Category Archives: Science & Health

Both of the main presidential candidates have a desire to maintain a healthy environment, but each have different plans with which to achieve this goal. While securing more energy resources for the United States is an issue both candidates have been discussing, they don’t agree on how to accomplish it. President Bush supports an Alaska […]

The tension between science and religion has endured over centuries, from the persecution of Galileo in 1633 to the current ethical debate involving stem cell research. But in the years since Galileo pondered the movement of celestial spheres, the dichotomy of science and faith has moved increasingly into the political sphere. Some of the major […]

Students, teachers and scientists rallied together Wednesday night at a neighboring university to discuss the ways Americans think about science and how they can help keep people and the planet healthy. The event was one in a series of roundtable-style discussions being organized on campuses across the nation, meant to bring members of university communities […]

Tina Wu has lived months without running water and electricity. She has comforted and cried with AIDS patients in their final weeks. She has seen an epidemic firsthand ““ one that many of her peers only understand within the context of a classroom. The second-year UCLA medical student is the cofounder of Students for International […]

The Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center received a $10 million donation last week from actor and director Mel Gibson. Five million dollars will go to the Mattel Children’s Hospital and the remaining $5 million will be given to Cedars-Sinai, for the purpose of funding organizations within the hospitals which help children […]

It’s like taking any other form of medication ““ you need a physican’s prescription and an awareness of the risks ““ but more than 45 percent of American women from ages 20 to 24 are using them. Oral contraceptives are the “most popular reversible method of birth control in the U.S.,” according to the The […]

The UCLA Arthur Ashe Health and Wellness Center offers testing for sexually transmitted infections to all students, a confidential and inexpensive service which may be unknown to many. Some UCLA students say they have hardly seen or heard information about STDs on campus or the testing available to them through the Ashe Center. “Orientation was […]