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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cancer Drugs That Block Blood Vessel Growth From Inside Cells May Lead to Serious Health Problems in the Long Term, Study Shows
Angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs that block a tumor's development of an independent blood supply, have been touted as effective cancer fighters that result in fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy.
August 23, 2007
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UCLA Seeks Children With ADHD for Research Study
Does your child talk excessively? Make careless errors in schoolwork? Have trouble concentrating? If so, your child may be suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and could be eligible to participate in a UCLA research study.
August 23, 2007
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Study Shows Adverse Effects of Air Pollution on Births in Los Angeles County
Women who lived in regions with high carbon monoxide or fine-particle levels — pollution caused mainly by vehicle traffic — were approximately 10 to 25 percent more likely to have a preterm baby than women who lived in less polluted areas.
August 22, 2007
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UCLA Pediatric Pain Expert Wins Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship
Jennie Ching-I Tsao (West Los Angeles), associate professor of pediatrics in the Pediatric Pain Program at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, has been selected as one of six winners of the 2007–08 Mayday Pain Society Fellowship.
August 21, 2007
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Age Alone Does Not Increase Risk of Death Following Liver Transplantation
Advanced age alone does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of death following liver transplant surgery, according to a new report by UCLA researchers.
August 20, 2007
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UCLA Researchers Develop New Model to Predict Spread of ‘Super-Bug’ in L.A. County Jail
Researchers at UCLA have developed a mathematical model that mimics a particularly nasty and ongoing outbreak at the Los Angeles County Jail of the flesh-eating bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
August 17, 2007
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UCLA Researchers Identify Biological Markers That May Predict Diabetes in Still-Healthy People
In the first large-scale, multiethnic study of its kind, UCLA researchers have confirmed the role played by three particular molecules known as cytokines in causing Type 2 diabetes and have identified these molecules as early biological markers that may be used to more accurately predict future diabetes in healthy individuals.
August 14, 2007
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UCLA Researchers Awarded $9 Million Contract for National Study Identifying Antibiotic Treatment for Resistant Staph Infection
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a UCLA research team a five-year, $9 million contract to fund a multicenter study investigating antibiotic treatments for MRSA, a staph infection seen increasingly in communities across the nation that is resistant to antibiotics most commonly used to treat skin infections.
August 9, 2007
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