UCLA Health is building a new facility to provide computer simulation and virtual reality training for medical students following a $20 million gift. The Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld Hall will house the Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology, according to a university press release Wednesday. Read more...
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UCLA researchers have found that the United States could reduce health care spending by reducing the costs of hip and knee replacements. In a study published Tuesday, researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Center for Health Advancement calculated that hip and knee replacements made up a significant portion of controlled health care spending in the United States. Read more...
Photo: Researchers found the United States can lower medical spending by reducing the cost of joint replacements for knees and hips. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A new initiative at UCLA’s medical school brings together graduate students from different disciplines to help improve patients’ access to the medical system. The David Geffen School of Medicine implemented the American Association of Medical Colleges’ hotspotting program in this academic year. Read more...
Photo: Sun Yoo, a physician at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center leading the program, said medical students visit patients in their homes and help connect them to community resources, such as long-term health care access or referrals for assistance. (Mia Kayser/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA postdoctoral researcher displayed a sheep brain in front of 30 middle schoolers while explaining the organ’s importance at an event last week. “If you get a liver transplant or a kidney transplant or even a heart transplant, you would be the same person,” said Marcus Otero, a neuroscience researcher. Read more...
Photo: Posdoctoral researchers used sheep brains to explain neuroscience to middle and high school students at Brain Awareness Week at UCLA from Monday to Friday. (Teddy Rosenbluth/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 13 at 1:33 a.m. Joanna Navarro said at an event Saturday that she often felt out of place in her statistics classes because there were few students who shared her Latina background. Read more...
Photo: The Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference 2018, held in Ackerman Grand Ballroom by the Institute of Applied and Pure Mathematics, aimed to open a discussion surrounding the Latinx academic community. (Farida Saleh/Daily Bruin)
UCLA dining halls have been serving more seafood in place of red meat in order to comply with the campus’ sustainability goals and to offer healthier options for students. Read more...
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UCLA researchers have found a way to predict how individuals with depression will respond to electroconvulsive therapy, a common treatment for the disorder. In electroconvulsive therapy, doctors stimulate the patient’s brain with electrical pulses while they are under anesthesia. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) In a study published Feb. 27, researchers found the same proteins that prevent some patients from responding well to antidepressants might make them respond better to ECT.
