More than 80 percent of people in the country suffer from some form of back pain at some point in their lives, especially in their lower back, and about one-fifth of all doctors’ office visits are related to back pain.
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Artificial retina technology may improve sight for visually impaired
The United States Food and Drug Administration approved today the use of “artificial retina” technology that could give visually impaired people the ability to see. The Argus ® II Retinal Prosthesis System – developed by a team of scientists that includes Dr. Wentai Liu, a professor at the UCLA Department of Bioengineering – consists of […]
Leonard Apt, 90, remembered for advances in pediatric ophthalmology
Dr. Leonard Apt, former director of the division of pediatric ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute and one of the five founders of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, died Feb. 1 at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, of a brief illness. He was 90. Apt’s colleagues and friends knew him as an intelligent physician […]
New protein may aid in prevention of HIV
A UCLA-led team of researchers recently discovered a protein that may aid in the prevention of the HIV virus, among other viruses detrimental to human health, according to a press release from the UCLA AIDS Institute. The results from the study concern a protein known as cholesterol 25-hydroxylase, or CH25H. The enzyme transforms cholesterol into […]
Alumni create site with guidance for pre-med students
Pre-medical students in the midst of application season have a new resource started by two UCLA alumni to help guide the students in their pursuit of a medical degree. Daniel Lee and Edward Chang, who both graduated in 2012, started the website in November to give advice to students hoping to get into medical school. […]
Good habits prevent skin damage
From time to time, Dr. David Baron, executive director at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, will ask other health experts at the Ashe Center to host the column and answer student questions.
UCLA holds Mars habitability conference
Planetary scientists from as far away as Germany convened at UCLA this week to discuss a topic that has captured man’s imagination for hundreds of years: Mars’ ability to support life.