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Medical research: miracle breakthrough or false hope?

Many Angelenos are suffering from a serious health condition, which makes them come face to face with their mortality. When news breaks of a new...

Henrietta Lacks: 'The Person of the Century'

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot,(2010) is not only a fasinating story about a woman whose body was used without her...

Military commissary prices may increase

Many are aware that military salaries are low—virtually everyone in the military is aware of that fact. Somewhat offsetting the low salary is...

UCLA and partners receive $81.3 million award will to improve health in L.A.

On June 14, 2011, UCLA, in partnership with Cedars–Sinai Medical Center, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and the Los...

USC and UCLA Collaborate on Genetic Study for Debilitating Pregnancy Disorder

Can you image being nauseated 24-7 and vomiting 10, 15, 20 times a day for weeks even months at a time? Most see this as an unimaginable situation,...

Ken Sancier: a visionary of Qigong research

This year’s World Tai Chi & Qigong Daycelebration will take place at 10 am local time in a few hundred major cities in the world on...

MetLife Foundation launches Remember Me site to help find an Alzheimer’s cure

The MetLife Foundation launched the Remember Me site yesterday in hopes of raising $1 million dollars for Alzheimer’s disease research....

Half of U.S. population will experience mental illness: Experts

Mental illnesses account for a larger proportion of disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart...