More Americans are receiving health screenings for cardiovascular disease after the Affordable Care Act came into effect, according to a UCLA study published last week. Researchers from UCLA and New York University found that after the ACA, which increased health insurance coverage for 20 million adults, went into effect, more people participated in screenings for […]
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Campus Queries: How much turkey is contained in premium cat, dog foods?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: How much turkey do dogs and cats eat in a year? A: About 20 percent of premium dog and cat foods in the U.S. contain turkey as one of the main ingredients, […]
UCLA researchers find potential problems in federal hospital program
A national program to reduce rehospitalizations may have increased death rates for heart failure patients, researchers reported Nov. 12. A study published in the medical journal JAMA Cardiology found heart failure mortality rates increased during the federal Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which incentivizes hospitals to avoid excessively hospitalizing patients within 30 days of their previous […]
Health club serves underprivileged Vietnamese and Hispanic communities
Student volunteers spent eight hours Sunday providing healthcare services to Vietnamese-Americans in Westminster, California. Vietnamese Community Health is a student-run organization at UCLA that provides health care services to Vietnamese-American and Hispanic communities in Orange County. At their fall quarter health fair, students worked with doctors to provide cholesterol and glucose testing, vision screening and […]
UCLA researchers discover novel role for protein involved in muscles
UCLA researchers have found a new role for a protein involved in muscle function. In a study published Nov. 10, researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry discovered a new role for the human protein FHOD1 in accelerating the assembly of actin, one of the main proteins in the structure of muscles. Researchers, led […]
Assistant professor awarded for research on neuromuscular disorders
A UCLA assistant clinical professor aims to improve the quality of life for children with neuromuscular disorders. Rachel Thompson, an associate director of the UCLA/Orthopedic Institute for Children Center for Cerebral Palsy and assistant clinical professor in orthopedics, received the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Research’s Mac Keith Press Promising Career Award in […]
Visiting professor gives seminar on benefits of carbon dioxide
A visiting physics professor said he thinks rising carbon dioxide levels have contributed little to climate change at a talk Monday. William Happer, a professor emeritus in physics at Princeton University, gave a seminar called “Some Thoughts on Climate” to more than 90 chemistry graduate students and faculty in Young Hall. Happer said that carbon […]