Imperial Valley News Center
L.A. Story: Cleaner Air, Healthier Kids
Los Angeles, California - A 20-year study finds that millennial children in Southern California breathe easier than ones who came of age in the ‘90s, for a reason as clear as the air in Los Angeles today.
Women Farmers Making it Happen
Washington, DC - March 8th is International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is “Make it Happen.”
Governor Brown on Death of CAL FIRE Forestry Fire Pilot Jerold “Jerry” Bonner
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Pilot Jerold “Jerry” Bonner:
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly: Success, Survival and Moving Ahead
Los Angeles, California - Former United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Southern Arizona and retired U.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will give the the 14th Annual Carmen and Louis Warschaw Distinguished Lecture.
Newly Discovered Hormone Mimics the Effects of Exercise
Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology have discovered a new hormone that fights the weight gain caused by a high-fat Western diet and normalizes the metabolism – effects commonly associated with exercising.
Low sugar uptake in brain appears to exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease
Los Angeles, California - A deficiency in the protein responsible for moving glucose across the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier appears to intensify the neurodegenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new mouse study from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
