From UCLA
Far be it for anyone to suggest the existence of an economic anomaly in nationl priorities. And congratulations go to the Bruins in some degree for winning money to support important research all around. Still, just taking note here that researchers have received a $14 million renewal from the feds to study potential medical countermeasures that might be needed after a hypothetical radiological or nuclear assault, say, as in what might possibly occur in the aftermath of a terrorist 'dirty bomb.' To be sure, the measures and compounds that are found to help protect particularly sensitive blood, bone marrow and soft organ tissues that suffer great harm in nuclear havoc also may have application in, say, radiation treatments for cancer.
A search for compounds, practices to curb radiological, nuclear harm
Meantime, while the exact sum to support another kind of research isn't disclosed, another work does raise questions about the human aid given to a different but societally destructive element: juvenile offenders, who, a study from Westwood shows, often come from poor, violent minority communities, and, when done with incarceration, get dumped back in those same areas with little support. Researchers tracked 4,400 young offenders who had served time in Los Angeles probation camps and then were released into specified zip codes. Guess what? The juvies, many of them poor minorities, returned to areas marked by higher than norm incidences of assaults and violence, of disporportionate numbers of liquor vendors and empty or abandoned housing. Experts say more research is needed to see if improving risky neighborhoods leads to less crime and recidivism by juveniles.
Young, poor, minority offenders found to go back to violent areas with lots of liquor outlets
Ah, and while they're at it, the Bruins report that African American and Latino kids tend to be poorer, less well insured and so less likely to get the medicine and care they need for the ear infections that plague kids and can lead to more serious and debilitating conditions.
Racial, ethnic disparities in medicines, care that kids get for all too common ear infections
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