Author Archives: Sue Wang

When fourth-year history student Daniel Gushue started gambling online on his 18th birthday, he said he never could have guessed that four years later gambling would lead him to drop classes, ruin a relationship, and acquire a $19,000 credit card debt. “I started gambling around the same time I started drinking,” he said. “In college, […]

For second-year psychology student Kharifa Young, a blood-donating veteran, there is no greater sight than the collection bag being filled up with her own blood. As she watches the blood level rise, her spirits rise as well because she knows she is making an effort to help others. Giving blood is a simple process that […]

For cancer survivors who have undergone the struggle of chemotherapy, the road to complete recovery may be a bit longer than expected. A recent imaging study at UCLA showed a relationship between chemotherapy treatment and changes in brain metabolism in breast cancer patients. At least 25 percent of the patients in the study experienced mental […]

A pill, drug or other physical form of medicine is often assumed to be the only effective component, but could be just one of several parts of a successful treatment for depression. A recent study conducted at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior shows that an activity decrease in the front part […]

For women who find daily birth control pills inconvenient, implantable contraceptives may be a new solution to their problems. A contraceptive rod called Implanon was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last month, making the implant available to American women in the near future. The 1.5-inch rod, inserted into the upper arm, works by […]

In a decade, some scientists expect there to be no buzzing from loud fans in laptops and say MP3 players will ideally run at least 100 times faster because electronic chips will be dominated by silicon optical amplifiers, an advancement based on the discoveries in engineering announced two weeks ago. A group of researchers at […]

About the only thing researchers knew about AIDS in 1981 was that it had unusual symptoms and seemed common among gay men. Today, 25 years later, not only do they better understand the causes of AIDS and the significance of HIV, scientists have also created treatments and generated prevention methods. In honor of the contributions […]