For the weeks of October 24, 2009 - November 5, 2009

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NEWS
HEALTH CARE: Nov. 4th’s New York Times article about healthcare coverage for legal immigrants cites a recent study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health which found that California would have the largest population of uninsured residents after any coverage proposal. Steven Wallace, professor of community health sciences and associate director of the center, and Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor of family medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, were quoted.
Health Care Debate Focuses on Legal Immigrants
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/health/policy/04immig.html?_r=2

HEALTH REFORM: Gerald Kominski, professor of health services and associate director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health, appeared Nov. 1st on the NBC 4 Los Angeles special, Health Care Reform: Under the Microscope, commenting on aspects of the proposals for national health reform.
Health Care Reform (Part 3): What If You Have Insurance?
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/station/shows/
Health Care Reform (Part 6): Preventative Approach
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/station/

CANCER: An Oct. 29th story in the Press-Enterprise about the high cancer risk in people living near a west San Bernardino rail yard mentions a study, headed by John Froines, professor of environmental health sciences at the School of Public Health, which will examine the toxicity of the rail yard’s emissions with a grant from the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Froines was quoted.
Cancer risk in San Bernardino neighborhood triggers medical study at BNSF rail
http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_S_rail04.40d864f.html

OBESITY: Articles in the Nov. 2nd EmaxHealth, Oct. 30th TPM and Oct. 27th Triplepundit cited research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy that provided the first scientific evidence of a link between soda consumption and obesity.
Soft Drinks Take a Toll on Your Health
http://www.emaxhealth.com/1275/14/34311/soft-drinks-take-toll-your-health.html
Pimping their patients
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/30/pimping_their_patients/
Can Michelle Obama Help Reduce Soda Consumption?
http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/10/can-michelle-obama-help-reduce-soda-consumption/

HEALTH CARE: Gerald Kominski, professor of health services and associate director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health, appeared Oct. 27th on KVPR radio, NPR in Fresno, to discuss the high costs of U.S. health care.
Health Care Insurance Special – Part 2
http://www.kvpr.org/shows.php?id=479

ORAL HEALTH: An article in the Oct. 21st issue of CMAJ highlighted the factors influencing the decline of practicing dentists. Naderah Pourat, associate professor of health services and director of research planning at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health was quoted.
United States faces dentist shortage
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/21oct09_dentist_shortage.shtml


QUOTABLES
Dr. David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition at the School of Public Health, was quoted Nov. 4th in a Los Angeles Times column about obesity putting H1N1 influenza sufferers at greater risk in developing complications.
Obesity puts swine flu sufferers at greater risk, study suggests
http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_S_rail04.40d864f.html

Robert Kaplan, professor of health services at the School of Public Health, was quoted Oct. 29th in an article in Florida's St. Petersburg Times about the efficacy of breast cancer screenings.
Mammograms save lives, but there’s more that women should know
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/mammograms-save-lives-but-theres-more-that-women-should-know/1047682

Richard Ambrose, professor and director of the Environmental Science and Engineering program in the School of Public Health, was quoted Oct. 29th in a Malibu Times article about an upcoming vote by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board on banning septic systems in Malibu.
Large Malibu contingent expected to attend septic hearing
http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2009/10/28/news/news3.txt

Gerald Kominski, professor of health services and associate director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in the School of Public Health, was quoted in an Oct. 27th Pasadena Star-News article about California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent letter to congressional leaders claiming that national health care reform mandates could cost the state up to $1 billion.
Governor Weighs in on Health Care Reform Debate
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_13654266

Robert M. Kaplan, professor of health services at the School of Public Health, was quoted in the Oct. 26th New York Times about cancer tumors that can stop growing, shrink and even disappear without any treatment.
Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/health/27canc.html?_r=1

Dr. Michael Lu, associate professor of community health sciences at the School of Public Health and of obstetrics and gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, was quoted Oct. 26th in a BBC News article exploring why more American women die each year during childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women from almost any other developed country.
Maternal Mortality Across the World
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8325685.stm



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