Health + Behavior

A team of UCLA scientists is testing an experimental drug that could one day result in a treatment for osteoporosis, which affects more than 200 million people worldwide.

UCLA research findings show changes in same genes that clipped the sea bird’s wings cause human bone disorders.

UCLA neurosurgeons learn leadership insights from Lakers legend Byron Scott and business leader Charlie Norris.

Program funded by the entertainment executive and philanthropist helps UCLA attract top medical school prospects.

Traveling west to east and the number of time zones crossed seem to increase the severity of jet lag, explains Dr. Alon Avidan, who treats circadian rhythm disorders, among other sleep complaints.

Researchers from seven institutions are studying the well-being of adolescents and young adults with the virus or at risk for infection.

Deletions or duplications of DNA along 22nd chromosome hint at biological underpinnings of these neuropsychiatric disorders.

Entertainment executive and philanthropist David Geffen joined UCLA leaders on May 11 to dedicate Geffen Hall, the new home of UCLA’s medical school.

"“Dementia is an isolating disease that can bring on loneliness and is often void of opportunities for social interactions,” says Dr. Zaldy Tan, UCLA gerontologist and director of TimeOut @ UCLA.

The finding represents one of the clearest examples to date of the phenomenon — stretches of DNA that exist for no reason other than promoting their own inheritance — at the molecular level.

A biologically friendly supercapacitor invented by UCLA and University of Connecticut researchers charges using electrolytes from biological fluids like blood serum and urine.

The benefit events have raised more than $10 million over the past five years for UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital and UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute.

UCLA study shows that slow-moving meditation practice works just as well as talk therapy, and better than medication.

Findings of the study by the UCLA School of Nursing suggest that related diseases may need diagnoses and treatment tailored to gender.

The findings lay the groundwork for developing new and improved combination therapies for patients who resistant to stand-alone immunotherapy.

Leslie Rith-Najarian wowed the judges with her three-minute, jargon-free explanation of her research into how to make mental health more engaging and accessible.

The study, which looked at 107 mother-infant pairs, is the largest to date showing the transfer of bacteria in the milk into the baby’s gut.

Dr. Kelsey Martin, who recently was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, is the first woman dean of UCLA’s medical school, and she is among only a handful of women leading a medical school in the United States.

The UCLA Stein Eye Institute marked its 50th anniversary and the reopening of the Jules Stein Building, recently renovated to create a state-of-the-art facility to advance UCLA’s work in the field of ophthalmology.

Less than half of individuals with peripheral artery disease, a narrowing of arteries to the limbs, stomach and head, are treated with appropriate medications and lifestyle counseling. These findings highlight the need to improve care.

UCLA study identifies a potential test that may help select patients for whom it could be most effective.

Nearly half of adults who had been employed before experiencing and surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year after hospital discharge.

A UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans.

Sam Emaminejad, assistant professor of electrical engineering at UCLA, has demonstrated that a wearable biosensor can be used in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis, diabetes and other diseases.

UCLA researchers found that volunteerism surged among people in low-income groups who lived in states that enacted the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.