After suffering through horrible sinus pain, Marjorie Broder was almost incapable of going on with her daily life ““ until she met Dr. Ka-Kit Hui. Battling terrible headaches, Broder consulted every specialist in town for two years. It was only after a concerned stranger recommended the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine that Broder found relief. […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
Head of UCLA lab discovers previously untraceable steroid
Early in the summer, the United States Anti-Doping Agency sent Dr. Don Catlin a used syringe. The needle was given to the USADA by an anonymous “high profile” track and field coach concerned that athletes might be using a mysterious performance-enhancing drug. It had just a few drops of residue in it. That’s all Catlin […]
Panel seeks to prevent “˜misuse of biotechnology’
In a move to increase national security without impeding scientific growth, a panel of scientists put together a report urging another tier of prior review for proposed experiments that could be used by terrorists or hostile nations to make biological weapons. Led by Dr. Gerald Fink of the Whitehead Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, […]
UCLA leads clinical trial of promising new stroke drug
The National Institutes of Health awarded the UCLA Stroke Center a $16 million grant earlier this month to be used in the clinical trial of a new treatment for acute strokes. Unlike the standard FDA-approved “clot-busting” drugs, which clear out blocked blood vessels to the brain, the new treatment uses magnesium sulfate to protect brain […]
Compressed air drives prospective hybrid
There are two certainties of living in Los Angeles: traffic and air pollution. Though it seems there will be no immediate end to the traffic, hybrid vehicles powered by gas and compressed air may reduce smog levels. “An air hybrid can make the air cleaner and use less fuel,” said Tsu-Chin Tsao, professor of mechanical […]
Briefs
Fundraisers to be honored at UCLA AIDS Institute A group of cyclists who raised nearly $100,000 for the UCLA AIDS Institute will be honored Friday for their efforts to help along the development of an HIV vaccine. About 100 volunteers for the group Charity Treks were involved in a 420-mile bike journey from Montreal to […]
Bruins forecast weather in national competition
UCLA students in atmospheric sciences are testing their classroom skills in a 26-week national weather forecasting competition that began this past Monday. The National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest involves over 700 students and faculty from more than 30 universities across the country, according to UCLA’s staff meteorologist James Murakami, a member and advisor on the […]