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• Study Claims Marijuana Tied to Lower Bladder Cancer Risk

  in San Diego .Dr. Karim Chamie, an assistant professor of urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles , took issue with the fact that every man in the study smoked something, so there was no comparison to men   Read more »

• Inventor, entrepreneur Stanley A. Dashew dies at 96

  peace. They helped build the Rita and Stanley Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars at the University of California, Los Angeles .Born Sept. 16, 1916, in Harlem, Dashew and his family moved from there to Rockland County where his father practiced   Read more »

• Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries

  spokesman for the American Heart Association and a professor of cardiovascular medicine and science at the University of California, Los Angeles .Some trials and observational studies have shown that use of beta blockers reduces this cardiovascular risk, whereas   Read more »

• Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Might Raise Child's Cancer Risk: Study

  likelihood of developing certain childhood cancers, California researchers say.Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health collected data on children diagnosed with cancer before the age of 6 and local traffic exposure.   Read more »

• With Acne, Bacteria Strain on Your Skin May Be Culprit

  skin," said lead author Huiying Li, an assistant professor of molecular and medical pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles . "But some of them you should love." It's the presence of acne-defeating bacteria that allows people without acne   Read more »

Around the web

• Going Off the Grid Gehry-Style

  Museum in Bilbao, Spain MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles Experience Music Project in Seattle Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis Dancing House in Prague Vitra Design Museum andMARTa Museum 12:06 AM from Jetson Green Read more »

• Review: Alisa Weilerstein's star turn with L.A. Chamber Orchestra

  concerto with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall two years ago. She's appeared recently with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony. LACO's strange program, focused around youth, seemed to promise greater novelties. 5/20/13 from Los Angeles Times Read more »

• UC schools draw record application numbers; UCLA as exclusive as Tufts -- for state students

  lunchtime. The school has become as competitive as Tufts and Cornell, according to a recent article. The University of California system remains a popular destination for incoming freshmen – and getting into UCLA is now as hard as getting into Tufts and Cornell, 5/20/13 from Southern California Public Radio Read more »

• UPDATE 2-Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74

  ANGELES May 20 (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in 5/20/13 from Reuters Read more »

• UC Medical Centers Prepare for Two-Day Strike

  News Service Officials at UCLA, UC Irvine and University of California medical centers across the state were preparing Monday for a planned walkout by thousands of health care workers, scrapping non-essential surgical procedures and juggling staff to make 5/20/13 from Westwood-Century City Patch Read more »