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FDA crackdown on poppers prompts rush on drug | Los Angeles Times

“This is likely to hurt people,” said Dr. Timothy Hall, a psychiatrist and anthropologist specializing in HIV and addiction at UCLA. “Disrupting the supply of poppers in the U.S. is more likely to push people to seek more dangerous alternatives.”

Protect yourself from haze of wildfire smoke | Los Angeles Times

Air quality instrumentation, which measures AQI, was created to measure common air pollutants, including smog, carbon monoxide and particulate matter. It does not detect toxic substances such as asbestos, lead and other health metals, according to the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. It also cannot always detect ash particles.

Trump officials justify the threat of a recession | CNN

UCLA’s Anderson School of Business has placed the country on a “recession watch,” arguing that “if fully or nearly fully enacted,” Trump’s vision for a new economy could cause a downturn in the next year or two. “What’s more, the recession could end up being stagflationary,” according to UCLA, suggesting the economy could stagnate at the same time prices rise through inflation. 

Comparisons between Trump, King George miss the mark | The Conversation

(Commentary by UCLA’s Carla Gardina Pestana) As a scholar of early America, I believe, however, that George III has gotten a bad rap. He was not the all-powerful monarch that Trump allegedly aspires to be.

New rules for asthma treatment pit insurer against some patients, providers in Illinois | WTTW-TV, Chicago

“Health plans are always looking for a way to reduce costs, particularly in the area of prescription drugs, [which] are increasingly more expensive — not because of the cost of the basic stuff that’s been around forever necessarily, but because of the biologics,” said Nadereh Pourat, associate director at UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. “[They] are more likely to be infusions … they’re expensive, they could have side effects.”

High-risk plaque: The hidden killer that has doctors divided | WebMD

The treatment involves strong medication and lifestyle changes like a healthy diet, exercise and quality sleep. Doctors may prescribe a statin along with other drugs that help lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation or protect the heart, such as PCSK9 inhibitors, bempedoic acid, colchicine, ezetimibe, icosapent ethyl and inclisiran, said Dr. Matthew Budoff, professor of medicine at UCLA and chair of preventive cardiology at the Lundquist Institute in Torrance, California.

Combination therapy recommended for migraines | HealthDay News

This combination therapy “resulted in a higher likelihood of sustained pain relief up to 48 hours after initial treatment and lower likelihood of using rescue medication at 24 hours,” compared with using a triptan alone, said the research team led by Dr. Carolyn Crandall, an internist with the UCLA School of Medicine.

Trump orders Education Department shutdown | Los Angeles Times

“Colleges and universities have been one of the foremost institutions in defense of democracy in the world,” Michael Chwe, a political science professor at UCLA, told Jaweed during a rally this week. “We have to resist now because it’s possible higher education as we know it might not exist in five or 10 years.”