Wednesday, April 29


Folk medicine goes online

As a teenager, Professor Michael Owen Jones remembers having a particular wart on his finger. Based on the advice of a farmer, he rubbed the wart with a piece of apple, and buried the apple in the ground. Read more...


Hospital construction over budget

Construction shortfalls and delays at the Westwood Replacement Hospital will cost UCLA an estimated $35 million to $45 million more than anticipated by the time the hospital opens for operation in 2007, said the hospital’s project director Thursday. Read more...




News briefs

Small explosion reported at Strathmore Building University police received a report of a small explosion at the Strathmore Building on Thursday afternoon, though police found no evidence that an explosion had actually occurred. Read more...