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Can Democrats’ calls for bipartisan unity be authentic in the Trump era? | Fortune
Big-picture calls for unity for a candidate like Warren, said Lynn Vavreck, UCLA’s Marvin Hoffenberg professor of American politics and author of several books on political campaigns, would have the opposite effect on promoting authenticity. She noted Warren’s nature “is to argue and have big ideas and fight to convince people that they are feasible.” Warren’s rallies have been peppered with the word “fight,” and she has singled out “rich guys” for “waging class warfare against hard-working people for decades.”
Michelle Obama to visit UCLA to celebrate College Signing Day | City News Service
Former first lady Michelle Obama will visit UCLA Wednesday, joined by an array of celebrities, to celebrate 10,000 high school seniors and transfer students who have committed to pursue higher education…. Roughly 10,000 high school seniors and transfer students are expected to attend Wednesday's event at Pauley Pavilion. University of California President Janet Napolitano is also expected, along with celebrities including Usher, Don Cheadle, Bebe Rexha, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Banks, Kelly Rowland, Lea Michele, Eva Longoria and Conan O'Brien.
Why men won’t go to the doctor, and how to change that | Wall Street Journal
Jesse Mills, a urologist and director of UCLA Medical Center’s Men’s Health Clinic, says a recent remodeling with simple, streamlined furnishings aimed for a more gender-neutral design. “L.A. is a very diverse population with a large portion of people who aren’t gender-conforming, and we want to make everyone comfortable,” he says. “My goal is to break through the stereotype of what it means to be a man in the first place and get men the health-care services they might not even realize they need.”
Awakening from decades-long coma ‘very rare,’ experts says | Agence France-Presse
The case of a woman from the United Arab Emirates who regained consciousness after a 27-year coma-like state provoked by a brain injury has startled the world. But it’s not quite right to say that she simply “woke up,” experts told AFP.… “Technically the patient was — as per the doctor’s description — already awake,” explained Martin Monti, an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles. “However, she certainly seems to have emerged from a disorder of consciousness.”
Some companies rewarding managers for giving workers time off | NPR
Cassie Mogilner Holmes at UCLA has studied the link between vacations and workplace happiness, and she says some companies are rewarding managers for making sure that employees take time off…. “The onus is on managers to create a culture where their employees feel like they actually can take the time,” says Holmes.
Under ambitious new goals, Los Angeles will be ‘zero waste’ by 2050 | KPCC’s “AirTalk”
“It is a very ambitious plan. I think it is a really important plan,” said UCLA’s Cara Horowitz. “The mayor started off the bat by saying climate change is a crisis. Cities account for about 70% of global greenhouse gases, so what cities do really matters. Importantly, cities also control key pieces of the climate change authorities. So, they control transit, they control local land use, they often control building codes, and the mayor is proposing to put all those authorities to good use here.” (Approx. 4:00 minute mark)
As meth use surges, first responders struggle to help those in crisis | NPR
But policymakers in Washington, D.C., haven’t kept up, continuing to direct the bulk of funding and attention to opioids, says Steve Shoptaw, an addiction psychologist at UCLA in Los Angeles, where he hears one story after another about meth destroying peoples’ lives. “But when you’re in D.C., where people are making decisions about how to deploy resources, those stories are very much muffled by the much louder story about the opioid epidemic,” he says.
Boost your body acceptance for better health | NPR
“Experiencing weight stigma can sort of trigger these processes that ironically make you gain more weight,” says Janet Tomiyama, a health psychologist at UCLA and senior author of the study. “And that could put you at even more risk for weight stigma.”… Some pro athletes, for instance, can be labeled obese based on their BMI — or body mass index — because of all the muscle in their body. Too much focus on BMI misses the broader health picture, says Tomiyama.
Why do we celebrate Cinco de Mayo in the U.S.? | Arizona Republic
UCLA professor David Hayes-Bautista, in his 2012 book “El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition,” makes the argument that celebrating Cinco de Mayo in the U.S. has a connection to the Civil War. According to Hayes-Bautista, France was sympathetic to the Confederate cause in the Civil War and would have aided the South during that conflict. The defeat at Puebla slowed France’s efforts in Mexico, which also limited its attempt to aid the Confederates. Patriotic Mexican-Americans in California began celebrating the victory at the Battle of Puebla during the Civil War.
Why IBS is more common in women — and how to soothe your symptoms | MSN
Talking things out with a professional can also help you manage IBS-specific worries, adds Kelsey Laird, PhD, a post-doctoral scholar at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. Sometimes people with the disorder start to dread situations in which they don’t have easy access to a restroom, such as road trips or back-country hikes. “Psychotherapy can teach long-term skills for reframing scary situations, so people can still participate in activities that are important to them,” Laird explains. “Oftentimes, reductions in stress — and gastrointestinal symptoms — follow.”