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Americans toss out $165 billion worth of food each year, often out of safety concerns fueled by confusion about the meaning of the multitude of date labels on packages.

Autoantibodies cause some cases of hypertriglyceridemia, which can increase risk of cardiovascular disease and pancreatitis.

Denice Lombard and her father, Ted, made history in 1967 and now they’re urging others to become organ donors.

Researchers from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center created a system to produce human T cells, the white blood cells that fight against disease-causing intruders in the body.

Study from UCLA and other research partners suggests more data collections in conjunction with increasing access to immunizations.

Basilio Santangelo, John Lambrechts and Paul Diaz decided to get vasectomies and share their stories publicly to encourage more men to consider their health.

The researchers concluded that the UNAIDS approach would not be practical because it would require finding and treating a very large number of people in remote areas.

All four UCLA hospitals were lauded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for equitable, inclusive medical care for LGBTQ patients and their families.

Ideas in the unsuccessful legislation could be reintroduced in the future, the authors say.

UCLA study findings indicate there is no safe level of alcohol use for people with schizophrenia, suggesting that clinicians should ask about alcohol use or misuse.

Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency is a rare and life-threatening condition that can be fatal within the first year of life if left untreated.

Claude Bruni has 98 marathon races under his belt, including every Los Angeles Marathon since 1986. Nothing can keep Bruni, who’s 80, from running. Not even major surgery, as it turns out.

California experienced record rainfall this year, and may have even made headway against the state’s historic drought. Now that lush landscapes abound and spring is upon us, what does this mean for allergy sufferers? 

A UCLA study has traced the phenomenon to the same neurons that go awry during Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Tourette’s syndrome.

Justin Cho was experiencing a rare form of epileptic seizures caused by a lesion in his brain; UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital used a new minimally invasive approach to stop them.

Findings in a UCLA study suggest potential strategies to combat other diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS.

The combined dye/cellphone reader system achieved comparable results to equipment costing tens of thousands of dollars more.

States that participated in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saw increased numbers of insured, better access to care and less worry about paying medical bills, but also longer wait times among low-income residents, according to new research.

Findings by scientists from UCLA and the University of Western Australia could eventually identify mechanisms linking cholesterol to coronary artery disease.

This year, St. Patrick's Day coincided with Match Day, the day when 40,000 aspiring doctors nationwide find out simultaneously which hospitals have accepted them for 30,000 residency slots across the United States.

Dr. Zev Wainberg, a member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, sheds light on a handful of common misconceptions about the disease, which kills 50,000 Americans each year.

All departments across UCLA benefit from a stronger, healthier workforce that is able to perform at its best, thanks to the WorkStrong program.

The team discovers a biological marker that may help to identify youths at risk of poor outcomes and prevent cognitive decline.

In this Q&A, UCLA’s Dr. Sara Hurvitz sheds light on the benefits of caps, how they work and if men could use them

The thoracic transplant program also ranks among the country’s best in terms of patient survival rates, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.