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UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital Unveil Innovative New Research Complex
Structure's design encourages collaborative approach to research on stem cells, musculoskeletal diseases and AIDS.
September 27, 2007
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Wounded U.S. Marine to Receive Reconstructive Surgeries Thanks to New Partnership Between UCLA and Brooke Army Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center (San Antonio, TX) announce a new collaborative project, "Operation Mend," to help provide reconstructive plastic surgery to several Armed Service personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
September 27, 2007
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2 min read
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UCLA Medical Center Receives Hospital Quality and Safety Award
Surveys Aim to Educate Consumers, Improve Hospital Performance UCLA Medical Center has been named to the Leapfrog Group's 2007 top hospitals list based on a national hospital safety and quality survey compiled by the Washington, D.C.-based group.
September 26, 2007
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UCLA Medical Center Performs Its First Living Donor Kidney “Swap”
UCLA Medical Center on Sept. 20 performed its first living donor kidney "swap," a procedure in which a loved one of a kidney transplant patient who is not compatible as a donor exchanges organs with another incompatible pair under an innovative new paired donation program.
September 25, 2007
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3 min read
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Obituary: Dr. Mitchel D. Covel, UCLA Associate Dean of Development & Community Relations at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Mitchel D. Covel, associate dean of development and community relations at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, died Sept. 21 of natural causes at his home in Bel Air, Calif. He was 90.
September 24, 2007
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3 min read
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Loneliness Is a Molecule: UCLA researchers identify the molecular signature of loneliness
It is already known that a person's social environment can affect his or her health, with those who are socially isolated — that is, lonely — suffering from higher mortality than people who are not.
September 13, 2007
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UCLA/VA Partners With Arizona State University to Advance Biosensor Technology for Urinary Tract Infections
Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, GeneFluidics Inc. and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have received a five-year, $3.2 million award from the National Institutes of Health to help rapidly diagnose and treat urinary tract infections — the most common cause of hospital-associated infection in the United States.
September 12, 2007
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5 min read
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The Broad Foundation Donates $20 Million to UCLA Stem Cell Institute
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $20 million to fund adult and embryonic stem cell research at UCLA, enhancing a program that brings together biologists, chemists, engineers, geneticists and other scientists to develop new and more effective treatments for cancer, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson's disease, metabolic disorders and other medical conditions.
September 10, 2007
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6 min read
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Constitution Day is September 17. Explore America's "Charter of Freedom"
The Constitution of the United States Four pages that created a new government more than 200 years ago; A covenant that continues to shape profoundly the lives of each one of us to this day.
September 10, 2007
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Personal Chaos in HIV Patients’ Lives May Be a Barrier to Regular Medical Care, UCLA Study Shows
Unstable and unpredictable lifestyles are significant factors in determining access to health care among low-income HIV-positive people, a new UCLA study has found.
September 10, 2007
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4 min read
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Tickets Available for 8th Annual Mattel Party on the Pier Benefiting Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA
Tickets are available for the eighth annual Mattel Party on the Pier benefiting UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital. The event will take place at Pacific Park, located on the Santa Monica Pier, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23. Guests will be treated to various festivities, including thrilling rides, carnival games with Mattel prizes, arts and crafts, celebrity encounters, scrumptious food, and a silent auction.
September 10, 2007
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UCLA Receives $22.5 Million to Explore the Fundamental Biology of Mental Disorders
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $22.5 million to a team of scientists centered at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA to fund the Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (CNP), an interdisciplinary, campuswide effort to understand the biology underlying a variety of mental disorders.
September 6, 2007
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4 min read
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UCLA Neurosurgery Goes Hog-Wild Over Actor-Comedian Tim Allen; Film and TV Star to Receive Rodney Dangerfield Legacy Award
The division of neurosurgery at UCLA Medical Center announced today that actor and comedian Tim Allen will receive the Rodney Respect Award Oct. 4 at its 2007 Visionary Ball fundraiser in Beverly Hills.
September 5, 2007
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4 min read
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UCLA/Rand Study Shows That Many Children of HIV-Positive Parents Are Not in Their Custody
A new joint study by UCLA and the Rand Corp. shows that more than half of children with an HIV-infected parent are not consistently in that parent's custody.
September 4, 2007
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One-Fourth of HIV Patients Believe Their Doctors Stigmatize Them
Physicians might want to be extra careful about how they treat HIV-infected patients —not just in the clinical sense but in the way they behave toward them.
August 31, 2007
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4 min read
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Receives $10 Million from the Annenberg Foundation -- Wallis Annenberg Concourse Named in Honor of Gift
A $10-million gift from the Annenberg Foundation has been awarded to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which will feature the most advanced medical technology in the world.
August 29, 2007
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4 min read
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UCLA Dean Named ‘Living Legend’ by American Academy of Nursing
Marie Cowan (Brentwood), dean of the UCLA School of Nursing, has been chosen to receive the Living Legend Award by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
August 28, 2007
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4 min read
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UCLA Study Identifies ‘Designer Estrogen’ as Potential MS Drug
UCLA Study Identifies ‘Designer Estrogen’ as Potential MS Drug
August 27, 2007
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2 min read
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Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA Ranked Among Nation’s Best Pediatric Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital ranks No. 21 among the nation's pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of the finest pediatric facilities in the United States.
August 23, 2007
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3 min read
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Obituary: The Rev. James Putney, UCLA Medical Center Chaplain
The Rev. James Putney, a staff chaplain at UCLA Medical Center who ministered to the spiritual and emotional needs of countless cancer sufferers, has died. He was 55.
August 23, 2007
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