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March 12, 9:33 pm

UCLA Health walks community through risks, symptoms of colorectal cancer

UCLA Health assembled a giant inflatable colon March 3 to engage and inform patients, Bruins and the local Westwood community on colon cancer in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Fola May, director of UCLA’s Melvin and Bren Simon Gastroenterology Quality Improvement Program, stands in front of the giant inflatable colon at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. May said the colon is one of UCLA Health’s campaigns to raise colorectal cancer awareness. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)

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March 9, 11:47 pm

UCLA researchers uncover link between volunteering and decreased biological age

Researchers at UCLA and the University of British Columbia have found that volunteering over 100 hours per year is associated with reduced biological age. Two people with the same chronological age can have different biological ages, which is a measure of how old your cells and tissues appear, according to Verywell Health. Read more...

Photo: (By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)

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February 28, 10:42 pm

James Webb Space Telescope data challenges previous knowledge of early galaxies

UCLA researchers collected data with the James Webb Space Telescope to characterize distant galaxies, revealing new information and challenging previously held ideas such as the age of the earliest galaxies. Read more...

Photo: The inside of the UCLA Planetarium is pictured. UCLA researchers used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to study distant galaxies more closely than before. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)

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February 21, 12:15 am

Student-run HAND at UCLA hosts Neurodegenerative Disorders Awareness Night

High-tech and Neurological Disorders at UCLA, a student-run organization, hosted an awareness event Thursday to educate the community on neurodegenerative disorders. The two-hour Neurodegenerative Disorders Awareness Night – hosted in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s Tamkin Auditorium – featured seven speakers in a series of short presentations and panels, along with various educational and interactive booths. Read more...

Photo: Speakers during the first panel of Neurodegenerative Disorders Awareness Night discuss experiences with Parkinson’s disease. The event, hosted by High-tech and Neurological Disorders at UCLA, included seven guest speakers in multiple panels and presentations. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin)


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