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Symptom improvements in-line with effects reported with stimulant drugs LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Meeting in San Francisco, James McGough, M.D., M.S., principal investigator and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and director of clinical teaching programs in both Child and...

Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to John Huey, Former Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. Michael Williams, Global Enterprise Editor of Reuters, to Receive Lawrence Minard Editor Award LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Judy D. Olian, chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation Inc. and dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management, today announced the finalists of the 2013 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. She also announced the recipients of the...

LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered three contractors to pay $1,821,453 in wage, training fund and penalty assessments for prevailing wage and apprenticeship violations on public works projects at UCLA, Saddleback Community College in Orange County and the Global Green Generational (G3) Charter School in Pacoima. Three separate investigations into B.A. Marble & Granite, Inc. of North Hollywood, Phoenix Floors...

A UCLA-led study of adolescents receiving treatment for methamphetamine dependence has found that girls are more likely to continue using the drug during treatment than boys, suggesting that new approaches are needed for treating meth abuse among teen girls. Results from the study, conducted by the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine and the community-based substance abuse treatment program Behavioral Health Services Inc., are published in the April edition of the Journal of...

UCLA Oncologists Offer Discussion on Lung-Sparing Techniques in Mesothelioma Treatment. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) April 20, 2013 The 3rd International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma will take place (MPM) on Saturday, May 18, in Santa Monica, Calif. From the standpoint of surgery, ‘lung-sparing’ refers to a procedure called Pleurectomy/Decortication (PD). Unlike the more aggressive Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP) that advocates removing the lung...

Research suggests 'chemo brain' may involve neurophysiological change For many years, breast cancer patients have reported experiencing difficulties with memory, concentration and other cognitive functions following cancer treatment. Whether this mental "fogginess" is psychosomatic or reflects underlying changes in brain function has been a bone of contention among scientists and physicians. Now, a new study led by Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at...

Clinical studies on point-of-care wrist imaging planned at UCLA Using this novel compact MRI platform SALT LAKE CITY, UT, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Aspect Imaging, the world leading developer of compact high-performance magnets, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Company's M2(TM) compact MRI system for diagnostic imaging of the wrist. The system is a novel compact, high-performance MRI instrument for rapid, just-in-place imaging...

Like finally seeing all the gears of a watch and how they work together, researchers from UCLA and UC Berkeley have, for the first time ever, solved the puzzle of how the various components of an entire telomerase enzyme complex fit together and function in a three-dimensional structure. The creation of the first complete visual map of the telomerase enzyme, which is known to play a significant role in aging and most cancers, represents a breakthrough that could open up a host of new...

Blocking a key protein boosts body's ability to clear chronic infection UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the April 12 edition of Science, the finding suggests new approaches to treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C. The research team studied type-1 interferons (IFN-1), proteins released by cells in response to disease-causing organisms...

Bedside Early-Warning System from IBM and Excel Medical Electronics Can Analyze Large Amounts of Data in Real Time to Predict Dangerous Changes in a Patient's Condition ARMONK, N.Y. and LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Excel Medical Electronics (EME) are collaborating with the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery in a study to test the effectiveness of a real-time alarm intended to predict rising brain pressure in patients with traumatic brain injuries. The...