A UCLA study found that psychiatric patients respond positively to the therapeutic effects of gardening. Gardening proved to have significant effects on patients undergoing treatment in a psychiatric setting at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, according to a study published in fall. Nancy Wicks, an occupational therapist at Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, said she and other therapists […]
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Bruin Beekeepers build brand-new beehive in Botanical Garden
A student beekeeping group installed UCLA’s first student-made beehive on campus Friday. The Bruin Beekeepers at UCLA, an organization that aims to educate students about the native bee population and environmental sustainability, held an event at the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden to install a hive they had been building since the organization was founded […]
UCLA study finds that benefits of robotic surgery outweigh costs
Robotic surgery is expensive but its long-term health benefits might pay off in the long run. Chris Childers, a general surgery resident at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, analyzed financial statements of Intuitive Surgical, a leading surgery robot manufacturer, to evaluate how cost-effective robotic surgery is. He published the results in a study in […]