Faculty Bibliography

Carnage [Motion Picture] -- The reality Though the film identifies Zachary as the bully, Ethan has also engaged in bullying behavior by helping to initiate and escalate -- rather than resolve -- their conflict, says Jaana Juvonen, a professor of developmental psychology and bullying expert at UCLA.

Nervous attempts to treat it with antibiotics are problematic for two reasons: first, because they often suppress benign bacteria in the gut, thus allowing this E. coli to overgrow and flourish; second because if the E. coli is actually killed by the antibiotic, it releases the toxin and leads to the very complications that doctors are trying to avoid.

According to Jenny, it is often hard for a physician to realize that a parent may be lying about a child's symptoms or treatment.

Donor sperm is frequently screened for common genetic mutations that can cause serious diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, Tay-Sachs disease and cystic fibrosis, Schlegel says.

According to Grill, proper randomization of patients and making sure they don't know whether they got the drug or the placebo are crucial to preventing bias.

Nurse Jackie [Television Program] -- How does being trapped under a heavy pile of books lead to organ failure and death? -- The reality Addictions to opioid painkillers, such as morphine and Percocet (Jackie's main drug), do get worse over time, says Jim Adams, associate professor of pharmacology at USC

Is it plausible for a patient with bilateral kidney cancer to receive a kidney? -- The reality Emergency decompression of the brain -- known as decompressive craniectomy -- is not uncommon after traumatic brain injury; the procedure was used to treat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) after she was shot in the head in January, for example.

Potassium iodide pills work because they fill the thyroid gland with a safer form of iodine, thus helping prevent the uptake of any radioactive iodine that might be encountered

[...] the couple remains together as Joni goes to college and Paul resumes bachelor life. --

Accidentally in Love [Television Program] -- Because it's not a life-threatening case, the foundation puts her on a three- to five-year waiting list. The illness presented in the movie looks a lot more like a family of inherited conditions known as retinitis pigmentosa, says Dr. Steven Schwartz, professor of ophthalmology and chief of the retina division at UCLA