Tuesday, April 28

East works with West at UCLA Medical Center

By Marjorie Hernandez Daily Bruin Reporter After long days of lifting and playing with children, kindergarten and preschool principal Linda Kaufman was left with severe migraine headaches and a paralyzing pain in her neck and left arm. Read more...


New medication can increase quality of life for cancer patients

  Photos courtesy of Institute for Neurological Research Seventy-seven-year-old spinal cancer patient Myrtle Miller sits beside Dr. Edward Tobinick during her appointment Wednesday. By Chris Young Daily Bruin Reporter Seventy-seven-year-old lung cancer patient Myrtle Miller was in constant pain for two months, even with daily morphine. Read more...


News Briefs

PET scans detect early Alzheimer’s UCLA research shows that positron emission tomography scans of the brain can accurately detect early Alzheimer’s disease up to 95 percent of the time, leading to prompt medical treatment. Read more...



News Briefs

EXPO opens in Westwood The new EXPO Design Center opened in Westwood Thursday, completing the former Macy’s complex on Weyburn Avenue that now houses Ralphs Fresh Fare and Best Buy. Read more...


Student sues Sigma Pi over accident

  MIKE CHIEN Members of Sigma Pi, whose house is on Landfair Avenue, face a lawsuit for allegedly allowing a former pledge to drive drunk. By Josh Wolf Daily Bruin Contributor A UCLA student is bringing a civil suit against members of the Sigma Pi fraternity for its alleged role in his drunk driving accident following a party last year. Read more...