Health + Behavior

Nearly 65 campus departments participate in the Halloween fun.

The study highlights the need to teach consumers about the dangers of some drug interactions.

Funds from California’s stem cell agency will support research on a blinding eye disease, cancer and an immune disorder.

The funds will help advance work in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of the disease

The study demonstrates that PET imaging can be used to read mitochondrial activity in lung tumors.

Dr. Eric Kleerup explains how wildfires affect air quality and what precautions people can take to limit exposure to smoke and other fire-generated toxins.

Researchers created an app that allowed them to study body self-perceptions.

The results also show key findings in non-cigarette tobacco use, mental health and well-being.

Identifying the characteristics of dementia that are caused by traumatic brain injury could prevent people from being misdiagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Denise Aberle and Dr. Carol Mangione have earned one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

The study, conducted in mice, is the first to show that creatine uptake is critical to the anti-tumor activities of what is known as killer T cells, the foot soldiers of the immune system.

UCLA research identifies a potential strategy that may lead to treatment for the disorder.

In most people with chronic myelogenous leukemia, cancerous stem cells remain in the body for years after remission, and the cancer can recur.

The discovery may help lead to a new understanding of mitochondria’s roles in aging, disease and medical complications, the UCLA researchers said.

When reviewers were subspeciality-trained, misclassification rates were the lowest.

Pediatric pulmonologist Dr. Eric Hamberger explains how parents can keep their kids safe and informed about the dangers of e-cigarettes.

The lack of coordination among doctors, social workers and other health providers has been one of the health system’s longstanding challenges.

The finding suggests that predicting how a person’s cancer will evolve may lie in their inherited genetic material.

The analysis suggests that individuals who are unsheltered are far more likely to encounter problems and that the problems are exacerbated the longer they are unsheltered.

The approach could eventually be useful not only for treating cancer, but also for lipid metabolism-related conditions like diabetes.

Findings of the research conducted in mice could inform the development of therapies that reduce the time it takes for people to recover from nerve injuries.

Research brief: Blocking a protein could become a novel therapy for pulmonary fibrosis-pulmonary hypertension, which currently has no approved treatment.

A separate grant of $3.3 million will fund a study on the effectiveness of text messages for helping people adhere to their treatment regimens.

Jessica Chavez was introduced to UCLA School of Nursing while in middle school and 17 years later her life has come full circle, as she studies for her nursing degree.

The researchers’ goal was to create a therapy that would permanently boost the body’s ability to naturally produce more iNKT cells.