People carry powerful sensors every day, right in their pockets. Read more...
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Deborah Estrin, a researcher at the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing, is developing smart phone mobile health apps.
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November 4, 1:18 am
HIV studies help public health
A team of UCLA researchers will conduct a study to test the effects of a new health care strategy on HIV-positive men released from Los Angeles County jails. Read more...
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November 3, 1:07 am
Internship offered in sports medicine
Allison Fassett and Sonal Singh can count the entire UCLA women's volleyball team among their circle of friends. Read more...
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November 3, 1:02 am
Stretching limbs to the limit
Stefan Wojciechowski was practicing Wushu, a Chinese martial art, in China last year when he made a mistake and accidentally struck himself with his meteor hammer "“ a flail-like weapon with a ball or spike attached to a chain. Read more...
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November 3, 12:58 am
Women athletes more prone to ACL injuries
Lauren Carr, a member of UCLA's club soccer team, was playing in her first game of the season when she felt her left knee pop. That pop, as it turned out, was a torn anterior cruciate ligament "“ an injury that can bench an athlete for more than a year, said Dr. Gerald Finerman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and director of intercollegiate sports medicine. Read more...
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November 3, 12:04 am
Trainers and athletes build relationships for rehabilitation
As the doors open to the sports medicine facilities of the Acosta Athletic Training Center, there are several rows of athletic training tables. Read more...
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Director of Sports Medicine Dale Rudd, pictured in the Acosta Athletic Training Center, oversees the physical health of all UCLA NCAA athletes. Rudd and the UCLA athletic trainers work one-on-one with athletes to help them rehabilitate injuries and return to competition.
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October 26, 2:16 am
Professor has new book
As a first-year resident in psychiatry at an unfamiliar hospital in Boston, Dr. Gary Small was nervous about putting his textbook knowledge into practice. Read more...
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Dr. Gary Small, a UCLA professor,
co-wrote a book about his most interesting psychiatry cases with his wife.
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