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Led by Dr. Ming Guo, the team identified a new gene involved in the neurological disorder, a finding that could eventually lead to a new target for treatment.

For the fourth straight year, the hospitals in Westwood and Santa Monica have been recognized by Practice Greenhealth for their efforts to recycle, eliminate mercury and reduce medical waste.

The funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine will support Dr. John Chute's research aimed at creating new stem cell therapies for use in medical practice.

The findings may help doctors develop interventions to help lower risk for memory issues, UCLA researchers say.

Two experimental drugs were shown in clinical trials to increase survival times with fewer toxic side effects than standard treatments.

Their Center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is leading a very personal fight to find treatments and extend lives — including that of their son.

"Policymakers should ensure that the impending shift in federal funding does not destabilize institutions that are the backbone of public health in California," UCLA researchers warn.

The transition of the MPTF outpatient health care system into the UCLA Health System gives entertainment industry members access to UCLA’s world-renowned specialty care and services.

The UCLA team's findings could lead to treatments for blood disorders associated with both iron deficiencies and overloads.

Among the 65-plus age group, depression is linked with a far greater chance for early death possibly due to failure to follow their medication regime.

UCLA researchers have discovered that the parasite that causes trichomoniasis, a common sexual infection, may enhance prostate cells' progression from normal cells to tumor cells.

UCLA and other institutions that serve more than 5 million Southland patients issued joint guidelines aimed at helping doctors and patients confront complex questions about dying with dignity.

Using an MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy developed at UCLA, researchers found that nearly a third of men in their study had much more aggressive cancers than originally thought.

Adrien Hamedi-Sangsari has pushed for more government funding for research, pro bono dental care and student loan relief.

Working alongside physicians and handling a slew of administrative tasks, the partners help doctors save time and give more direct attention to those they treat, a UCLA study shows.

Those patients with additional major medical conditions are more likely to die from something other than cancer, so radiation or surgery represent "a poor gamble," UCLA researchers say.

Diabetes adds an extra $1.6 billion dollars every year to hospitalization costs in California, with hospital stays for patients with the disease costing nearly $2,200 more than stays for non-diabetic patients.

A team led by UCLA researchers found that the brain's response to viewing sexual images is related to the number of sex partners a person has had in the previous year.

Marking its 50th year, the UCLA School of Dentistry is celebrating its five-decade rise to becoming one of the leading research-intensive dental schools in the nation with a yearlong celebration that will start this weekend.

They went to Capitol Hill when their project on epilepsy was selected to represent the best of undergraduate research in California.

Two new gifts will fund research in stem cell science and digestive diseases and support faculty recruitment at two of UCLA's renowned research centers.

Though health has improved for Latin Americans in recent decades childhood malnutrition, anemia and vaccine delivery problems persist.

The use of drugs and alcohol on campus was associated with significantly increased odds of depression, sexual victimization and attempted suicide.

Health ministry and other government and community officials from 10 Latin American nations will attend a two-day international conference organized by the UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America.

A study conducted by a UCLA graduate student found that not only are consumers interested in having healthier items available in vending machines, but that offering them did not hurt the vending machines’ sales.