Sarah Martin

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• The Dawn of a new space age

  May 23, 2007 at midnight

  The ability to travel through space used to exist only in childhood dreams, but at UCLA, those dreamers have become researchers working to make widespread space exploration a possibility in the not-so-distant future.

• Poor diets to blame for weight gain trend

  May 9, 2007 at 12:19 a.m.

  In a world of mass-produced TV dinners, large portions from fast food restaurants, and a wide range of sweet and gooey options offered at college campuses, it may not be surprising that college students are becoming just as oversized.

• Cancer research arms scientists with new treatments

  April 25, 2007 at 1:19 a.m.

  In recent years, research into cancer treatment has given doctors a new arsenal of weapons against the disease, and UCLA has often been at the forefront of these developments. In ...

• Science&Health: Researchers look into health effects of smog

  March 7, 2007 at 1:04 a.m.

  The poor air quality of Los Angeles and its causes are the stuff of legends. The traffic, smog and stale air of the L.A. basin is bemoaned in movies, lamented ...

• Science&Health: Genetic researchers seek to cure diseases

  Feb. 7, 2007 at 12:10 a.m.

  Scientists working on genetics research may be on their way to understanding the foundations of being genetically free from disease, identifying favored traits, and allowing doctors to treat previously incurable ...

• Fusion of medicine, music

  Jan. 26, 2007 at midnight

  Dr. Raffi Tachdjian sits on the floor of the Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA with 3-year-old Vincent “Vinny” Carramusa on Wednesday afternoon. But Tachdjian, a pediatric fellow in the division ...

• Ashe to listen to grad students

  May 5, 2006 at midnight

  No longer satisfied with the stresses of the treatment of chronic health issues at the student health center, professional and graduate students at UCLA have banded together this semester. To ...

• Student groups kick off Earth Week

  April 25, 2006 at midnight

  Working in a tradition of trailblazers, it is not hard to see why environmentally conscious students on campus can turn Earth Day into Earth Week. Contributing to a grassroots movement ...

• Science & Health: Mumps eruptions multiply among Iowa college students

  April 5, 2006 at midnight

  A recent outbreak of mumps concentrated among college-age students in Iowa has many young adults, doctors and administrators across the country concerned. As of Monday, there were 245 confirmed cases ...

• UCLA applicant closes curtain on cancer

  March 13, 2006 at midnight

  Demetrius Greene said he learned even cancer can be the catalyst to make you stronger. Greene had only completed his first year in college before a rare form of Hodgkin’s ...