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Students are stigmatized for any number of reasons, from the clothes they wear to what model cell phone they clench in their hands. Now, in a new report, researchers from UCLA show that youths from a range of ethnic-minority backgrounds have an added burden to contend with: ethnicity-based stigmatization. Even elementary school–aged children are aware of such stigmatization and, like older youths, they feel more anxious about school as a result. In the current online edition of the...

Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and not remembered why they entered? Normal age-related memory decline affects more than half of all seniors, and those over 80 are the most vulnerable. A new UCLA study has found that a memory fitness program offered to older adults in their senior living communities helped improve their ability to recognize and recall words, benefitting their verbal learning and retention. Published in the September...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just months after Dr. Gerald S. Levey began interviewing for the position as head of one of the world's premier academic health centers, Mother Nature rewrote the job description. The 1994 Northridge earthquake damaged UCLA Medical Center beyond repair, and it soon became clear that a significant portion of Levey's mandate would be to oversee the building of a new hospital. "In one fell swoop, the job I thought I was going to have...

B. E. Smith, the only full-service leadership solutions firm dedicated exclusively to healthcare providers, has been retained by UCLA Health System in Los Angeles, California, to conduct a national search for its new system executive director of quality. The top executive search firm in the healthcare industry, B. E. Smith placed more than 300 senior-level healthcare executives into organizations last year. Lenexa, Kan. (PRWEB) August 18, 2011 B. E. Smith, the only full-service...

OKEMOS, Mich., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study, published by the European Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, demonstrated that sugar-free lollipops containing licorice root extract significantly reduced the bacteria that causes tooth decay, specifically in pre-school children with high-risk of tooth decay. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110811/DE51264 ) The study, funded by the Research and Data Institute of the affiliated companies of Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio,...

MINNEAPOLIS and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index(TM) (PCI), issued today by the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Ceridian Corporation dipped 0.2 percent in July on a seasonally and workday adjusted basis, offsetting some of the relatively strong 1.0 percent gain posted in June. "In July, the U.S. economy remained in 'she loves me, she loves me not' mode," said Ed Leamer, chief PCI economist and director of the UCLA Anderson...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical device company, today provided an update in response to substantial interest and inquiries generated by a National Public Radio (NPR) news story which aired July 27, 2011 on the use of non-invasive Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy. (http://www.npr.org/2011/07/27/138619259/new-device-reduces-seizures-no-surgery-required). Dr. Christopher DeGiorgio, a...

Research shows large-scale cooperation may have begun with fear of punishmentBy Bobbie Mixon, NSF"Cooperation and Punishment" sounds like it could be the title of a hit television program, especially when the bit about stealing cows is added. But instead it's the theoretical basis of new research that looks at how members of early human societies learned to work together in large groups.In a study supported by the National Science Foundation, Sarah Mathew and Robert Boyd,...

Celebrities, kids and coaches will hit the hardwood on August 6th to raise money for Japan. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 29, 2011 Play for Japan announces today that it will host a day of basketball festivities on Saturday, August 6, 2011 with all of the proceeds going to help the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. "Play for Japan" will be an all-day charity basketball event held at West Los Angeles College beginning at 12:00pm. The day will begin with a...

Dawn took this image over Vesta's northern hemisphere after the spacecraft completed its first passage over the dark side of the giant asteroid. It is northern hemisphere winter on Vesta now, so its north pole is in deep shadow.The Dawn science team is working to determine the significance of the distinct features in this image, which include large grooves or ridges extending for great distances around Vesta.This image was taken by Dawn's framing camera on July 23, from a distance of 3,200...