News Releases

Health and Behavior
UCLA Medical Center Participates in Multi-Agency Military Disaster Drill to Better Prepare for Emergencies
04/17/2007
The threat of earthquakes, terrorist attacks and other natural and man-made disasters provided the backdrop for UCLA Medical Center's participation April 17 in a three-county exercise staged to increase preparedness in the Southern California area.

Health and Behavior
Happy Feet: 10 Tips for Maintaining Healthy Feet
04/11/2007
The human foot is a marvel of biomechanical engineering that most of us take for granted until the system fails or breaks down.

Health and Behavior
UCLA Study Challenges Conventional Treatment After Traumatic Brain Injury
04/09/2007
The chemical lactate has gotten a bad rap. Conventional wisdom considered it to be little more than the bane of runners and other athletes, causing stiff muscles and fatigue, and the "sour" in sour milk.

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Lithium Builds Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains, UCLA Study Shows
04/06/2007
Neuroscientists at UCLA have shown that lithium, long the standard treatment for bipolar disorder, increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness.

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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Receives $2.75 Million Grant for Statewide Health Survey
04/05/2007
Continuing its commitment to the most comprehensive assessment of the health needs of California's diverse population, The California Endowment recently awarded a $2.75 million grant to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to support the 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).

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UCLA Identifies New Molecule Involved in the Body’s Processesing of Dietary Fat
04/04/2007
UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage.

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UCLA’s Project Strive Seeks to Reunite Runaway Teens and Families
04/03/2007
When emotions swell between teenager and parent, both sides sometimes say and do things they later wish they could take back.

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UCLA Pediatric Cancer Doctor Wins Presentation Award From Today’s and Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund
04/03/2007
Dr. Theodore B. Moore, associate clinical professor in the division of pediatric hematology-oncology at Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, has been selected as the winner of the second annual Today's and Tomorrow's Children's Fund Faculty Presentation Award.

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Dieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers Report
04/03/2007
Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association

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UCLA Named One of Six National Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research
04/02/2007
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is awarding the UCLA School of Public Health $18.5 million to create the Center for Rapid Influenza Surveillance and Research (CRISAR).