-- HIV TREATMENT: Research conducted by Sally Blower, UCLA professor of biomathematics, predicting a dramatic increase in drug resistance among those infected with HIV in San Francisco, is featured in today's San Francisco Chronicle (Pg. A1) and on Associated Press, Ivanhoe Broadcast.com, and City News Service; and on yesterday's Reuters newswire.
"HIV's drug resistance increasing rapidly" MORE

"Researchers predict that 41 percent of HIV in San Francisco will be drug-resistant by 2005" MORE
"Researchers Say Drug-Resistant HIV on the Rise" MORE

-- HMO: Questionnaires used by UCLA to rate patients' satisfaction with managed care are referenced in an editorial in today's Los Angeles Times (Home Edition, California, Pg. B14).
"A Foot in the Hospital Door" MORE

-- Dan Lee, clinical professor of family medicine at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, comments on today's United Press International about a new study suggesting teenagers are more likely to give birth to a child with medical problems if it is the second teenage pregnancy.
"Second teenage pregnancy at higher risk"

-- Frisca Yan-Go, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, was quoted in a USAToday.com story Aug. 29 about sleep apnea.
"Getting the 'nitty gritty' on sleep apnea" MORE
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-- INNOVATOR: A profile of Jared Diamond, UCLA vice chair of physiology, including his best-selling books, his theories on agricultural and urban evolution, and his travels, appears in a cover story in this week's New Times LA (Pg. A1).
"Diamond in the Rough" MORE

-- UCLA/UCSF Researchers Predict Future of Drug-Resistant HIV Epidemic MORE

-- IMMIGRATION: The recently released UCLA study on the economic impact of the broad legalization of undocumented Mexican immigrants working in the United States is reported in today's Agence France-Presse, Copley News Service and Associated Press. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, director of UCLA's North American Integration and Development Center and author of the study, is quoted in each article.
"Study favors legalization of undocumented workers" MORE
"Legalizing undocumented workers has economic benefits for US" AFP
"Legalization of immigrants could help economy, study says" CNS

-- Brain P. Copenhaver, UCLA provost of the College of Letters & Science, is quoted in today's Los Angeles Times concerning the value of an online education (Home Edition, Tech Times, Pg. T1).
"Educational Disconnect in Online Learning" MORE

-- Joan Nelson, UCLA associate dean of students, comments in today's Los Angeles Times regarding how new technology changes the opportunities students have to cheat on exams and plagiarize papers (Home Edition, Tech Times, Pg. T1).
"Chips and Cheating" MORE

-- Alan Steinberg, director of research at UCLA's Medical Center trauma psychiatry program, comments in today's United Press International about a recent study on the post-traumatic stress disorder some patients experience after suffering through a surgery where the anesthesia fails to block pain, leaving the patient conscious but unable to communicate.
"Awareness in surgery causes mental trauma"
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-- GENE DISCOVERY: Michael Teitell, UCLA assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and his research at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center that uncovered a unique gene modification that may cause lymphoma and other cancers were highlighted Tuesday in reports on CBS national news radio, KNX-1070 AM and City News Service. MORE

-- BREAST RECONSTRUCTION: William Shaw, chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at UCLA, and his expertise in free-flap breast reconstruction were the focus of a feature Saturday on the national TV show "Extra."

-- MEDICINE: UCLA's Medical Center's rating in a recent industrywide survey of California hospitals is reported in today's Los Angeles Times (Home Edition, California, Pg. B1; Ventura County Edition, California, Pg. B1).
"Hospitals Get Mixed Reviews" MORE
"Patients Give Hospitals in State Mixed Marks" MORE

-- Alan DeCherney, UCLA obstetrics and gynecology department chair, was quoted Sunday in The New York Times about patients coming forward to donate embryos for the purpose of stem cell research.
"Researchers Say Embryos in Labs Are Not Available" MORE

-- New Study Shows Oral Contraceptive May Be Effective in Treating Severe Form of Premenstrual Syndrome. Unique Hormone Provides Physical and Emotional Relief for Women With Severe PMS MORE

