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UCLA’s Laura Wherry found that there was a 7.9 percent decrease in the number of mothers who didn’t have insurance while they were pregnant.

A UCLA study has found that moderate daily walks improve attention and mental skills for adults ages 60 and older.

Team includes neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists and pharmacologists, all studying how metabolism traits in glioblastomas may represent a weak spot in the cancer.

Vikash Singh was selected for the 2017 UCLA Global Citizens Fellowship and is using the $5,000 award and his medical technology background to turn an idea into action.

The process could help restore dystrophin, the protein missing in the muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Twelve Los Angeles schools that adopted the program recently saw a significant difference in students’ ability to pass a state-mandated exam.

The analysis had a 93 percent accuracy rate for forecasting the chance of survival in people with advanced cardiac disease.

It is the first representative survey of the state’s youth population to measure gender expression.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and other experts on a Zócalo/UCLA panel shared new directions researchers are exploring and emphasized the importance of open communication.

UCLA researchers discovered that, when heart muscle cells were mixed with high levels of glucose, they matured late or failed to mature altogether, and instead generated more immature cells.

The five-year award will support work to identify the “missing pieces of the puzzle” behind the disorder.

The protein, NOTCH1, was known to be a key player in the development of blood vessels in embryos, but researchers weren’t sure whether it was also critical to adults’ health.

The study sheds light on the relationship of theta oscillations to human learning and exploration — and it could help inform future research on therapies for patients with memory disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

Ten years after it was introduced, vaccination rates among U.S. adolescents remain low. Research led by Roshan Bastani will examine strategies for getting more adolescents to receive the vaccine.

47 million Americans already demonstrate some evidence of susceptibility to the disease.

The noninvasive test yields information that allows scientists to predict and prevent complications later in pregnancy before symptoms or other exams are performed.

The findings indicate for the first time that sex chromosomes — not only sex hormones — may explain why women, who typically do not have a Y chromosome, are more susceptible to the disease than men.

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts—a task typically handled only by medical professionals—may help patients feel more involved with their own care and improve relationships with their doctors.

Use of certain words is a better indicator of stress levels than a person's description of their state of mind, researchers find.

Ending the program would have profound implications for the U.S. health care system and the education of the next generation of health care leaders.

The results “provide people with more information to make a judgment about the value of the ACA,” said Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the study’s lead author.

The researchers believe this to be the first national study comparing statin use in patients with and without HIV and the first extensive analysis using U.S. data.

The findings, from a study by UCLA and Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, could help public health officials better prepare for outbreaks.

Dr. Ichiro Nishimura, Dr. Joaquin Fuster and Dr. Otoniel Martinez-Maza are among the 396 who will be honored in February 2018.

UCLA researchers have begun integrating talk therapy to help athletes deal with lingering emotional effects of their head injuries.