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Nearly 400,000 Californians May Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds

February 2, 2022 by Lisa Minniefield

public health, drinking water, environment

By: Brad Smith | UC Los Angeles | January 11, 2022 An estimated 370,000 Californians rely on drinking water that may contain high levels of the chemical contaminants arsenic, nitrate or hexavalent chromium, and contaminated drinking water disproportionately impacts communities of color in the state, finds a new analysis led by researchers at the University of California, ... Continue Reading »

Dying in the desert: How U.S. border policies contribute to migrant mortality

January 6, 2022 by Lisa Minniefield

Nation, World, Society.

By: Jessica Wolf | UC Los Angeles | December 17, 2021 ... Continue Reading »

AI-POWERED PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM HELPS LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

January 6, 2022 by Lisa Minniefield

By: Katherine Connor | November 15, 2021 | UC San Diego Clinical trial data show tailored recommendations improve health outcomes November 15, 2021--Engineers at UC San Diego have developed an artificial intelligence platform that fuses data from disparate health and lifestyle sensors, wearables and apps into one site, using this combined data stream to paint a ... Continue Reading »

Too many firefighters are dying of cancer. UCLA’s Derek Urwin aims to change that

November 30, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

chemistry, research, cancer, health

By: Stuart Wolpert | UC Los Angeles | November 22, 2021 They’re our modern-day superheroes — charging into burning buildings without hesitation, rescuing those in peril, staving off destruction. But in risking their lives for us, firefighters pay a heavy price, with cancer rates that far outpace the public at large. Derek Urwin, a longtime firefighter who ... Continue Reading »

UC San Diego Study: E-cigarettes Don’t Help Smokers Stay Off Cigarettes

November 8, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

Smoking vs Vaping

By: Yadira Galindo | UC San Diego | October 19, 2021 The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have suggested that smokers who are unable to quit smoking may benefit by switching from smoking cigarettes to vaping e-cigarettes if they switch completely and are able to avoid relapsing to cigarette smoking. However, there have been few studies on whether ... Continue Reading »

How to Double Voter Turnout and Increase Representation during Local Elections

September 24, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

Elections Voting

Shifting off-cycle elections to on-cycle races has dramatic effects on the turnout and demographics of voters making their voices heard, new UC San Diego research shows By: Christine Clark | UC San Diego | August 20, 2021 Low and uneven turnout is a serious problem for local democracy. However, simply moving off-cycle, local elections to be held on the same day as ... Continue Reading »

How Adolescents Used Drugs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 24, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

Alcohol use declined, but use of nicotine and misuse of prescription drugs rose By: Scott LaFee | UC San Diego | August 24, 2021 The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in earnest in the United States in early 2020, affected different demographic groups in different ways. According to a new study, among adolescents ages 10 to 14 in the U.S., the overall rate of ... Continue Reading »

Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packaging Changes Perceptions

September 2, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

health, nicotine,

Smokers in a randomized clinical trial were more likely to recognize the negative consequences of tobacco and consider quitting By: Tadira Galindo | UC San Diego | August 4, 2021 Purchase a pack of cigarettes in Australia and be prepared to be accosted with graphic warning labels depicting the dangers of tobacco use — including images of gangrene of the foot, a newborn ... Continue Reading »

Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos

September 1, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

Obesity is a widespread health issue, but conditions like hypertension and cholesterol are stronger predictors of worsening brain function By: Dan Bennett and Scott LaFee | UC San Diego | July 28, 2021 Obesity is linked to several cardiometabolic abnormalities, such as high blood sugar and hypertension, which are considered to be risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. ... Continue Reading »

Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity

August 24, 2021 by Lisa Minniefield

Health, Behavior, Science Research

By: Sarah C.P. Williams | UC Los Angeles | August 23, 2021 Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed brain organoids — 3D brain-like structures grown from human stem cells — that show organized waves of activity similar to those found in living human brains. Then, while studying ... Continue Reading »

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