When he was six or seven, Philip Idell, a second-year music history student, exhibited mild obsessive and compulsive behavior. Among other symptoms, he could not step on lines and had to take eight steps within each block of concrete.
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Uncovering the mechanics of diabetes
At the age of 11, Kerry Esrey, a second-year English student, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.
Research developed to understand different models of grief
When she arrived at UCLA, Lilia Rizk, a second-year economy and international area studies student, found it difficult to adjust to a new environment while dealing with the loss of a loved one.
UCLA Center for East-West Medicine fuses integrates alternative, conventional medicine for better treatment
A gourmet dinner is to a chef as integrative medicine is to the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, which strives to provide its patients with a variety of integrative medicine, said Dr. Ka-Kit Hui, founder and director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine.
Health factors determined by exercise motives
If you can’t breathe anymore, you are probably pushing your exercise to a level that is unsuited for you, said Alona Zerlin, registered dietician at the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.
Transplant program saves lives
The pager beeps. Every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., the UCLA Heart Lung Transplant Program’s procurement team is ready to answer the call.
Planetarium lights up the night sky
Every Wednesday night, Bruins may witness stars and constellations that may otherwise be invisible to the unaided eye in Los Angeles.