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Rando, who was chosen after an international search, is currently a professor of neurology and neurological sciences at the medical school at Stanford University, where he also serves as director of the Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging and deputy director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. In addition, he is chief of neurology at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
His appointment is effective Oct. 1.
“As a trailblazing clinical investigator and inspired scientific leader, Tom is well positioned to lead the Broad Stem Cell Research Center to even greater successes,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. “His accomplishments as a director of numerous multidisciplinary and collaborative scientific programs, both at Stanford and the VA, are a testament to his abilities as a champion for innovative research, a mentor and an administrator.”
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May 6, 2021 By Jon King / jking@whmi.com
The Livingston County Board of Commissioners is set to give final approval to a resolution seeking to issue a Freedom of Information Act Request for the specific information that the state is using to justify emergency workplace rules regarding COVID-19.
In a resolution authored by Board Chairman Wes Nakagiri, the commissioners will seek to have County Administrator Nathan Burd issue Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Governor and the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity âto provide those records establishing what the governor considers to be âthe best available scientific evidence and public health guidance published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other public health authorities.â
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Current guidelines for managing osteoporosis specifically call out hip or spine fractures for increasing the risk for subsequent bone breaks. But a new UCLA-led study suggests that fractures in the arm, wrist, leg and other parts of the body should also set off alarm bells.
A fracture, no matter the location, indicates a general tendency to break a bone in the future at a different location, said Dr. Carolyn Crandall, the study s lead author and a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Current clinical guidelines have only been emphasizing hip and spine fractures, but our findings challenge that viewpoint, Crandall said. By not paying attention to which types of fractures increase the risk of future fractures, we are missing the opportunity to identify people at increased risk of future fracture and counsel them regarding risk reduction.