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Dr. Jeffrey Veale writes that a program pioneered at UCLA could encourage more donations and reduce the number of deaths of those waiting for transplants.

If you spend hours commuting to work and sitting at your desk all day, recent studies about the health hazards of too much sitting probably have hit home.   

Coates is the founding director for the UCLA Center for World Health, has been named the new director of the University of California Global Health Institute.

UCLA researchers have found that bisphenol S the chemical used to replace BPA in plastics, is just as harmful to the reproductive system and at lower doses.

UCLA and Inter-American Development Bank study finds progress toward universal health coverage, but persistent gaps in how citizens assess the quality and effectiveness of primary care.

Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center say findings in new study will help physicians and patients make informed decisions.

UCLA study shows that meditation and similar strategies may reduce the likelihood of relapse for certain people struggling with addiction.

Distinguished Professor Ronald Harper developed a device that signals the brain to breathe because it thinks the body is running.

UCLA researchers found that physical activity particularly affected the size of the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain controlling short-term memory.

UCLA placed highly in 15 of the 16 specialties evaluated by U.S. News and World Report. Only 3 percent of all hospitals were ranked nationally in even one specialty.

Saving a life was the last thing Dr. Stephanie Brenman, a fourth-year emergency medicine resident, expected to do as she rode on the last leg of a seven-day charity bike event.

UCLA researchers found that a drug, which has shown promise as a treatment for advanced melanoma, could also help regenerate the epidermis.

Dr. Kelsey Martin joined the medical school’s faculty in 1999, and has served in various leadership roles including as interim dean since September 2015.

UCLA researchers find that while a majority of adults do not get a flu shot each year, Koreans and Vietnamese have highest rates, African-Americans lowest.

UCLA freshman cluster course combines anatomy, history, philosophy and humanities to provide an interdisciplinary approach to studying neuroscience.

The findings by UCLA researchers suggest that both factors could increase women’s risk for aging-related diseases and contribute to increasing evidence of the biological clock’s variability.

The UCLA-designed platform uses holographic imaging to produce high-resolution images of the crystal-like objects that are the telltale signs of gout.

School’s out for summer and that means no PE classes for students. But PE teachers affiliated with UCLA suggest ways to keep kids fit during the break.

The milestone is a national record and it highlights the growth of the 32-year-old transplant program.

Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA is focusing on a simple aspect of patient care that's often overlooked: sleep.

UCLA Luskin study says that there aren’t enough parks for senior citizens and those that exist don’t do enough to accommodate them, especially in low-income areas.

Researchers have identified mechanisms that determine how the deadliest form of skin cancer can become resistant to immune checkpoint inhibitors, which could lead to the development of new treatments.

Artificial receptors kill cells infected with the virus that causes AIDS, UCLA research finds.

UCLA researchers say the study sheds new light on the way cancer survivors should be monitored during follow-up care.

UCLA study shows men and women had opposite responses in a part of the brain related to emotions and blood pressure control during blood pressure trials.