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The combination of the female hormone estriol with a commonly used MS drug appears to lower the relapse rate by nearly 50 percent.

Researchers measured how and where the mutant gene huntingtin influences disease development in the brain cells of mice and causes brain atrophy.

Our national system for delivering high-quality cancer care is groaning under the weight of an increasing patient population, spiraling costs and an impending shortage of qualified providers. Cancer-care expert Dr. Patricia A. Ganz talks about the sweeping changes that must be made.

Technology already in use at UCLA would help prevent many cases of what is the third-leading cause of death in the United States.

People who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses, researchers say.

The UCLA Blum Center's Second Annual Spring Conference on May 6-7 will feature the latest research on health and poverty in Latin America and highlight solutions.

Researchers saw a jump in patients receiving a crucial clot-dissolving drug within the first 60 minutes after they arrive at a hospital emergency room.

The task force, which included UCLA's Dr. Gary Mathern, created a new definition that broadens the scope of the brain disease and expands the number of people who can be considered to have epilepsy.

A Los Angeles Marathon runner whose heart stopped during the race met his rescuers, including a team from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was given specialized care that's available at only a few hospitals in the country.

Harry Winston, Inc., recently announced a $1 million pledge to the UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute to establish the Harry Winston Fellowships.

The launch of the UCLA Center for World Health featured experts discussing "grand convergence," the concept that, with the right investments, people in rich and poor countries can enjoy long lives by the next generation.

Conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand, the study showed that the HIV prevention efforts not only reduced new infections but also succeeded in prompting more people to be tested.

CTI-Pathology/UCLA Health will operate the first lab of its kind in China, offering genetic and molecular diagnostics and other sophisticated tests; UCLA pathologists will also provide training for Chinese lab specialists.

Patients, staff and visitors can now enjoy a healthier version of the traditional burger-and-fries lunch. The menu additions further the medical centers' focus on healthier eating.

By helping a specific type of cell to absorb potassium, UCLA researchers were able to improve walking and prolong survival in a mouse model.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is normally reserved for transplant recipients, but quick-thinking hospital staff used it on James Manzi, who looks forward to 80th birthday April 6.

Friday was the day when U.S. medical students rip open envelopes and learn where they’ve been accepted for residency, the next phase of their training as physicians.

With thousands of adopted children arriving in the U.S. each year, the International Adoption and Travel Clinic provides reviews of potential adoptees' health records, medical assessments and other support services.

Becky Barber and Lyolya Hovhannisyan founded the UCLA chapter of Flying Samaritans in 2013. With volunteer doctors and other students, they bring quality medical care to Tijuana's Colonia Margarita Moran.

Mike Boyle has good reason to give his wife and family extra hugs on Valentine’s Day

A team from the Fielding School of Public Health is working with East Los Angeles families to help them eat better.

Demanding careers… relationship problems… financial struggles … family strife, not to mention the hour you just spent stuck in traffic — to be sure, life can be stressful. But with evidence continuing to mount that carrying all of that mental...

Pediatric patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA are receiving warm and fuzzy -- as well as furry -- support with the launch of two new programs featuring UCLA's favorite dogs: the People-Animal Connection (PAC), an animal-assisted...

While some oft-cited labor statistics suggest that the average American worker will have as many as seven careers over his or her lifetime, many researchers say that number is implausibly high. But Dr. James I. Ausman has come close.   In the...

Dr. Brad Spellberg is a professor of medicine at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is the co-author of "Rising Plague: The Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them."...