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June 25, 4:34 pm

UCLA comparative literature department to offer health humanities minor in fall

UCLA will offer a minor in health humanities starting this fall. The minor, housed under the comparative literature department, is an interdisciplinary program that examines how health and medicine are shaped by literature, culture, history and social experience, according to the department’s website. Read more...

Photo: Two medication bottles are pictured in front of a comparative literature department bulletin board. UCLA will offer a health humanities minor housed under the comparative literature department starting in fall 2026. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)

Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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June 18, 9:55 am

UCLA alumnus’s pioneering endometriosis treatment plans to enter clinical trials

This post was updated June 19 at 12:08 a.m. A new endometriosis treatment developed by a UCLA alumnus will enter clinical trials after receiving Food and Drug Administration clearance in March. Read more...

Photo: Tanya Petrossian is featured. Petrossian used her UCLA education in biochemistry and molecular biology to develop a new treatment for endometriosis that targets the disease itself instead of only managing symptoms. (Courtesy of Tanya Petrossian)

Academics, Higher Education, News, Science & Health

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June 10, 8:24 pm

Dental kit billing change attempts to address GI Bill gap for student veterans

This post was updated June 10 at 9:50 p.m. The UCLA School of Dentistry will adopt a new billing structure that aims to allow federal aid to cover student veterans’ dental kit fees next fall, following allegations that the university had obstructed students’ ability to access benefits. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA School of Dentistry is featured. A student and faculty members alleged the school’s billing process for dental kits – sets of important and expensive dentistry tools – did not allow the GI Bill to cover the expense for veteran students until a change was made starting fall 2026. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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June 7, 1:05 pm

Q&A: UCLA alumnus Ned Brower talks nursing, acting and realism in HBO’s “The Pitt”

A real-life nurse and UCLA alumnus is featured on the cast of HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt.” Ned Brower – a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt” – sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his nursing education at UCLA shaped his acting and perspective on the show. Read more...

Photo: Ned Brower, a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt,” sits on a chair. Brower sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his time at UCLA shaped his performance and perspective on the HBO medical drama. (Courtesy of Vincent Perini)

A Closer Look, Academics, Campus, News, Science & Health

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June 7, 9:54 am

Foos in Medicine inspires first-generation Latino students pursuing healthcare

Alexis Alemán and Irvin Garcia did not expect to amass more than 350,000 followers when they started the Instagram account @foosinmedicine. But now students have told Alemán, who will graduate this spring with a master’s in social science, and Garcia, who graduated from the David Geffen School of Medicine, that they pursued professional degrees because of the account. Read more...

Photo: (Britany Andres/Daily Bruin staff)

International, News, Science & Health

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June 6, 10:44 pm

PCOS is now PMOS. What does this mean for the condition?

Polycystic ovary syndrome was renamed to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to better represent the condition and its symptoms, UCLA health professionals said. Scientists announced the name change May 12 at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague, and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine endorsed the switch to PMOS May 27. Read more...

Photo: (Kirsten Matsumoto/Daily Bruin)


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