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Aspiring screenwriters struggling | Los Angeles Times

“In the past 40 years of doing this, this is the most disruptive I’ve ever seen it,” said Tom Nunan, founder of Bull’s Eye Entertainment and a lecturer in the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. (UCLA’s Jill Goldsmith was also quoted.)

Times tests soil for toxic substances | Los Angeles Times

Everyone in the burn areas — regardless of the potential level of contamination on their property — should ideally have the top layer of their yard scraped and then replaced with a fresh few inches of topsoil, according to Sanjay Mohanty, a civil and environmental engineering professor at UCLA, who is conducting his own soil testing with the multi-university collaboration Community Action Project LA.

9 L.A. foot spas for relaxation | Los Angeles Times

“You’re treating the entire body in some shape or form by massaging the foot,” says Malcolm B. Taw, director of UCLA’s Center for East-West Medicine in Westlake Village. “It’s beneficial for relaxation but also pain relief, sleep conditions, anxiety and even nausea related to chemotherapy.” (UCLA’s Dr. Robert K. Lee was also quoted.)

California eyes its own NIH | KABC-TV

UCLA is among many California universities reeling from extraordinary cuts to scientific funding, but what if our state had its own version of the National Institutes of Health? “California’s economy is massive,” said Dr. Otto Yang, a cellular immunology researcher with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Weather world’s buzzword expands reach | New York Times

Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who is known for his popular commentary on meteorology, said interest in atmospheric rivers generally surges during exceptionally wet and stormy periods in California.

Race for the 24th District heats up | Daily Breeze

That the 24th District is shaping up to be a heavily contested race isn’t surprising to Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. And it’s not just because it’s common to see more candidates in races where there’s no incumbent. “Historically, the Westside of L.A. has been more active politically,” he said, adding that it’s an affluent part of the state where more people may have the option to take time off from work to run a campaign.

What people with anxiety during pregnancy need | Parents

This approach may be more important than ever as rates of pregnancy-related anxiety continue to rise. That is due to a combination of psychological, social and systemic factors that have intensified for many after the COVID-19 pandemic, points out Misty Richards, M.D., MS, a psychiatrist and assistant clinical professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, with a joint appointment in the UCLA Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and department of obstetrics and gynecology. 

Wondering if it’s time to stop taking your antidepressant? | Self

Either way, it’s a valid question that’s worth discussing—and probably doesn’t come up enough. “There are times where physicians won’t bring it up, and there are other times that maybe patients are nervous too,” Dustin Z. DeYoung, M.D., a psychiatrist at UCLA Health, tells SELF. “But I think that it definitely is an important conversation to have.”

Sex therapists are sharing tips | BuzzFeed

When awkward moments arise, couples with great sex lives take it in stride and laugh about it, said Kimberly Resnick Anderson, a sex therapist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. “Humor is a great aphrodisiac,” she said.