Pomp and circumstance, job market and real world. At the end of this week, that will be the turning point faced by thousands of students graduating with degrees in the life, physical and mechanical sciences. Post-cap-and-gown plans for south campus majors range from jobs in the science or engineering industries to research positions and graduate […]
Author Archives: Jeyling Chou
Formerly conjoined twin removed from intensive care
Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez, one of the twins who was formerly conjoined at the head, is recovering from an operation she underwent Friday at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital. The condition of the 23-month-old twin was upgraded from fair to good after a surgical procedure replaced an infected shunt in her head to help drain cerebral […]
Twins in stable condition
Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez, twins who were formerly conjoined at the head, are in stable condition after being flown to UCLA from Guatemala last Thursday. Physicians in Guatemala opted to transfer the twins to UCLA after Maria Teresa’s condition worsened. In April, she was admitted to the intensive care unit in a […]
How height measures up
From Yao Ming to Mini Me, the impact of feet and inches has been channeled into comedic and effective marketing. Besides its use in clever commercials, height can also affect the way an individual is perceived and accepted in society. “There’s definitely a lot of evidence that taller people have an advantage,” said David Rimoin, […]
Hearing loss does not stop medical student
In the first row of a UCLA medical school lecture hall, second-year Nghi Lu takes notes attentively. Her eyes shift between her professor and the slides he projects on the screen. At either side of Lu sit two women trained as court stenographers. Before her are two small laptop-sized screens. Typed words appear rapidly on […]
Nearby pesticides may cause health problems
Students better think twice before sitting on the grass ““ or anywhere else for that matter. Studies conducted by a UCLA professor suggest that chemicals in commonly used pesticides mimic the behavior of the hormone estrogen, which regulates menstrual cycles in women. Chemicals from pesticides which are similar in structure to estrogen molecules can wreak […]
Med. center sued for negligence
Multiple errors on the part of UCLA Medical Center physicians caused the death of 16-month-old Delaney Gonzalez last year, according to state health inspectors. Delaney entered the Medical Center on Feb. 4, 2002 to undergo a routine operation to repair a cleft palate. Three days later, she died after being taken off life support. An […]