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...latest research, for example, shows that in some people, the calcium is spread thinly throughout the coronary arteries, while in others it is clumped in larger lesions. Which is worse? Doctors still aren't sure, but they are developing some interesting theories. Dr. Linda Demer, a cardiologist at UCLA who has been studying coronary calcium for 15 years, believes that having many small calcium deposits may be worse than having fewer larger ones. Her work suggests that it is not the total amount of calcium that makes vessels vulnerable but rather the way the deposits are anchored to the blood...
Most significant, the Rand report questioned the very idea of having separate schools for preteens: "Research suggests that the onset of puberty is an especially poor reason for beginning a new phase of schooling." Jaana Juvonen, the UCLA psychologist who spent more than 18 months crunching data for the report, believes that 11- and 12-year-olds are already dealing with so many changes that it makes little sense to pile on a change in schools. "Right around the time that most kids are transferring to middle school, everything starts to happen," she says. "There's physical development...
...skeptical that even a giant chain like Costco can provide comprehensive, reasonably priced coverage to people who can't afford it now. Given that health-care costs are rising faster than working families' income, Costco's plan "may be a helpful Band-Aid," says E. Richard Brown, director of UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research. "But it won't stop the hemorrhaging." What's needed, he says, is not a fragmented free market but "a publicly accountable and organized system of health insurance." --By Margot Roosevelt, with reporting by Logan Orlando
...birds, says Dan Blumstein, a former student of Bekoff's, now studying animal behavior at UCLA. While he hasn't addressed the question through formal research, Blumstein has seen hints of behavioral rules in songbirds. A given species tends to have similar songs but with local "dialects" that vary from one territory to another. If a bird sings with a nonlocal accent, he says, "everybody knows: 'Oh, my God, there's an invader.' Then they get upset and kick it out." The question, Blumstein says, is whether that's a sign of ethics or just instinct...
...addition to Augustus, Corriero is competing against UCLA gymnast Kristen Maloney, Texas softball pitcher Cat Osterman, and Notre Dame soccer forward Katie Thorlakson...