KCBS-Channel 2, KNBC-Channel 4, KABC-Channel 7 and KTTV-Channel 11 reported Thursday that Blue Shield of California had removed UCLA Medical Group from its list of preferred service providers after the two parties were unable to reach an agreement on reimbursement rates for physicians. The story was covered Friday in the Los Angeles Daily News.

 

The Sacramento Bee reported Friday on a recent study — based on data from the California Health Interview Survey conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research — that found that residents of California’s Central Valley are at higher risk of dying from diabetes and heart attacks than other Californians. An article that appeared Thursday in the Bee also cited the survey.

 

The Associated Press reported Sunday on the UCLA women’s water polo team’s fourth consecutive championship and sixth overall NCAA title. The undefeated team picked up UCLA's record 101st national athletic title.

 

Dr. Gary Small, clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the UCLA Center on Aging, was interviewed Sunday on CNN’s “House Calls” about steps individuals can take that may lower their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

 

LiveScience reported Sunday on a study co-authored by Peter Narins, UCLA professor of physiological science, that found that males and females of a particular species of Chinese tree frog communicate their desire to mate using ultrasonic squeaks. Narins was quoted.

 

The Los Angeles Times reported Saturday on a current exhibition at the Claremont Museum of Art co-curated by Colin Gunckel, arts project coordinator with the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, that explores the East Los Angeles punk rock scene of the late 1970s and early ’80s through the eyes of women.

 

Judith Carney, UCLA professor of geography, was interviewed Saturdayfor an NBC News report about the role rice plays in Asian cultures and the impact the current world rice shortage is having on consumers. The piece originally aired on MSNBC’s website last week.

 

UCLA brain-imaging research showing that the human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate is featuredtoday in a Los Angeles Times article and an op-ed piece. The study was conducted by Golnaz Tabibnia, a postdoctoral fellow at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, UCLA associate professor of psychology Matthew Lieberman and UCLA psychology graduate student Ajay Satpute. Tabibnia is quoted.

 

Andrew Sabl, UCLA associate professor of public policy, was interviewed Thursday for a Radio New Zealand story about the U.S. presidential primaries.

 

ABC News reported May 1 on Matthew Rudes, a graduating UCLA senior who suffers from a severe form of a genetic disorder known as Marfan syndrome. Rudes will begin law school at UCLA in the fall. Dr. Lonnie Zeltzer, Rudes' physician and director of the pediatric pain program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, was quoted.

 

Friday’s Los Angeles Times featured a review of legendary soprano Jessye Norman’s recent UCLA Live performance at Royce Hall.

 

The Toronto Star reported Sunday on a number of metropolitan parking and land-use ideas proposed Donald Shoup, UCLA professor of urban planning. Shoup was quoted.

 

Sunday’s Los Angeles Times featured a column by Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor of English and comparative literature, about a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 

Inside Higher Ed reported Friday on the Volokh Conspiracy, a popular blog run by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh that features news and commentary by professors and legal scholars on current court cases and legal issues.

 

Asian News International reported Friday on a study co-authored by Gilbert Gee, associate professor at the UCLA School of Public Health, that examined the different ways in which Asians living in the United States react to anti-Asian racism.

 

Fox News reportedSaturday on a court order obtained by UCLA that prohibits several animal extremist groups and individuals from threatening or harassing scientists who use laboratory animals in research.

 

 

Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, UCLA professor emeritus of psychiatry and pharmacology and co-inventor of the nicotine patch, died May 8. See Friday’s Associated Press and Saturday’s Agence France-Presse.

 

 

Cole, UCLA professor-in-residence of neurology and associate director of the UCLA Alzheimer Disease Research Center, was quoted Friday in a HealthDay News article about research suggesting that flavonoids, compounds found in fruits and vegetables, may help treat Alzheimer's disease.

 

Gabriel, professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA, was quoted Saturday in a Los Angeles Times article about reports that some homeowners are defaulting on their mortgages even when they can afford the monthly payments.

 

Green, clinical professor of sports medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and medical director of the UCLA Intercollegiate Drug Testing Program, was quoted Sunday in a Kansas City Star article about gene doping.

 

Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, is quoted today in a Boston Globe article about body “detoxification” techniques. Heber is also quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that may help prevent seizures in some epileptic children.

 

Kleiman, UCLA professor of public policy, was quoted Sunday in a San Diego Union-Tribune story about how the street price of cocaine has decreased since the 1980s.

 

McCabe, physician-in-chief at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA and co-director of the UCLA Center for Society, the Individual and Genetics, is quoted in the May 19 edition of American Medical News about Congress’ approval of new legislation to prohibit genetic discrimination.

 

Nelson, UCLA professor emeritus of law, was quoted Saturday in a New York Times article about reports that some homeowners are defaulting on their mortgages even when they can afford the monthly payments.

 

Silverman, UCLA professor of rheumatology, is quoted today in a Los Angeles Times article about how regular exercise can help alleviate chronic pain.

 

Stuber, professor-in-residence of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the doctoring program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, commented Sunday in a Los Angeles Daily Breeze article about providing medical care for the baby boom generation.