UCLA Headlines July 10, 2008

 

Live Science reported Wednesday, and PsychCentral reports today,on research by Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, UCLA professor of neurosurgery and physiological science,showing that a balanced diet and regular exercise can protect the brain and ward off mental disorders. Gómez-Pinillawas quoted in the coverage.

 

The Los Angeles Times reported July 4 on the efforts of UCLA alumna Parisa Popalzai to provide educational opportunities for college students and special-needs children in Afghanistan. Part of her humanitarian work is funded by a grant from the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. Popalzai was quoted.

 

E. Richard Brown, professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, was interviewed Wednesday on National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” about Congressional legislation that would slash doctors’ fees in an effort to limit Medicare spending.

 

Medical News Today reports today on research by Sally Blower, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and a member of the UCLA AIDS Institute, that found that vaginal microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women in preventing HIV infection. Blower is quoted.

 

 

Baas, assistant professor of cardiology at Santa Monica–UCLA Medical Center, was quoted Wednesday in a HealthDay News article about research on assisted breathing for patients whose lungs fill with fluid due to a weak heartbeat.

 

Brook, UCLA professor of geriatrics and director of the Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA, is quoted today in a San Diego Union-Tribune article about a report examining the annual cost to Californians of unnecessary medical treatments and other wasteful health care practices.

 

Cuff, UCLA professor urban planning and of architecture and urban design, is quoted today in a New York Times article about families converting portions of their residences into entertainment areas to encourage their adolescent children to socialize at home.

 

Kriegler, director of UCLA’s Math Content Program for Teachers, is quoted today in a San Francisco Chronicle article about a new state policy requiring all California eighth graders to take algebra.

 

LoPucki, UCLA professor of law, is quoted today in a North Carolina News & Observer article about legal fees incurred by a North textile company that filed for bankruptcy.

 

Rivera-Salgado, a project director with UCLA's Downtown Labor Center, was quoted Wednesday in a New America Media article about Mexican migrant workers.

 

Williams, clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine, is quoted today in a Washington Post article about the American Medical Association’s official apology for its former discriminatory policies barring African Americans from membership.