UCLA medical scholars and residents are collaborating with medical workers in Latin America to provide better health care. At a panel hosted by the UCLA Center for World Health on Thursday, three physicians from the David Geffen School of Medicine and a physician from Nicaragua discussed the health care projects they are leading in underserved […]
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Lung cancer treatment receives FDA approval following UCLA trials
Four years ago, lung cancer patients began traveling to Westwood from as far away as Hawaii and Tennessee to test the latest potential treatment for their disease. Oncology researchers and doctors at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center were conducting the phase one clinical trial of a drug called pembrolizumab, which had demonstrated success in […]
Students’ mail-in ballots signed, sealed and delivered
Some students on campus have already chosen to vote by mail instead of waiting to vote in person Tuesday. Voting by mail, or absentee voting, allows people to receive a ballot at home and send it to the county registrar whenever they want. Students said they voted by mail because it is convenient for them. […]
CAPS to provide counseling to students affected by campus tragedies
Student organizations and on-campus services will continue to offer mental health resources for students affected by the recent suicide and death on campus. As a response to the suicide, Counseling and Psychological Services is reaching out to students directly affected, said Nicole Green, executive director of CAPS. But CAPS and several student organizations said they […]
Photo: Bruins for Healthcare gets pied in the face for a good cause
Students de-stressed by throwing pies on other students’ faces Wednesday. Bruins for Healthcare held an event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dickson Court where students that were stressed from midterms or needed to release frustration got to pie the organization’s board members in the face. Bruins for Healthcare is a student organization that […]
UCLA study finds transgender adults more racially, ethnically diverse
In a recent study, UCLA researchers found transgender adults are more racially and ethnically diverse in comparison to the general United States population. The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, which published the study in October, also found that transgender adults who identified with a certain race were significantly more likely to live […]
Researcher challenges the idea of scientific neutrality at UCLA talk
Researchers often seek to gather empirical data to make objective conclusions about their research. But pure scientific objectivity may actually lead to biased results, according to one researcher. Ruha Benjamin, a former postgraduate fellow at the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics, spoke Thursday about the dangers of removing social context from scientific research. At […]