For breast cancer patients, everyday anxiety and the stress of the disease are inevitable. Read more...
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October 1, 2:02 am
Cancer metastasis linked to stress
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September 29, 2:19 am
Mind-altering treatment for patients
After the discovery of a polyp in her colon in 2001, Pamela Sakuda underwent numerous biopsies and a surgery only to receive news she had stage four, metastatic colon cancer. Read more...
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Norbert Litzinger and his wife Pamela Sakuda are shown just hours before her death on Nov. 10, 2006. Sakuda was a patient in a psilocybin research study for terminally ill cancer patients with anxiety.
courtesy of NORBERT LITZINGER
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September 29, 2:14 am
Student uses research to reach out
As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol. Read more...
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Psychology graduate student and former addict Adi Jaffe created a website with a feature to help addicts find rehabilitation centers that best suit them.
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September 29, 2:05 am
Poppin’ up everywhere
Rising to great prominence in the 1960s, hallucinogenic drug use has created an influential counter-culture that has helped fuel its recreational use into the new century. Especially in college surroundings where students are suddenly thrust into an independent and experimental environment, the use of such "psychedelic drugs" has continued to be a means of recreation. According to a 2008 U.S. Read more...
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September 24, 12:44 am
Tips to stay fit post-high school
Getting on a scale can be an absolute nightmare for many students after their first year in college. Read more...
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Many UCLA students exercise daily on campus. From running the campus perimeter to attending yoga classes at the Wooden Center, there are many options to stay fit and for students to take pride in being healthy.
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September 23, 2:58 am
Professor’s book models future of the Arctic
Staring at the devastated shores and towns of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Laurence Smith had one thing on his mind: melting glaciers. To this geography professor who studies melting ice sheets in the Arctic, the vast damage of the hurricane was a testament to global warming, rising sea levels and more violent storms throughout the world. "If you walk anywhere along that coast, (the destruction) goes for miles and miles," he said. Read more...
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Professor Laurence Smith traveled around the world to many destinations, including the glaciers of the Arctic, in preparation for writing a book on global warming. (Photo courtesy of Laurence Smith)
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September 23, 2:27 am
Performance relies on a good night’s rest
Last spring, Matthew Abularach averaged about six hours of sleep per day during the quarter, often going to bed around 2 or 3 a.m.
"Generally, you feel the heavy eyelids and want to sit down and do nothing," said Abularach, a third-year political science student.
To stay awake, he would often get coffee at Bruin Café, surround himself with other people and go on Facebook, a habit that pushed him further behind in his work, he said.
Abularach said his weekly schedule often prevented him from getting any more sleep. Read more...