College students do not get enough sleep, and the night-to-night inconsistency in sleeping patterns that is all too common during midterms and finals week can take its toll.
Author Archives: Daniel Eshaghian
Herbal, natural options abound
While many students can be found in line at the Ashe Center or in a doctor’s office at the UCLA Medical Plaza, students may now have another source for treating, as well as preventing, common illnesses.
Alzheimer’s treatment still remaining elusive
In an average UCLA lecture of 100 people, 13 will develop a disease in their elder years that will slowly degrade their memory, according to statistics from the Alzheimer’s Association.
Diabetes: daily life and developments
When Duncan Shea was 8 years old, a live-in nanny began to notice some changes in his daily routine ““ he was often lethargic and frequently thirsty.
Science&Health: Addicted to staying awake?
Within a 2-mile radius of UCLA, community members can come across 23 Starbucks and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf chain stores. The popularity of coffee shops is often enhanced by wireless Internet access offered, ample seating room, and ambient music. But these features are only supplementary to the reason why most people frequent the shops […]
Bruin binge drinkers older than average
Unlike a popular game such as Monopoly, most people do not learn of drinking games such as beer pong until they enter college. And in recent years, experts have found the increasing popularity of the games is in line with the increasing prevalence of alcohol abuse. National studies conducted on college students show that alcohol […]
Science&Health: Special something more than meets the eye
When college students attend social events in hopes of finding someone they are attracted to, it is typical to develop an affinity to a physically good-looking member of the opposite sex. What most students do not realize is that the force of attraction is not only a result of physical attributes. Buried within the sexual […]