Health + Behavior

Ric Ryan, 72, has raised $125,000 to support veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

“Thanks to Iris [Cantor], generations of women have been empowered to take command of their health and inspired to get involved,” said medical school dean Kelsey Martin.

Research in a related report, however, found that a greater percentage of California adults are walking regularly: 4 in 5 adults regularly walk for transportation, for leisure or both.

Dr. Michael Rodriguez is founding chair of the group that focuses its energies on research, policy and advocacy work, sharing knowledge and promoting policies that encourage political, economic and social equality.

The genetic technique is a step toward a strategy to help people with autism better process visual information.

An intensive, multifaceted online prevention program can make such initiatives more accessible to those at risk for developing the disease.

Maurice Elias reunited with Dr. Richard Stiehm, who 48 years ago used a then-experimental treatment, to cure him of “bubble baby” syndrome.

Counties such as San Bernardino, Riverside and Fresno could see public health care take a bigger bite of their budgets, the study reports.

The study could lead to new treatments for a range of advanced epithelial cancers such as lung, prostate and bladder cancers.

“With this type of measurement tool, you could potentially figure out which drugs would work best for each person before even starting treatment,” said UCLA professor Dino Di Carlo.

The recommendations are based on a comprehensive review of the science related to pediatric concussions.

The idea for the project began 20 years ago, when UCLA professor Anne Andrews was researching serotonin and realized that the then-state-of-the-art methods for monitoring neurochemicals couldn’t provide data with sufficient quality.

Mark Pollock and his partner, Simone George, met UCLA’s Reggie Edgerton and discarded advice from doctors who had discouraged their pursuit of a cure.

The distinguished professor of biological chemistry, who shares the honor with C. David Allis of Rockefeller University, was recognized for his groundbreaking research on gene expression.

Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine moved 33 labs into the renovated South Tower of the Center for Health Sciences.

The findings provide additional evidence that the processing of social rewards by people with schizophrenia is disrupted, researchers say.

UCLA researchers have found that an often overlooked component of a cell, the extracellular matrix, can influence how much sugar the cell consumes and its migratory behavior.

Findings from a UCLA-led study may ultimately lead to new ways to treat psychiatric disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder, at their root.

Despite a 62 percent minority population with high rates of poverty, low education and lack of insurance — all factors expected to lead to high mortality rates and negative health outcomes — California’s health profile was significantly better than the nation’s as a whole.

The innovative collaboration at UCLA bridges the gap between discovery and medicine.

Many patients and doctors are unaware how new therapies can improve quality of life.

The analysis shows that legal status plays a significant role in a person’s ability to access services.

“We expect several of these combinations, or more, will work much better than existing antibiotics,” said Pamela Yeh, one of the study’s two senior authors and a UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

In this Q&A, Bill Simon, co-founder of UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind, discusses the ideal P.E. class. and describes the benefits of physical activity.

Confusion about insurance coverage, limited access to doctors and lack of consumer awareness about vaccines are among the barriers to immunization.