Author Archives: Joie Guner

The treatment of bacterial infections using viruses, introduced prior to the development of antibiotics in the 1940s, is gaining interest. UCLA researchers have come across a virus that can change the protein it uses to attach to the bacteria it is infecting. The bacteriophage is discussed in an article recently published in the Sept. 23 […]

A change in lifestyle from high school to freshmen year of college can lead to a change in how firstyears manage their eating. Not having home-cooked meals may result in fast-food choices, and the stress of school can be difficult to deal with and an open buffet can add a second dinner that may not […]

Several students with an undergraduate science or engineering degree are finding they can apply their expertise to areas that are traditionally non-scientific. Instead of attending a science-based graduate school, such as pharmacy school, some students are attending law and business schools to either apply their scientific knowledge in a new way or explore a different […]

The small medical clinic off the highway in Falmouth, Jamaica could be overlooked in a blink of an eye, yet some patients drive six hours across the island to visit the clinic’s medical staff. They begin lining up on the deck of the white-washed veranda at dawn throughout the week. By 8:30 in the morning, […]

Images of Jesus flitted across the screen as speakers prepared for the debate sponsored by the Veritas Forum on Wednesday night ““ a national student organization that travels to universities to discuss issues relating to religion. The Ackerman Grand Ballroom nearly was filled to capacity to watch Jesus as a surfer in a loin cloth, […]

Dr. Jay Cavanaugh’s first dose of marijuana was given to him by his mother ““ who had obtained it through a member of her bridge club. Clearly not your usual drug trade. In 1995, Cavanaugh lost the use of both arms because of a nerve disorder. He was literally wasting away, going from 180 pounds […]