The UCLA Health System launched a new hand transplantation program last week, one of three others in the United States and the only one of its kind on the West Coast. Read more...
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August 1, 11:38 pm
UCLA Health System launches groundbreaking program in limb transplants for amputees
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July 25, 10:54 pm
Online education program OurRelationship.com to provide therapy for distressed married couples
There’s Driver’s Ed, AlcoholEdu, and even online degrees, but couples therapy? Read more...
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June 6, 11:10 pm
Student group will travel to Vietnam to provide basic health care, promote education
Pierced in Steven Pham's mind is the surreal sight of a physically disabled caretaker who drags herself around with her hands. Read more...
Photo: Steven Pham and Nancy Vo will travel to Vietnam in September with Medical, Educational Missions and Outreach to provide medical assistance to Vietnamese children.
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June 6, 11:08 pm
Researching the impact of melting ice sheet in Greenland
The first time Vena Chu drove a stick shift car was two years ago on a narrow cliff side road in Greenland, heading toward a four- or five-story-tall sheet of pure ice. Read more...
Photo: Graduate student Vena Chu will be conducting research in Greenland this summer on the impact of the melting ice sheet on the world’s oceans.
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June 6, 11:04 pm
Geolocators key into birds’ migratory habits
In a mountainous, forested region of British Columbia, songbirds will arrive for the summer breeding season, outfitted with tiny devices that have been tracking their migration patterns for the past year. Read more...
Photo: The hermit thrush returns to British Columbia each summer to breed and take advantage of food availabilities.
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May 31, 10:24 pm
SuperMileage Vehicle team engineers with green ambitions
The UCLA SuperMileage Vehicle team was homeward bound from the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Houston when its car suddenly broke down. But the students refused to have their car towed "“ not if they could save their project first. Read more...
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May 18, 10:31 pm
Integrative medicine can help boost daily energy
Any activity practiced in excess can harm the human health. Read more...
Photo: “Balance for ourselves is necessary and people have to appreciate themselves for what they have” – Irene Kim, UCLA Center for East-West Medicine acupuncturist





