A study led by Dr. Itzhak Fried, professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, showing for the first time that human memory can be improved by electrically stimulating a key area in the brain as it learns to navigate a new environment was highlighted today by the Los Angeles Times, Science, Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal’s Digital Network, CBS News.com, Britain's Daily Mail, Australia's Third Age, Asian News International, Iran's Press TV, Medscape and Emax Health, and Wednesday by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Reuters, ABC News.com, CNN.com, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg, HealthDay News, MedPage Today, a blog in Britain's Guardian and My Health News Daily. Fried was quoted in the coverage; Nanthia Suthana, a postdoctoral researcher in Fried’s laboratory, was quoted in My Health News Daily.  

 

Tuesday’s Pasadena Star-News featured a column by Claire Panosian Dunavan, clinical professor of infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, about food poisoning.

An Associated Press article published Tuesday about a federal appeals court upholding a lower court decision that Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California, violates the U.S. Constitution cited research by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute estimating that 18,000 same-sex couples married before the proposition took effect.

Discovery reported Wednesday that a team of astronomers, including UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich and UCLA finance professor and amateur astronomer Francis Longstaff, has discovered a previously unknown companion galaxy to the NGC 4449 galaxy, which is some 12.5 million light years from Earth.

Wednesday's Huffington Post featured an op-ed by Gary Gates, a senior research fellow at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, about legislation in Virginia that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to make placement decisions based on religious and moral beliefs.

Articles in Wednesday's HealthDay News and MedPage Today about a new study that found that screening pregnant women for low thyroid function and treating them accordingly had no effect on their children's IQs cited an editorial written by Dr. Gregory A. Brent, professor-in-residence of medicine and physiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, that accompanied the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Brent was quoted in the coverage.

The Oregonian reported Wednesday on research by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute estimating that if same-sex marriage were legalized in Washington state, it would add $88 million to the state economy in the first three years and would generate millions in tax revenue.

The Los Angeles Daily Breeze reports today on a young leukemia survivor treated at UCLA who has written a cookbook for kids. The boy's physician, Dr. Theodore Moore, professor and chief of pediatric hematology–oncology at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA, is cited.

 

The Los Angeles Times reports today on an upcoming series presented by the UCLA Film and Television Archive that showcases films by famed Russian documentary filmmaker Dziga Vertov.

 

The Huffington Post reported Wednesday on a study by UCLA researchers and colleagues that found that attending college reduces the likelihood of marriage for students who come from low-income backgrounds.

 

Today's Examiner features tips on how to maintain a healthy heart from Dr. Karol Watson, assistant professor of cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

 

 

Bok, professor of ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, was quoted Wednesday in a Medscape article about gene therapy for patients with Leber congenital amaurosis type 2, a disorder that impairs vision and eventually leads to total blindness.

 

FitzGerald, assistant clinical professor of rheumatology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Tuesday in an Arthritis Today article about research suggesting that those diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in the past 15 years are less likely to need surgery than those diagnosed previously.

Groeling, associate professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Communication Studies, was quoted Wednesday in a Washington Times article about the effectiveness of online political ads.

 

Taw, an assistant physician at the UCLA Center for East–West Medicine, was quoted Monday in an ABC News.com article about non-surgical therapies for arthritis.

 

Teplow, professor of neurology and interim director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCLA, was quoted Monday in a CNN.com article about a new study finding that smoking appears to accelerate age-related cognitive decline in middle-aged men.

Volokh, the Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, was quoted Wednesday in a San Jose Mercury News article about a federal appeals court upholding a lower court ruling that California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution.