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In the city of Oxnard, one of the largest suppliers of strawberries for California, the majority of the pickers are indigenous farmworkers from one of the poorest regions in Mexico.

Mark Wise, a former infantry platoon leader who was wounded in 2009 by an IED in Afghanistan and underwent reconstructive surgery with UCLA’s Operation Mend, has completed his 200-mile trek to the South Pole along with 12 of his...

“This is the worst pain ever!” screams a woman in the delivery ward, her eyelids fluttering as the baby’s skull crowns between her legs.

About 100 kidney transplant recipients and their donors — all participants in various living donor transplant "chains" — reunited today at Reagan UCLA Medical Center for a holiday celebration of giving and receiving the gift of life. The...

Study results shed light on how genetic changes cause autism on a molecular level and will help scientists identify targets for future autism research.

Flexible smartphone screens, room-illuminating curtains and nanodiamonds that deliver chemotherapy directly into tumors are among the innovations resulting from the joint work of UCLA and private industry.

Spiritual belief often plays a significant role alongside the miracles of modern medicine as patients struggle to deal with life-threatening illnesses. At UCLA’s two hospitals, doctors, nurses and chaplains work as an integrated care team....

Thirty years ago, the Union Rescue Mission in downtown L.A. contacted the UCLA School of Nursing with an intriguing request: Would the school be interested in providing services to homeless adults and children staying at the mission?

The new Global Media Center for Social Impact will help screenwriters weave realistic, complex ethics and health issues into their scripts.

The UCLA Specialized Program of Research Excellence team is a multidisciplinary group of scientists striving to find a cure for a cancer that will affect roughly one in six men.

A new medicinal herb garden on the south side of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, sparks dialogue about the natural healing properties of plants.

Members of the UCLA delegation are pioneering research related to the new initiative, which will fund projects seeking new ways to treat, cure and prevent brain disorders.

"Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s; developing drugs to regenerate damaged organs; devising new material to make batteries 10 times more powerful. ... Now is the time to reach a level of research ...