Through a necklace device that tracks the amount of food and drink a person consumes, a UCLA lab is trying to create technology that would improve preventive medicine. Majid Sarrafzadeh, a computer science professor, runs a wireless health lab at UCLA that works with doctors to find and solve health problems through engineering and computer […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
FDA orders UCLA researchers to cease experimental brain scan promotion
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently instructed a pair of UCLA researchers to stop promoting an experimental brain scan that uses an unapproved drug to detect long-term neurological damage. The website of the researchers’ company, TauMark, suggested brain scans could detect concussions, dementia and other neurological conditions in patients who were injected with a […]
Alzheimer’s, dementia care program offers support to caregivers
When Patti Davis’ father announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to America through a letter in 1994, strangers began approaching her in public to share their personal stories and struggles with the disease. Everybody knew who Davis’ father was: Ronald Reagan, a former president of the United States. But in the 10 years her father […]
Sleep Week awakens students to reality, need for mental rest
The new nap room in Powell was full during Thursday of week two. Students napped on mats, the lights dimmed and the room silent. Sleep Week, an event across campus to promote the importance of sleep, took place this week. Interns in the Undergraduate Students Association Council Office of the President’s Bruin Initiative put on […]
UCLA scientists analyze protein deposits in brains of ex-NFL players
UCLA neuroscientists analyzed the brains of 14 ex-NFL players to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain condition found in athletes who suffer from repeated brain injuries. The researchers performed PET brain scans on the former football players after injecting them with the chemical marker FDDNP, which binds to protein deposits normally found […]
DiaBeaters at UCLA to host diabetes awareness event
The club DiaBeaters at UCLA will be hosting educational and interactive activities about diabetes Thursday in Bruin Plaza for the second annual Diabetes Day. This year, DiaBeaters has planned a larger event, receiving financial help from both the UCLA community and local businesses in Westwood, including Bristol Farms, Whole Foods and Coffee Bean, among others, […]
LA County receives C-plus on environmental health report
Los Angeles County received a C+ on a report card from UCLA yesterday for multiple environmental factors. The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability graded the entire county together on multiple factors relating to environmental health, such as water, air, ecosystems, waste, energy and quality of life. The county did worst in ecosystems and […]