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Exhibit Features Works Created by Cancer Patients and Survivors in Art Therapy Group
The irony isn't lost on Woodland Hills resident Karen Kaufman. It was two bouts with two different cancers in less than a year that helped her return to her first true passion - art.
May 2, 2007
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5 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Academic Researchers Release Report on Impact of Urologic Diseases in America
UCLA researchers have edited a first-of-its-kind report on the impact of urologic diseases, which found that Americans spend nearly $11 billion annually on medical care for these conditions.
May 1, 2007
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Had Deep Distrust of Public Health Authorities, UCLA Study Finds
While investigating the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans evacuees, a group of UCLA researchers stumbled across something they had not been looking for the deep level of distrust the largely minority victims felt toward public health authorities.
May 1, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Heart Surgeon Earns Highest Honor From University of California
Dr. Hillel Laks (Beverly Hills, Calif.), professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was awarded a distinguished UCLA Chancellor's Professorship April 30 at a reception in his honor at the Regency Club in Westwood, Calif.
May 1, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Type II Diabetes Are Similar at the Molecular Level, UCLA and International Scientists Report
Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, the human version of mad cow disease and other degenerative diseases are more closely related at the molecular level than many scientists realized, an international team of chemists and molecular biologists reported April 29 in the online version of the journal Nature (print version to follow).
April 30, 2007
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6 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Martin F. Shapiro, Chief of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research at UCLA, Wins Herbert W. Nickens Award
Dr. Martin F. Shapiro, professor of medicine and chief of the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has received the Herbert W. Nickens Award, recognizing his commitment to cultural diversity in medicine.
April 30, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Extended Family Ties Influenced Evacuation Decisions During Hurricane Katrina, UCLA Study Finds
Previous research has shown that minorities have particularly cohesive extended family ties. For this study, UCLA researchers interviewed 58 randomly selected evacuees mostly low-income African Americans who relocated from New Orleans to Houston in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
April 27, 2007
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2 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Ronald W. Busuttil, Executive Chairman of UCLA Department of Surgery, Receives American Surgical Association’s Highest Honor
Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, professor and executive chairman of the UCLA Department of Surgery, has received the American Surgical Association's Medallion for Scientific Achievement, joining a list that includes the nation's most distinguished surgeons. Busuttil, who is internationally recognized for his expertise in liver transplantation and surgery, received the award April 26 during the association's annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo.
April 26, 2007
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Stroke Center Joins the National Stroke Association in Highlighting Stroke Awareness Month in May
What health condition kills twice as many women each year as breast cancer? Stroke. What health condition is 80 percent preventable? Stroke.
April 25, 2007
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Jonsson Cancer Center Receives $1 Million Gift to Establish Melanoma Fellowship
UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a $1 million gift to establish The V Foundation-Gil Nickel Fellowship in Melanoma Research. The fellowship will train a new generation of promising young scientists who will go on to conduct leading-edge melanoma research at UCLA and other top institutions nationwide.
April 25, 2007
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3 min read
Cancer,
Science & Research
Common Prostate Cancer Treatments Impact on a Patient's Quality of Life
A rigorous, long-term study of quality of life in patients who underwent one of the three most common treatments for prostate cancer found that each affected men's lives in different ways. The findings provide invaluable information for men with prostate cancer who are facing vital treatment decisions.
April 23, 2007
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5 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Researchers Discover Key to Memory Storage in Brain; Research Suggests New Approach to Treating Alzheimer’s, Brain Injury
For years, scientists have known little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories.
April 19, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Medical Center Participates in Multi-Agency Military Disaster Drill to Better Prepare for Emergencies
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.
April 17, 2007
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2 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Happy Feet: 10 Tips for Maintaining Healthy Feet
The human foot is a marvel of biomechanical engineering that most of us take for granted until the system fails or breaks down.
April 11, 2007
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2 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Study Challenges Conventional Treatment After Traumatic Brain Injury
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.
April 9, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Lithium Builds Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains, UCLA Study Shows
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.
April 6, 2007
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Receives $2.75 Million Grant for Statewide Health Survey
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).
April 5, 2007
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Identifies New Molecule Involved in the Body’s Processesing of Dietary Fat
UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage.
April 4, 2007
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
Dieting Does Not Work, UCLA Researchers Report
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
April 3, 2007
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6 min read
Healthy Lifestyle
UCLA Pediatric Cancer Doctor Wins Presentation Award From Today’s and Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund
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.
April 3, 2007
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