The Helen F. Shishino Centennial Scholarship has allowed Yuliana Estrada to spend her energies focusing on her work rather than worry about paying bills.
Jessica Chavez was introduced to UCLA School of Nursing while in middle school and 17 years later her life has come full circle, as she studies for her nursing degree.
The UCLA School of Nursing research shows that underhydration and dehydration are likely to be under-recognized and could bring health problems ranging from urinary tract infections to frequent falls.
Q&A with Melissa Reider-Demer who was honored by the health care organization Press Ganey, which promotes clinical safety, patient experience and workforce engagement.
The research, conducted at the UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program, also shows that the program was cost-neutral after accounting for its costs.
UCLA’s MarySue Heilemann, who was a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, says the experience will influence her teaching and scholarship.
The research showed that a single session of hookah smoking increased heart rate and blood pressure; and significantly increased measures of arterial stiffness, a key risk factor in heart attack or stroke.
UCLA research provides critical knowledge for medicinal chemists to begin designing new drugs based on cambinol that are more potent than the molecule itself.
The $2 million gift augments the Shapiro Family Foundation’s previous giving to the school, which created a scholarship and established an endowment to fund programs in disability studies.
The study appears to be the first to underscore significant clinical differences between men and women with the condition, and points to the need for different treatment approaches to address these varied symptoms.
UCLA School of Nursing researchers found that people with a certain genetic variation who took donepezil for the condition had a faster cognitive decline than those who took a placebo.
Funding from the U.S. Department of Health Resources and Administration will cover about half the tuition of selected minority and disadvantaged students.