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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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UCLA’s Project Strive Seeks to Reunite Runaway Teens and Families
When emotions swell between teenager and parent, both sides sometimes say and do things they later wish they could take back.
April 3, 2007
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UCLA Named One of Six National Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is awarding the UCLA School of Public Health $18.5 million to create the Center for Rapid Influenza Surveillance and Research (CRISAR).
April 2, 2007
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UCLA Seeks Women With Irritable Bowel Syndrome for Study Using Experimental Drug
UCLA researchers are seeking women between the ages of 18 and 65 with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for a study involving an experimental drug being developed for the condition.
April 2, 2007
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Could Estriol Be the Elixir for Multiple Sclerosis? UCLA Researcher’s Promising Pilot Study Moves to Widespread Clinical Trial
It has long been common knowledge that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience a sharp drop in the disease's symptoms during the course of their pregnancy.
March 8, 2007
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4 min read
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U.S. Child Health System Needs Total Overhaul, UCLA Researchers Say
When it comes to health care for our kids, we live in a hardscrabble world that is only going to get tougher.
March 6, 2007
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UCLA Seeks Adults for Study on Drug’s Effectiveness in Relieving Constipation Caused by Pain Medications
UCLA is seeking adults using opioid prescription medications for chronic pain — such as codeine, Vicodin, Percocet and morphine — for a study gauging the effectiveness of a drug in relieving constipation, a common side effect of opioid medications.
March 5, 2007
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2 min read
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UCLA Study Uncovers Clues About Why Graves’ Disease Attacks the Eyes; Discovery Suggests New Target for Treating the Disorder
UCLA researchers have uncovered new clues that may explain why Graves' disease attacks the muscle tissue behind the eyes, often causing them to bulge painfully from their sockets, as in the case of the late actor Marty Feldman.
March 1, 2007
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4 min read
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UCLA Study Finds That Vast Majority of Injured Workers in California Have Access to Quality Care
The vast majority of injured workers in California have access to quality medical care, according to a new study conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research for the California Division of Workers' Compensation.
February 23, 2007
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California Awards First Stem Cell Research Grants; UCLA Scientists Garner 7 of 72 Grants Given
UCLA scientists have received seven of 72 seed grants awarded by the state to fund stem cell research, the first money distributed for work on human embryonic stem cells since California voters approved Proposition 71 in November 2004. Seed grant funding totaled $45 million.
February 20, 2007
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World’s Largest DNA Scan for Familial Autism Suggests Two New Genetic Links to the Brain Disorder
The first results from a scan of the world's largest collection of DNA samples from families affected by autism point to two new genetic links that may predispose people to the brain disorder.
February 20, 2007
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