Nurse Jill Palechek begins her 12-hour shift at 7 a.m. in the emergency and pediatric intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. After what seems like an uneventful day of routine rounds, her pager suddenly buzzes. Read more...
Photo: The Upland Fire Department partnered with REACH Air Medical Services and UCLA to airlift children and babies in critical condition from smaller hospitals to Ronald Reagan Hospital at UCLA. The pictured helicopter is a Eurocopter EC-135.
A UCLA anthropology professor studies an unorthodox type of hunter-gatherer – one who forages for unlocked cars and hunts for easily stolen property. Read more...
Photo: Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropology professor at UCLA, helped develop crime-mapping software called Predictive Policing by using crime data.
Doctor’s appointments made Josh Khalili feel uncomfortable at times. When he mentioned he identified as gay, the doctor would ask him if he had been tested for HIV. Read more...
Photo: Second-year medical students Josh Khalili, left, and Michael Haymer, right, are co-presidents of MedGLO.
\With the implementation of UCLA’s tobacco-free policy right around the corner, the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is increasing and promoting on-campus resources for those trying to quit smoking. Read more...
A professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine was awarded a $10 million grant renewal last week from the National Institutes of Health to study autism in African Americans, coinciding with the beginning of National Autism Awareness Month. Read more...
Other than your heart and your kidneys, your feet might be the hardest working parts of your body. Read more...
The original credit accompanying the illustration contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Imagine the firings of the brain as a view out the window of a plane flying over Los Angeles. Read more...
