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03.17.10
UCLA medical students brace for news at residency 'Match Day'

WHAT:  Match Day is the fun, frenzied day when medical students nationwide learn which hospital has accepted them for residency — advanced training in their chosen specialty. At UCLA, the ceremony climaxes in a mad scramble for the envelopes, with 150 aspiring doctors tearing them open with their families and friends. Many videotape themselves and let distant loved ones listen in on cell phones during this emotional rollercoaster of an...

03.17.10
UCLA medical students brace for news at residency 'Match Day'

WHAT:  Match Day is the fun, frenzied day when medical students nationwide learn which hospital has accepted them for residency — advanced training in their chosen specialty. At UCLA, the ceremony climaxes in a mad scramble for the envelopes, with 150 aspiring doctors tearing them open with their families and friends. Many videotape themselves and let distant loved ones listen in on cell phones during this emotional rollercoaster of an...

03.16.10
Kenneth Jonsson, who helped found UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, dead at 79

Kenneth A. Jonsson, who along with his late wife, Diana, helped to found UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, died March 15 at his Pacific Palisades home. He was 79.

A longtime supporter of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jonsson made his first...

03.16.10
Kenneth Jonsson, who helped found UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, dead at 79

Kenneth A. Jonsson, who along with his late wife, Diana, helped to found UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, died March 15 at his Pacific Palisades home. He was 79.

A longtime supporter of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Jonsson made his first...

03.16.10
Nearly 2 million Californians lost health insurance during recession, study finds
Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 — years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs — bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.   The number represents a 25 percent increase in the number of uninsured since 2007, when 6.4 million Californians lacked insurance, according to the authors of...

03.16.10
Nearly 2 million Californians lost health insurance during recession, study finds
Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 — years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs — bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.   The number represents a 25 percent increase in the number of uninsured since 2007, when 6.4 million Californians lacked insurance, according to the authors of...

03.16.10
Novel 'medical home' program for pediatric patients, families cuts ER visits in half
For parents of children with multiple medical problems, keeping up with countless doctor's appointments, ongoing tests and a variety of medications can be overwhelming, especially for those in challenging socioeconomic situations.    As a result, families often wind up using the emergency room, the country's most expensive form of care delivery, to get help for their kids.   But a growing concept in health care reform called the...

03.16.10
Researchers ID brain abnormalities in children exposed to methamphetamine in utero
It has long been known that alcohol exposure is toxic to the developing fetus and can result in lifelong brain, cognitive and behavioral problems. Now, a new report out of UCLA shows that the effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure — or worse, a combination of methamphetamine and alcohol — may be even more damaging.   Reporting in the March 17 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, UCLA professor of neurology...

03.16.10
Researchers ID brain abnormalities in children exposed to methamphetamine in utero
It has long been known that alcohol exposure is toxic to the developing fetus and can result in lifelong brain, cognitive and behavioral problems. Now, a new report out of UCLA shows that the effects of prenatal methamphetamine exposure — or worse, a combination of methamphetamine and alcohol — may be even more damaging.   Reporting in the March 17 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, UCLA professor of neurology...

03.10.10
Pageant queens to visit UCLA pediatric patients for 'Day of Tiaras and Toys'
WHAT: Miss California USA Nicole Johnson and Miss California Teen USA Emma Baker will visit patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, bringing smiles to the youngsters' faces and delivering tiaras for the girls and toys for the boys, provided by Mattel Inc.    As the reigning winners of the Miss California and Miss California Teen competitions, Johnson and Baker are dedicated to volunteering their time in the...

03.10.10
Pageant queens to visit UCLA pediatric patients for 'Day of Tiaras and Toys'
WHAT: Miss California USA Nicole Johnson and Miss California Teen USA Emma Baker will visit patients at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, bringing smiles to the youngsters' faces and delivering tiaras for the girls and toys for the boys, provided by Mattel Inc.    As the reigning winners of the Miss California and Miss California Teen competitions, Johnson and Baker are dedicated to volunteering their time in the...

03.08.10
Got brains? UCLA to show hundreds of school kids what gray matter's all about
WHAT: Ever touched a human brain? More than 250 local K–12 students will get the chance to do just that as part of the UCLA Brain Research Institute's annual Brain Awareness Week. Each day, a group of 60 school kids will visit the campus to learn about what makes the noggin tick – how it functions, what it's made of it, and what happens when it's injured or...

03.08.10
Got brains? UCLA to show hundreds of school kids what gray matter's all about
WHAT: Ever touched a human brain? More than 250 local K–12 students will get the chance to do just that as part of the UCLA Brain Research Institute's annual Brain Awareness Week. Each day, a group of 60 school kids will visit the campus to learn about what makes the noggin tick – how it functions, what it's made of it, and what happens when it's injured or...

02.26.10
Anna Deavere Smith to perform one-woman show at UCLA School of Public Health event
WHAT:  Playwright, actor and professor Anna Deavere Smith, hailed by Newsweek as "the most exciting individual in American theater," will perform her singular brand of "documentary theater" at the 36th Annual Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture and Dinner, hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health.    Smith will present...

02.26.10
Anna Deavere Smith to perform one-woman show at UCLA School of Public Health event
WHAT:  Playwright, actor and professor Anna Deavere Smith, hailed by Newsweek as "the most exciting individual in American theater," will perform her singular brand of "documentary theater" at the 36th Annual Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture and Dinner, hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health.    Smith will present...

02.26.10
Unmarried Older Women Twice As Likely To Lack Health Insurance, Study Shows

Older women who are divorced, separated or widowed or who have never married have twice the uninsured rate of their married peers, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research...

02.25.10
Gene-based stem cell therapy specifically removes cell receptor that attracts HIV
FINDINGS:               UCLA AIDS Institute researchers successfully removed CCR5 — a cell receptor to which HIV-1 binds for infection but which the human body does not need — from human cells. Individuals who naturally lack the CCR5 receptor have been found to be essentially resistant to HIV.   Using a humanized mouse model, the researchers...

02.25.10
Gene-based stem cell therapy specifically removes cell receptor that attracts HIV
FINDINGS:               UCLA AIDS Institute researchers successfully removed CCR5 — a cell receptor to which HIV-1 binds for infection but which the human body does not need — from human cells. Individuals who naturally lack the CCR5 receptor have been found to be essentially resistant to HIV.   Using a humanized mouse model, the researchers...

02.25.10
OneWest Foundation grant helps launch project to help low-income patients obtain medical care through UCLA, Venice Family Clinic

Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 2010 -  Thanks to a generous three-year, $300,000 grant from the OneWest Foundation - matched by funds from the UCLA Health System - qualified Venice Family Clinic patients who need hospitalization or specialized medical care may now be helped by a pilot project launched by the foundation, the clinic and the UCLA Health System.

"Currently, there is a fragmented system in place to ensure access to specialty and inpatient care for...

02.25.10
OneWest Foundation grant helps launch project to help low-income patients obtain medical care through UCLA, Venice Family Clinic

Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 2010 -  Thanks to a generous three-year, $300,000 grant from the OneWest Foundation - matched by funds from the UCLA Health System - qualified Venice Family Clinic patients who need hospitalization or specialized medical care may now be helped by a pilot project launched by the foundation, the clinic and the UCLA Health System.

"Currently, there is a fragmented system in place to ensure access to specialty and inpatient care for...