With 7.2 million Californians registered to "drop, cover, and hold on" under a desk or table at exactly 10:21 a.m. Thursday, the third annual Great California Shakeout drill will be by far the largest earthquake drill in the state's history. Read more...
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October 20, 1:56 am
Cali to drop, cover and hold on
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October 14, 11:52 pm
A woman’s angel in the UCLA Avon Cares for Life
Divorced and with no health insurance, Francesca Capasso felt hopeless. Read more...
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Couresty of Francesca Capasso
Francesca Capasso and her “angel” Lori Viveros, director of Avon Cares for Life.
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October 13, 1:58 am
Patients aim to fight cancer through UCLA Cancer Genetics Program
Kathleen Bloom was happy to turn 50. Read more...
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October 13, 1:57 am
Alumnus Richard Heck wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
For a Nobel Prize winner, Richard Heck seems to lead a relatively normal life. The 79-year-old UCLA alumnus and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware is retired and currently lives in the Philippines with his wife. Read more...
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Richard Heck
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October 1, 2:02 am
Cancer metastasis linked to stress
For breast cancer patients, everyday anxiety and the stress of the disease are inevitable. Read more...
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September 29, 2:19 am
Mind-altering treatment for patients
After the discovery of a polyp in her colon in 2001, Pamela Sakuda underwent numerous biopsies and a surgery only to receive news she had stage four, metastatic colon cancer. Read more...
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Norbert Litzinger and his wife Pamela Sakuda are shown just hours before her death on Nov. 10, 2006. Sakuda was a patient in a psilocybin research study for terminally ill cancer patients with anxiety.
courtesy of NORBERT LITZINGER
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September 29, 2:14 am
Student uses research to reach out
As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol. Read more...
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Psychology graduate student and former addict Adi Jaffe created a website with a feature to help addicts find rehabilitation centers that best suit them.