-- AMNESTY: Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, director of UCLA's North American Integration and Development Center and author of a report showing that immigration reform that legalizes undocumented Mexican workers living in the United States would be beneficial to the country's prosperity, is featured in today's Wall Street Journal (Pg. A2) and La Opinion. He also detailed his findings at a press conference this morning in Washington, D.C., broadcast live on C-SPAN.
"Broad Legalization Would Cut Immigration; Business and Labor May Find Common Ground, Study Says" WSJ

-- EDUCATION: Thomas Kane, UCLA professor of policy studies and economics, appeared on CNN today to highlight results of a study he co-authored regarding whether schools would succeed under the proposed federal mandate requiring standardized testing.
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-- BREATHING ORIGIN: BBC World News and KNBC-Channel 4 reported on new research Aug. 26 and 27 from Jack Feldman, UCLA neurobiology chair, and Paul Gray, UCLA graduate student researcher, that pinpoints the cells in the brain that control breathing. MORE

-- UCLA Professor Receives SRC Technical Excellence Award. UCLA professor, Jason Cong , will receive the 2000 Technical Excellence Award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). MORE

-- V. Reggie Edgerton, UCLA professor of physiological science, is quoted today in the New York Times regarding the resiliency of the human spinal cord (Late Edition, Health & Fitness, Pg. F6; National Edition, Health & Fitness, Pg. D6).
"Therapies Push Injured Brains and Spinal Cords Into New Paths"

-- IDENTITY THEFT: Lynn M. LoPucki, UCLA professor of law, authored a commentary article appearing today in the Los Angeles Times on making Social Security numbers more secret (Home Edition, California, Pg. B13).
"Better Way to Stop a Thief" MORE

-- EXPLORATION: Margaret Kivelson, professor at UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, and her work studying Jupiter's moons are referenced in an article in today's Newsday on Galileo, an unmanned spacecraft that has been orbiting Jupiter for more than five years, (Pg. C6).
"A Mission With Staying Power" MORE
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-- BIOLOGY: Alan G. Robinson, vice provost of medical science and executive associate dean at the UCLA School of Medicine, was quoted in Saturday's Los Angeles Times regarding the decision of a Harvard University professor who will begin creating stem cell lines for academic researchers from discarded embryos provided by a large fertility clinic (Home Edition, Part A, Pg. A8).
"Scientist Offers Free Cell Lines" MORE

-- HEALTH CARE: A March 2001 report by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research on the percentage of uninsured California residents is cited today in the Los Angeles Times (Home Edition, Health, Pg. S1).
"One Patient at a Time" MORE

-- Jerome Engel Jr., professor of neurology and director of the UCLA Seizure Disorder Center, discussed in an Inland Valley Daily Bulletin story Aug. 21 the medical community's bias against surgical intervention for epilepsy, although recent research shows surgery is more effective than drugs in controlling seizures.
"Patient lauds epileptic treatments"

-- Tomas Ganz, UCLA professor of hematology and oncology, comments today in a Los Angeles Times article about the next generation of disease-fighting compounds (Home Edition, Health, Pg. S3).
"Deadly Germs Are Catching Up With New Antibiotics" MORE

-- David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, commented in the Sunday Seattle Times regarding the cancer-fighting power of produce (Rop Zone, Scene, Pg J5).
"Food fighters: Get cancer-fighting nutrients at the table, not the drugstore" MORE

-- Sanford M. Jacoby, UCLA professor of management, was quoted yesterday in the Los Angeles Times regarding erroneous beliefs associated with casual dress codes (Home Edition, Work Place, Pg. W1).
"Clashing Dress Styles" MORE

-- Tom Lieser, senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, commented Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle concerning Friday's rise in the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes (Business, Pg. C1).
"Odd stock rally follows Cisco news" MORE

-- Robert Maurer, director of behavioral sciences at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, was quoted Aug. 24 in an ABC News Web site story about America's fascination with Chandra Levy and Gary Condit.
"Why Did People Watch?" MORE

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