Health + Behavior

As a nutritional epidemiologist devoted to prevention, Karin Michels has spent much of her career studying how health can be optimized through a proper diet.

UCLA researchers upend a long-standing idea that the star-shaped brain cells cannot be differentiated from each other. The results should make it easier for researchers to study how astrocytes relate to disease.

People with the disease were able to better identify auditory tones, an essential skill for interpreting tone of voice in communication.

Researchers report that in the early stages of schizophrenia, patients can remember more about the interactions if given hints about context. This finding suggests a potential strategy for memory training.

Why do some people prefer stable, predictable lives while others prefer frequent changes? Findings of a study may hold answers to this question.

The series is part of the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative, which was envisioned and funded by philanthropists Terry and Jane Semel.

Catherine Carpenter of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center explains how a few small adjustments to your barbecuing protocol can reduce your exposure to carcinogens.

It took 23 specialists, including heart surgeons, obstetricians, anesthesiologists, neonatologists, nurses, among others, more than 12 hours.

Two UCLA doctors say that although public acceptance has grown, more research is needed to judge the effects on health.

Results of UCLA report are the first from a national effort to reform public hospitals.

The assessment relies on clinical data and reputation surveys of health care providers to identify the top 50 programs in each of 10 disciplines.

The two organizations intend to establish a broader collaboration to strengthen their ability to offer the highest-quality care.

The research also found that women who had gonorrhea when they gave birth were nearly 20 times more likely to pass on CMV to their babies.

Hospital emergency rooms treat more than 170,000 children each year for sports-related traumatic brain injuries. What do parents and coaches need to know to protect their kids and players?

An international team led by researchers from UCLA and Massachusetts General Hospital helped lead discovery of the first definitive genetic mutations.

The new consortium could not only help generate life-saving treatments, but also create significant economic activity from spin-off companies to licenses and collaborations with industry.

The study, led by UCLA professor Jaana Juvonen, surveyed more than 4,300 sixth-graders in Southern and Northern California.

The UCLA International Medical Graduate Program offers education and certification to physicians who agree to provide services in underserved communities.

The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs social welfare department provides lessons in social work and a diversity of experiences to first-year medical students.

Dr. Huda Zoghbi, a Baylor University neurologist, has helped uncover the molecular basis of neurological disorders including Rett syndrome.

By showing that stress levels can be quantified by a simple urine test, and that this test helps predict disease, this work could lead to strategies for prevention of coronary heart disease and heart attacks.

The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is one of a handful of hospitals and clinics nationwide that offer a treatment that works in a fundamentally different way than drugs.

UCLA researchers observed that mice with a form of autism had an inability to adapt to repeated whisker stimulation.

The initiative is “an excellent opportunity for UCLA Dentistry to further engage the Los Angeles community and improve oral health care for generations to come,” said the school’s dean, Dr. Paul Krebsbach.

Some 200 UCLA medical students received their diplomas Friday in Perloff Courtyard during the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.