of-the-art academic medical facility — home to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA — has opened its doors for patient care following today's relocation of more than 275 hospital patients
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June 27, 2008
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center to open for patient care
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UCLA's new state-of-the art academic medical facility — home to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA — will open its doors for patient care following the relocation of more than 350 UCLA hospital patients to the new structure. The move, which begins early Sunday, June 29, with
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June 20, 2008
Elderly's restless nights helped by ancient martial art
More than half of all older adults complain about having difficulties sleeping. Most don't bother seeking treatment. Those who do usually turn either to medications, which can lead to other health problems, or behavior therapies, which are costly and often not available close to home.
Now, UCLA researchers report that practicing tai chi chih, the Westernized version of a 2,000-year-old
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June 20, 2008
Study shows that chronic grief activates pleasure areas of the brain
Grief is universal, and most of us will probably experience the pain grief brings at some point in our lives, usually with the death of a loved one. In time, we move on, accepting the loss.
But for a substantial minority, it's impossible to let go, and even years later, any reminder of their loss — a picture, a memory — brings on a fresh wave of grief and yearning. The
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June 19, 2008
Patients Sought for Promising Alzheimer’s Drug Study
Bapineuzumab improves memory in ongoing clinical trial
UCLA's Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research is seeking patients for the third phase of a preliminary study for a promising new drug that fights the ravages of Alzheimer's.
The new drug, called bapineuzumab, aims to remove the toxic protein, called amyloid, that scientists believe causes the disease in
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