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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Are multiple concussions driving suicides in the military?

    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
    The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. The annual rate of military personnel taking their own lives has doubled to about 20 per 100,000. That translated to a record 324 suicides...

    Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Afghanistan, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Military, Explosions

    2. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Airborne laboratory being used to measure California's snowpack

    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months.
    Teams will fan out across the Sierra Nevada on Thursday to perform their final snow survey of the season, a closely watched rite of spring that helps determine how much water will flow to farms and cities in coming months. But 18,000 feet above the...

    Tags: Water Supply, Cross Country Skiing, Science and Technology, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    3. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Poor women who delay breast cancer treatment less likely to survive

    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A <a href="http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681805">new study</a> of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment &ndash; and finds that Latinas, African Americans and poor women were most likely to put their recovery at risk by waiting six weeks or more to have surgery or begin chemotherapy.
    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A new study of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment – and finds that Latinas, African Americans and...

    Tags: Research, Breast Cancer, Health Treatments, Private Health Care, Health Insurance

    4. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Can a company patent your DNA? Supreme Court hears BRCA gene case

    Can a private company own rights to your DNA?
    Can a private company own rights to your DNA? The nine justices of the Supreme Court will consider that question Monday as lawyers for Myriad Genetics make their best case that the company should be able to keep its patent on two genes known to...

    Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Medical Specialization, Justice System

    5. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. On eve of Super Bowl, football caught between a rock and hard tackle

    One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley hills, and spent dozens of Saturday afternoons in the late 1970s and '80s watching the Cal Bears play, and usually lose, to other teams in the Pacific 10 Conference.
    One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley...

    Tags: University of California, Berkeley, AEG, Football, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears

    6. Dec 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Claremont McKenna names legal scholar as next president

    L.A. NOW
    Claremont McKenna College announced its new president Thursday: Hiram E. Chodosh, the dean of the University of Utah’s law school and an expert on legal affairs and anti-corruption measures in the Middle East and Asia. Chodosh will succeed Pamela B....
    7. Dec 1, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Rick Majerus dies at 64; college basketball coach

    Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64.
    Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64. Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a...

    Tags: Marquette Golden Eagles, Jon Huntsman, Jr., National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Democratic Party

    8. Dec 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Communing with nature can recharge your creativity, study finds

    Go take a hike &ndash; it&rsquo;s good for your brain.
    Go take a hike – it’s good for your brain. So says a new study that supports something called Attention Restoration Theory, which holds that exposure to nature can replenish our cognitive reserves when they are worn out by overuse. And if...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists

    9. Nov 15, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  9. Two Crenshaw cornerbacks put in the hard work to earn scholarships

    Dominique Hatfield won't forget the moment last month that his football coach at Crenshaw High, Robert Garrett, told him a letter had just come in via school fax machine.
    Dominique Hatfield won't forget the moment last month that his football coach at Crenshaw High, Robert Garrett, told him a letter had just come in via school fax machine. It was a scholarship offer from the University of Utah. "It almost brought me to...

    Tags: Football, University of California, Los Angeles, College Sports, Sports, Awards and Prizes

    10. Sep 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Growing body parts and improving prosthetics

    Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is used to hearing his work described as science fiction.
    Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is used to hearing his work described as science fiction. Way back in 1999, he and his team grew bladders in a lab and successfully implanted them in patients with...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Food and Drug Administration, Philip K Dick, Spina Bifida, Injuries and Wounds

    11. Aug 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Martin Fleischmann dies at 85; claimed cold-fusion success

    Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons thought they were going to change the energy world forever.
    Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons thought they were going to change the energy world forever. On March 23, 1989, they announced at a news conference at the University of Utah that they had discovered a tabletop process for producing nuclear fusion at...

    Tags: Research, Colleges and Universities, Utah Legislature, Science and Technology, Science

    12. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Stephen R. Covey dies at 79; wrote influential self-help bestseller

    Stephen R. Covey, a former Brigham Young University business professor who blended personal self-help and management theory in a massive bestseller, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday at a hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was 79.
    Stephen R. Covey, a former Brigham Young University business professor who blended personal self-help and management theory in a massive bestseller, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday at a hospital in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was 79....

    Tags: Head Injuries, Religion and Belief, Brigham Young, Philosophy, Politics

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