Category Archives: Science & Health

The newest addition to Westwood is throwing an innovative curve on fitness. Located across the street from the UCLA Medical Center on Le Conte Avenue, the new women’s fitness center, Curves, opened Jan. 5. Geared toward female members of the UCLA and Westwood community, Curves already has over 200 members. Curves, which was founded seven […]

The first documented incidents of AIDS in the United States occurred in Los Angeles in 1981. Those first diagnosed with the disease were treated at the UCLA Medical Center. By 1982, the terrifying new disease had become widespread throughout the country. Now it is unquestionably a worldwide epidemic. Distant countries like Romania and South Africa […]

The U.S. Department of Defense explored an option that would allow citizens overseas to vote online for the upcoming presidential election, but the project was abandoned last Friday. The Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment was intended to allow military personnel and civilians who are living abroad to vote in the presidential primaries and the […]

Cancer has been combated with chemotherapy, surgery and even alternative treatment, such as acupuncture. Now, researchers at UCLA will be using nanotechnology to take the fight to the molecular level. UCLA researchers received a $1.5 million grant to fund nanotechnology research from the W.M. Keck Foundation, a philanthropic organization that provides funds to universities in […]

Many UCLA students were probably excited at the opening of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Westwood Boulevard. With a coffee shop on nearly every corner in Westwood, we’re still not satisfied. Like many Americans, we need our caffeine fix to wake up, ease headaches and concentrate … and we want it to be convenient! […]

Obesity claims the lives of approximately 300,000 Americans each year. Often caused by poor diet and lack of exercise, poor nutrition associated with obesity can eventually lead to damaged genes. Obesity, as well as other health issues, including Alzheimer’s, mad cow disease and dietary supplements, were addressed at “Nurturing Our Nature: Genomics, Diet and Nutrition,” […]

Seven-week-old baby Rebeca Martinez died over the weekend in the Dominican Republic after a 12-hour surgery to remove the head of her undeveloped twin, who was fused to her skull. The surgery was led by Dr. Jorge Lazareff, director of pediatric neurosurgery at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Benjamin Rivera, a neurosurgeon at the […]