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Medical Team travels to Peru to help children suffering from heart ailments - Volunteer dental team will also offer services
Dr. Juan Alejos, a pediatric cardiologist from UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, will lead a team of more than 40 volunteers traveling to Peru to help several hundred children suffering from heart conditions from Oct. 20 to Nov. 4.
October 9, 2007
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Teen raises funds for pediatric pain program at Mattel hospital
Ashley Goodall, 16, who suffers from a rare condition called reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD), recently donated a check for $2,500 to the UCLA Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.
October 9, 2007
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3 min read
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UCLA Medical Center seeks volunteers for Ambassador program
A rewarding volunteer opportunity awaits those who wish to provide compassion and warmth by assisting patients and their family members at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood.
October 8, 2007
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UCLA to lead local center in landmark study of child health
The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities has been selected as one of 22 new study centers for the National Children's Study, a nationwide project designed to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on children's health in the United States.
October 4, 2007
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5 min read
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UCLA to Lead Local Study Center in Landmark Government Study of Child Health
The UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities has been selected as one of 22 new study centers for the National Children's Study, a nationwide project designed to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on children's health in the United States.
October 4, 2007
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Cancer,
Community,
News about UCLA Health
Grant Will Fund Community Efforts to Combat Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
A Centers for Disease Control grant totaling $4.25 million over five years will allow UCLA researchers to address health disparities related to heart disease, stroke and cancer among African Americans, Latinos and Asians at the local, state and national level. The UCLA School of Public Health will provide technical assistance and training to health and social-service organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and other institutions.
October 4, 2007
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4 min read
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‘Operation Mend’ Partnership Between UCLA and Brooke Army Medical Center Offers New Hope for Wounded Warriors
Operation Mend, a unique new partnership between UCLA Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, has been established to help treat several U.S. military personnel wounded during service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
October 1, 2007
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4 min read
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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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6 min read
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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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3 min read
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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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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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Community,
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Grant from Avon Foundation to fund program to help poor, underserved patients
A $1.16 million grant from the Avon Foundation will fund a program that helps poor, underserved patients being treated for breast cancer at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center navigate their way through the complicated county health care system.
September 19, 2007
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4 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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1 min read
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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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2 min read
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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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