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New UCLA program combats heart disease in South Asians | LAist
Today, UCLA launches the region’s first heart health program tailored for South Asians, who face up to four times the risk of cardiovascular disease compared with the general population. It’s a staggering statistic that hits especially hard in Southern California, home to one of the largest South Asian communities in the United States. Dr. Ravi Dave, the interventional cardiologist leading the UCLA initiative, says the elevated health risks are flying under the radar.
Britain rolls out liquid biopsy cancer testing | NPR’s “All Things Considered”
UCLA pathology professor Jasmine Zhou has researched liquid biopsy’s ability to detect things, like liver cancer, from a vial of blood. This is how she sums up the potential savings associated with using it: “Time saving, money saving and pain saving.” [said Zhou.]
Do healthy pregnant women need Covid boosters? | KFF Health News
Neil Silverman, a professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology and the director of the Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said he still sees more bad outcomes in pregnant patients who have covid. The risk of severe covid fluctuated as new variants arose and vaccinations became available, Silverman said, but the threat is still meaningful.
Protein-heavy diet? It’s important to eat this crucial nutrient | NBC News
(Article written by UCLA’s Dr. Akshay Syal) Americans can’t seem to get enough protein. Typically the go-to fuel of bodybuilders and athletes, protein has become the wellness world’s ultimate nutrient for weight loss, energy and muscle maintenance. Nutritionists and gastroenterologists warn that the more we load up on protein, another vital nutrient is being left behind: fiber.
These 13 jobs can’t be replaced by AI | Arizona Republic
According to a recent study by the [UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute’s Latino Data Hub], Latino workers, who are the main contributors to Arizona’s labor force growth, are also the only demographic group in the state overrepresented in occupations at high risk of being replaced by automation.
Trump set to end program that let 530K migrants into U.S. | Washington Post
“This is the first time that an administration has come in and pulled the rug out from under people,” said Talia Inlender, deputy director at the UCLA School of Law’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. “Today’s Supreme Court decision will upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who came lawfully to the U.S. through the CHNV program.”
Trump’s targeting of legal immigrants threatens health sector | Politico
“We’ve created fear and distrust of the health care system in the immigrant community even without enforcement,” said Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “This has big implications, including for mixed status households and U.S. citizen children, and it could be both costly and fatal.”
California’s EV mandates drive rules of the road | Christian Science Monitor
“California’s ambitious goals are what pushes the industry,” says Ann Carlson, who teaches law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and who helped write tailpipe emission policies for the Biden administration.
‘Deathracers’ skate into golden years to stay young | Los Angeles Times
“I’d worry about fractures,” says Dr. Jeremy Swisher, a UCLA sports medicine physician. “As you get older, it takes the body longer to heal. But it comes down to a risk-benefit analysis. The endorphins, the adrenaline — the joy of it — as well as the new challenges that stress the mind in a good way would be very mentally stimulating. You’re forming new neural pathways as you’re trying new moves. It would help keep the brain young and fresh.”
What will it take to run America’s biggest county? | Politico
“They couldn’t write every single thing into the charter amendment — it would have been a mistake to try to do that, because they would have left something out,” said former Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who served on the board from 1994 to 2014 and is now the director of the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. “So they did the broad-brush stuff ... but they still need to address the details. And there are a lot of details.”
Fire clean-up hailed as ‘historic’, safety questioned | National Public Radio
Combined, the Eaton and Palisades fires were among the most destructive fires in California history with an estimated $95 to $164 billion in total capital and property losses, according to UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.
What’s behind the beef tallow skincare trend | NPR’s “Morning Edition”
While some TikTok creators claim that tallow has cleared up their complexion, beef fat can actually make acne worse, warns Dr. Delila Foulad, a board-certified dermatologist at UCLA Health, who specializes in treating skin and scalp disorders.
How L.A.’s trendiest street fell into decline | SFGate
In the early 20th century, many Jewish Angelenos lived in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood east of downtown. But starting in the 1920s, some members of Jewish communities began moving further west to areas including Fairfax and Hollywood, a “migratory trend ... driven by both the availability of new housing and a desire for upward mobility,” notes a report from UCLA’s Luskin Center for History and Policy.
