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Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure
Study Highlights: Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital.The standard practice of tracking deaths and...
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Patients fare better at hospitals using Get With The Guidelines-Stroke
Study Highlights: People with strokes caused by blood clots fared better in hospitals participating in the Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke program than in those not involved in the program.People...
View ArticleShowcase for emeriti arts and crafts
Sharon Belkin, a UCLA biological artist who provided graphics for medical research for 18 years before she retired, is one of 26 emeriti whose work will be showcased at the Sylvia Winstein UCLA Emeriti...
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New Ashe optometry center will serve faculty, staff
Faculty and staff whose to-do lists include items like "schedule an eye exam" or "get new glasses" can look forward to taking care of these tasks on campus when a new full-service optometry center...
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Wounded soldiers race to South Pole
Mark Wise, trained at the United States Air Force Academy as an Army infantry officer, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 as a platoon leader, where he suffered severe injuries when an explosive...
View ArticleFor a dying patient, a prescription of silence
Dr. Susan Partovi is a family medicine physician and a volunteer instructor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and the medical director for Homeless Health Care Los Angeles. This op-ed was...
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Depression linked to almost doubled stroke risk in middle-aged women
Study Highlights:Depression among women 47-52 years old is associated with an almost doubled risk of stroke.Researchers call for greater awareness of depression as a preventable risk factor for stroke...
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Massachusetts’ healthcare reform didn’t raise hospital use, costs
Study Highlights: Healthcare reform in Massachusetts didn’t result in substantially more hospitalizations, longer stays or higher costs.There were no significant differences in post-reform hospital use...
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UCLA, United Way team up to help veterans find jobs
"I've saved people's lives. I'm a pretty smart guy," said Jorge Gonzalez, 24, who returned home to East L.A. after four years of military service in Iraq. "I thought that counted for something."...
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Yahoo! Granted Favorable Ruling in Mexico City Superior Court of Justice
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today announced that the Superior Court of Justice for the Federal District in Mexico has granted the company's appeal and reversed the ruling of the...
View ArticleUCLA math students place third in prestigious North American competition
It's a six-hour math test so difficult that most of the 4,200 college students who take it receive a score of 0 out of a possible 120. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for university...
View ArticlePublic invited to budget workshop
The public is invited to the City of Carlsbad’s annual citizens budget workshop Thursday, May 30, at 6 p.m., at the city’s Faraday Center, 1635 Faraday Ave. At the workshop, attendees will hear an...
View ArticleAgenda for next Council workshop now available
The agenda for the next Carlsbad City Council workshop is now available on the city website. City Council workshops are generally held the third Tuesday of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., at 1635 Faraday...
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Control of heart disease risk factors varies among outpatient practices
Study Highlights: Controlling heart disease risk factors — like high cholesterol, high blood pressure and smoking — varies widely among outpatient practices.BALTIMORE, May 17, 2013 ― Control of heart...
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Diagnosing heart attacks: There’s an app for that
Study Highlights: An experimental, inexpensive iPhone app transmitted ECGs faster and more reliably than traditional emailed photo transmission.The app could help save lives by speeding diagnosis and...
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UCLA students plan to rock Pauley
It was 6 a.m. Wednesday in Pauley Pavilion, and dozens of undergrads were hoisting lights onto scaffolding, pounding floorboards and pushing massive speakers on dollies into place. Two days before...
View ArticleTime for a new Victoria Day weekend driving tradition in Canada: greater...
Toyota Canada Foundation and Traffic Injury Research Foundation encourage drivers to visit www.brainonboard.ca prior to getting behind the wheel this long weekendTORONTO, ON., (May 17, 2013) – The...
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Staff News — May 17, 2013
Hammer Museum appoints Connie Butler as chief curator,Aram Moshayedi as curator Connie Butler has been named the new chief curator at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Since 2006 Butler has been The Robert...
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Say 'No' to Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill
Alvaro Huerta, a UCLA visiting scholar at the Chicano Studies Research Center, is the author of the forthcoming book, "Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm," by San...
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Empty Bowls project includes work by UHCL art staff Help feed the hungry by participating in the Empty Bowls event hosted by ClayHouston and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, where attendees...
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