Joie Guner

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• Team lands win in Washington

  Feb. 4, 2008 at 12:34 a.m.

  Sophomore Anna Li has spent a lot of time in practice recently working on a double layout for her floor routine. On Friday night she tried it for the first time in competition. She nailed it.

• Living well through heart-healthy habits

  May 17, 2007 at 1:01 a.m.

  Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death among women and men in the United States.

• UCLA researchers develop training tool

  May 4, 2007 at 12:45 a.m.

  UCLA researchers have created a new instrument that can be used as a surgical teaching tool and can also be used by expert doctors to direct medical procedures at remote locations.

• Science&Health: Sunshine and flowers and allergies, oh my

  April 13, 2007 at 12:44 a.m.

  The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden can be a spring oasis for many with its warm breeze, bright blooming flowers and buzzing bees. But it can also be a congestion ...

• Planetarium offers a different kind of star map

  March 6, 2007 at 1:01 a.m.

  The UCLA Planetarium is not conspicuous to the passerby and may go unnoticed by most students who have not taken astronomy courses. But to some of those who are aware ...

• Science&Health: Symposium to visit the ‘genetic marketplace’

  Jan. 19, 2007 at midnight

  With increasing advancements in research into the human genome, a group of experts will meet at UCLA this weekend to discuss the benefits and problems arising from the interaction between ...

• Science&Health: Dietary supplements are not all safe

  Nov. 8, 2006 at midnight

  Though dietary supplements have labels, experts say students shouldn’t trust everything they read. Dietary supplements are a loosely regulated group of products that may not be thoroughly researched. Among the ...

• Bogs may have helped global warming

  Oct. 20, 2006 at midnight

  A new UCLA study suggests the rapid growth of a huge northern bog complex may have helped activate global warming around the time of the ice age. The study may ...

• Women can earn big money for eggs

  Oct. 6, 2006 at midnight

  College students seeking to pay their bills may be tempted by egg donor agency advertisements with five-figure compensation values. Egg donor agencies and donor banks seeking young women commonly place ...

• Doctors fail to pass on key data to patients, study says

  Sept. 29, 2006 at midnight

  Patients at hospitals nationwide may not be receiving adequate information about their prescription medicine, according to a recent UCLA study. “We found that physicians are often just not communicating essential ...