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Setting the clock back an hour can alter our internal clock too
Time change sends the body into a period of desynchronization.
November 3, 2022
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Health and Hearst Health Announce Winner of the 2022 Hearst Health Prize
The UCLA Center for SMART Health, an interdisciplinary collaborative that looks to the integrated transformation of healthcare through emergent data and technologies, and Hearst Health, a division of Hearst and leader in care guidance, yesterday announced that Constant Therapy Health is the winner of the 2022 Hearst Health Prize.
November 2, 2022
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3 min read
Community,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Ashley Judd opens up about emotional resilience during Friends of Semel program
A support network was crucial to helping the actress-activist process her mother’s death earlier this year.
November 1, 2022
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5 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
New onset chronic kidney disease in people with diabetes highest among ethnic, racial minorities
New onset chronic kidney disease (CKD) in people with diabetes is highest among racial and ethnic minority groups compared with white persons
October 28, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
CIRM grant will help expand patients’ access to UCLA clinical trials for stem cell, gene therapies
A five-year, $8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will enable UCLA stem cell scientists to include a wider cross-section of Los Angeles’ diverse population in potentially lifesaving medical research.
October 27, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
With $7M grant from NIH, UCLA scientists to study if brain stimulation during sleep can bolster memory
New research will aim to identify electrical activity occurring as the brain receives information and then test whether targeted, gentle electrical stimulation can strengthen memory.
October 27, 2022
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
For incarcerated people with disabilities, making space in health equity
The UCLA Social Justice in Criminal Neuropsychology Program aims to improve life outcomes for incarcerated people.
October 26, 2022
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Staff dog joins care team at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Isha, the new pediatric facility pooch, is already brightening spirits
October 26, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA post-doctoral scholar receives award to search for genetic clues to predict prostate cancer aggressiveness
Roni Haas, PhD, postdoctoral scholar in the lab of Paul Boutros has received the 2022 Todd Boehly-PCF Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The award will support Haas’s prostate cancer research project, Associating Germline Variants with Prostate Tumor Evolution and Lethality, at total of $225,000 over three years.
October 26, 2022
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2 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Telehealth follow-up associated with increased returns and hospitalizations after emergency department visit
Telehealth follow-up consultations following an emergency department visit were associated with 28 more repeat ED encounters and nearly 11 more return hospital admissions per 1000 patients compared with in-person follow-ups.
October 25, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Antigen testing for COVID can be a useful tool for healthcare systems’ return-to-work guidance
About 60% of healthcare workers participating in an optional rapid antigen testing program at UCLA tested positive at day five, and about 50% were positive at day seven after initially testing positive for COVID-19 with a PCR test. The results indicated those with positive tests were more likely to be infectious and were not allowed to return to work until after 10 days of isolation.
October 19, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Healthy Lifestyle
Dr. Arleen Brown elected to the U.S National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Arleen Brown, professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.
October 17, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
Michael Grunstein awarded the 2022 Albany Prize
Michael Grunstein, distinguished professor emeritus of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been awarded the 2022 Albany Prize for his groundbreaking research on gene expression. He shares the award with C. David Allis of Rockefeller University in New York.
October 13, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Researchers say brain images plus artificial intelligence may diagnose sleep apnea faster than current methods
A combination of brain imaging data and machine learning can accurately diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) significantly faster than the standard methods now in use that are complex, costly, time-consuming, and can delay crucial treatment.
October 12, 2022
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Diana Ramirez is breaking barriers - with honors - for herself and her community
Ramirez’s award-winning research examines palliative care access among Latinos.
October 12, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Doing work that 'transcends the health system'
Chief strategy officer at UCLA Health talks baseball, behavioral health and belonging to a ‘classic Chicano’ family.
October 10, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Health panel recommends anxiety screenings for adults 19 to 64
The new recommendation expands earlier guidance to screen all adults for depression.
October 10, 2022
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6 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Teen depression and anxiety are topic of Semel program showcasing new documentary
Director Jen Greenstreet discusses mental health with UCLA Health psychiatrist Dr. Artha Gillis.
October 7, 2022
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Low-income charter school graduates had lower rates of problematic substance use as young adults, UCLA research suggests
An 8-year study of nearly 1300 low-income adolescents in Los Angeles found that students who attended high performing charter high schools were much less likely to engage in risky substance use by the time they reached age 21. Also, males who attended the high-performing schools had better physical health and lower obesity rates as young adults while females had substantially worse outcomes in those two areas.
October 6, 2022
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4 min read
Ask the Doctors,
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health,
Science & Research
Owning a dog may protect against later mental illness
October 5, 2022
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3 min read