UCLA Medical Center

Type: Organization

Name: UCLA Medical Center

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

CSI Actor Plays Guitar During Brain Surgery

LOS ANGELES, CA. (NDN) – An actor on “CSI: NY” is a patient at UCLA Medical Center and shows the remarkable advances in brain surgery technology, as he plays his guitar during a series of cognitive tests during his surgery. ... [Published WB11 - KPLR TV - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Brain Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Patient plays guitar during brain surgery

pA patient at UCLA Medical Center shows the remarkable advances in brain surgery technology, as he plays his guitar during a series of tests during his operation.br /br //p ... [Published Sacramento Bee - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Brain Surgery, UCLA Medical Center

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Man plays guitar during brain surgery

When you think of all the advancements in medical technology, it can blow your mind. To prove that, we're bringing you the story of Brad Carter, a 39-year-old musician and actor. Carter has appeared on various TV shows, including "CSI." Carter had brain ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 25 2013]

Entities: Brain Surgery, Electrode, Emitter

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

University of California medical workers strike

For two days this week, May 21-22, workers at various University of California Medical Centers went on strike. Several hundred respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, nursing aids, surgical technicians, and other patient care workers, all represented ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 24 2013]

Entities: American Federation of State, County and Munici..., Workers, University of California, Patient, UCLA Medical Center

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

FDA Approves Study of Ecstasy on Patients with Social Anxiety and Autism

Share this with a friendFollow us and never miss a story!The Federal Drug Administration has approved a study on the examination of the drug ecstasy, and its potential affects on those suffering from social anxiety.It is a first-of-its-kind study, as ... [Published Opposing Views - May 24 2013]

Entities: Ecstasy, Anxiety, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Autism

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Incredible video shows patient playing guitar as doctors live-streamed his operation

'I played guitar during brain surgery': Incredible video shows patient strumming away as doctors live-streamed his operationMusician Brad Carter, 39, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2006Hand tremors caused by condition meant he lost ability ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 24 2013]

Entities: Electrode, Pacemaker, Parkinson's Disease

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

UCLA

UCLA Uses Vine To Live-Tweet Brain Surgery

By Aaron Liu To celebrate their 500th deep brain stimulation operation, UCLA Medical Center live- tweeted a brain surgery using Vine videos. The procedure, which treats Parkinson's disease, requires the patient to stay awake from start to finish. Something ... [Published Good Magazine - May 24 2013]

Entities: Brain Surgery, UCLA, UCLA Medical Center, Deep Brain Stimulation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

UCLA Medical Workers Strike

WESTWOOD—Healthcare workers at the UCLA Medical Center along with workers at UC Irvine, UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC San Francisco have begun striking, in part, because of increases to worker contributions for pension plans.The impending picketing has ... [Published Canyon News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Workers, UCLA, UCLA Medical Center, David Brown, University of California Irvine

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

?CSI? Actor To Sing, Play Guitar During ?Awake? Brain Surgery

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A Hollywood television and commercial actor and musician is set to take on one of his most challenging roles yet when he attempts to sing and play guitar live during an ?awake? brain surgery procedure.Brad Carter, 39, will become ... [Published CBS Los Angeles - May 23 2013]

Entities: Brain Surgery, UCLA Medical Center, Electrode, craniotomy, Deep Brain Stimulation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 6 reports

UC medical centers affected by strike

Blaine Ohigashi / Daily Bruin Patient care technical and service workers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center picket as part of a two-day union strike.The first day of a planned two-day union strike across the University of California’s medical centers ... [Published Daily Bruin - May 22 2013]

Entities: UCLA Medical Center, Workers, UCLA, protest, Labour Strike

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 3 reports

Two-day walkout begins at five UC medical centers

A massive walkout of University of California patient care workers that began Tuesday could cost the system's medical centers up to $20 million, officials say.The walkout is expected to last two days and involve more than 12,000 UC workers from the American ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: Workers, American Federation of State, County and Munici..., University of California San Francisco, University of California San Diego

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

UC Officials, Patients Await Planned Strike

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Family members of patients receiving care at UCLA Monday were among those awaiting the planned strikes scheduled to start early Tuesday morning. ?It should be about the patient and patient care,? said Sheri Holman, whose son is ... [Published CBS Los Angeles - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sheri Holman, UCLA, Patient, Workers

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...has been explored in a clinical trial for social anxiety, and the first time it's been explored to help adults on the autism spectrum," Burge said. "The many case reports collected by study co-investigator Alicia Danforth in her recently submitted doctoral dissertation indicate that it is likely to provide at least some benefit."

FDA Approves Study of Ecstasy on Patients with Social Anxiety and Autism [Published Opposing Views - May 24 2013]

Tweets posted included: 'Removing the skin and drilling through the skull for electrode placement' and "Electrode is prepared for implantation. Patient is being woken up at this time" . Share or comment on this article 4shares

Incredible video shows patient playing guitar as doctors live-streamed his operation [Published Mail Online UK - May 24 2013]

But Takakura said UC officials could have stopped the strike. "They are not listening to us," she said. "This is the only way I think that we can keep our patients safe."

Most unionized UC hospital workers go to jobs despite strike [Published Los Angeles Times - May 23 2013]

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Either plan for Medicare would add bureaucracy: Letters to the Editor for Thursday, May 23, 2013 [Published Daily Breeze - May 23 2013]

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