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New UCLA doctors embody the American dream
Some 200 UCLA medical students received their diplomas Friday, June 2, in Perloff Courtyard at the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.Addressing a sea of black-robed graduates, Dr. John Mazziotta, vice chancellor of the health sciences and CEO of UCLA Health, advised, “Remember that diseases are something you read about in a book or on a computer. But a patient is a human being in trouble. Reach out to each patient as an individual and mak e a difference in his or her life.”The UCLA medical student body is as ethnically diverse as Los Angeles, where 70 percent of the recent ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
UCLA medical school graduates embody the American Dream
Some 200 students will receive their diplomas on June 2 during the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Earning an M.D. requires grueling hours, demanding classes and unwavering focus. It ’s a tough journey for any student, but the following students either overcame the additional challenges of immigration and adaptation to life in the United States — or witnessed those challenges in their parents’ lives. For them, the American Dream is no longer just a hope; it’s a reality.Razmik Ghukasyan, 27, of North Hollywood, grew up in war-torn, post-Soviet Armenia, where food, water ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Dongguan Kewei Hosts 2017 EverMend Structural Heart Disease Expert Salon
Source: Microport News Release - June 2, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Source Type: news
Google ' s Verily: Business or Salon?
With lots of funding, a seemingly endless supply of medical and technology talent, and a global supply of eager partners hoping for a brush with Google greatness, Verily is emerging as a crucible for health and data thinking. But is it also a business?
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 17, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: David Shaywitz, Contributor Tags: NASDAQ:GOOGL Source Type: news
FYI, There's No Such Thing As A 'Right Way' To Wash Your Hair
The New York Times recently declared there is a right way to clean your hair. Teen Vogue said you’re washing your hair wrong earlier this year, and Allure claimed there’s a right way to shampoo hair back in 2014. And none of the techniques they suggest are the same.
At HuffPost alone, we have explored several different methods for washing your tresses ― using a cleansing conditioner, skipping a rinse in favor of dry shampoo, and reaping the shiny rewards of apple cider vinegar are just a few.
But here’s the thing: It turns out there isn’t a “right way” to wash...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
F.A.S.T. Thinking Helped Lane Save His Mom
Editor’s note: Stroke awareness is always important, and there’s extra emphasis on spreading the word in May, which is American Stroke Month. For instance, a survey released Monday showed that one-third of of U.S. adults have had symptoms consistent with a mini-stroke, but only 3 percent called 911 for help. Yet while facts and statistics make the point quite persuasively, the message is perhaps best told through the story of Lane and Flo Matte.
Flo Matte is a Friday morning regular at the Impressions Hair Salon in Moss Bluff, Louisiana. It’s a great chance to get her hair done and to catch up on all the hap...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mom And 6 Sons Grow Hair Out, Donate 17 Feet Of It To Kids In Need
Phoebe Kannisto and her six sons made their latest haircuts a true (and charitable) family affair after deciding to grow their hair out together and donate it.
Kannisto’s oldest son, Andre, is 10 years old. She also has 8-year-old identical twin sons named Silas and Emerson; 5-year-old fraternal triplets named Herbie, Reed and Dexter; and a 2-year-old daughter named Marah Taylor.
On Monday, Kannisto and her six sons visited a local salon, Hizair Hair Salon, to have their hair cut. In total, the family got rid of 17 feet of hair and donated it to Children with Hair Loss, an organization that provides hair replacements...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Estimating pedestrian and cyclist activity at the neighborhood scale - Salon D.
In most parts of the U.S., data on bicycle and pedestrian activity at the neighborhood scale are sparse or non-existent, despite the importance of such data for local planning. Here, a simple small-area estimation method is used to pair travel survey with ...
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Midwife interrupts hair appointment to deliver a baby
Carrie Hall (pictured), from Whitesburg, Kentucky, thought she had time for a hair session - but the on-call midwife rushed out of the salon when her patient became ready to push earlier than expected.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Frostbite following cryolipolysis treatment in a beauty salon: a case study - Choong WL, Wohlgemut HS, Hallam MJ.
This case study describes frostbite, a previously unreported complication following cryolipolysis, which resulted in substantial necrosis of the flank. Medical attention was not sought until one week after treatment. On examination, two distinct areas of s...
Source: SafetyLit - April 11, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Mothers Often Take Daughters to First Tanning Salon Visit Mothers Often Take Daughters to First Tanning Salon Visit
Many girls who begin going to tanning salons before they turn 16 don ’ t bring along friends or go alone. Instead, they tan with their mothers, a U.S. study suggests.Reuters Health Information
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Mothers often take daughters to first tanning salon visit
(Reuters Health) - Many girls who begin going to tanning salons before they turn 16 don ’t bring along friends or go alone. Instead, they tan with their mothers, a U.S. study suggests.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Historian: Human History 'Will End When Men Become Gods'
Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian and the internationally best-selling author of Sapiens, has a new book out about the future of humanity, called Homo Deus. He recently sat down with The WorldPost at a Berggruen Institute salon in Los Angeles. In the following interview, he discusses the new authority of “dataism” and godlike powers of science to redesign humanity and create an inorganic, new species ― artificial intelligence.
WorldPost: In your previous book, Sapiens, you observed that humans are the only species that can organize themselves around abstract ideas or codes ― myth, ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 24, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Donald Trump's Budget Could Cost Money Where It Pretends To Save
WASHINGTON ― More than 100 construction workers die in a typical year in Texas ― many of them immigrants who may speak little or no English and not know their rights on the worksite.
A small, Austin-based nonprofit called the Workers Defense Project has tried to improve this situation. Sixty percent of Texas construction workers said they received absolutely no safety training before starting a job, according to a survey the group released in 2013. So the organization holds free safety training seminars in the Austin and Dallas areas, teaching workers how to avoid falling off buildings, ge...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hairstylist’s Touching Photos Capture The Raw Reality Of Depression
One hairstylist proved to be a cut above when she helped a client experiencing a mental health condition.
In February, a woman walked into The Salon, a haircut location inside of Ulta Beauty in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and began pulling every “All Soft” product by Redken off the shelf. Kate Langman, an employee the salon, noticed what the customer was doing and approached her to see if she needed any help.
The two began to talk, and Langman soon learned that the woman had depression. She hadn’t left her bed in six months due to her mental health condition, she told Langman, and had neglected to wash or brush ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
