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LOS ANGELES – (May 21, 2013) – Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) has named three new members to its board of directors, increasing the diversity of experience and enhancing the capacity of the institute’s governing body. The new...

LOS ANGELES – (May 2, 2013) – Patients with increasing accumulations of coronary artery calcium were more than six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or die from heart disease than patients who didn’t have increasing accumulations, according to a recent study...

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) honored two of its legendary physician-researchers Wednesday night and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the federal approval of a life-saving therapy developed at the institute. Guests at the...

The American Society for Andrology (ASA) presented its highest honor, The Distinguished Andrologist Award for 2013, to Christina Wang, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) lead researcher who specializes in the study of male...

LOS ANGELES – (March 20, 2013) – Post-menopausal women, who often suffer from joint pain, could find some long-term relief by taking estrogen-only medication, according to a new study based on the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) that was released online today by the journal,...

LOS ANGELES – (March 15, 2013) – The American Society for Investigative Pathology will present its highest honor, the Gold-Headed Cane Award, to Samuel W. French, MD, a principal investigator at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA...

LOS ANGELES – (March. 13, 2013) – Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) announced today that 33 of its physician-researchers rank among America’s Top Doctors and/or among Southern California Super Doctors. The two honors are...

LOS ANGELES – (March. 4, 2013) – Grandmother’s cigarette smoking could be responsible for her grandchild’s asthma, and the recent discovery of this multi-generational transmission of disease suggests the environmental factors experienced today could determine the health of family...

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 14, 2013) – New research from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) found a progestogen-only treatment halted bleeding in women suffering from extremely heavy periods, according to the study published online by the American Journal of...