Health + Behavior

New treatment platform may solve some of the problems of treating pancreas cancer with chemotherapy.

To reach a vulnerable population largely unaware of the health risks, a team from the Fielding School of Public Health held small group discussions in more than 50 Los Angeles-area Korean churches.

Although the implementation of the Affordable Care Act seems to have helped, public health experts expect that Latinos will continue to have problems accessing high-quality health care.

UCLA researchers discovered that visual cues associated with overweight or obese people can influence one’s sense of smell.

The center, to be led by Michael Fanselow, will focus on brain health and developing novel methods to get the unhealthy brain back to the healthy state.

A series of mental training exercises has been shown to help mitigate the effects of “chemo brain,” which affects up to 35 percent of women after their treatments for breast cancer.

The new program will provide opportunities for nurses and physicians to serve as full partners in health care redesign, improvement and research.

The doctors developed a predictive “calculator” called a nomogram after analyzing 30 years’ worth of data from liver transplants for people with liver cancer.

The study, led by UCLA’s Dr. Alan Kaplan, was the first to describe cost across the entire care process for the condition.

Inventors hope the device can help people battle obesity, heart disease, diabetes and other problems related to nutrition.

Born with a heart defect that couldn’t be fixed with surgery, a baby receives a heart transplant at 23 days old. Five-week-old Dravyn Johnson left Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA for home today with his mother.

Development of a blood test to diagnose the disease would have the advantage of being safe, affordable and easy to administer in large groups or in rural areas.

On March 9, Apple announced the launch of Share the Journey, a mobile app that UCLA’s Dr. Patricia Ganz helped develop.

A comprehensive report by UCLA’s World Policy Analysis Center details rights, laws and policies pertaining to gender equality in 197 countries and Beijing Platform signatories.

People with both disorders had abnormal activity in the visual cortex of the brain during the very first instants when the brain processes “global” information, as opposed to a tiny detail.

Pledge from Sound Body Sound Mind funds new partnership to combat childhood obesity; initiative will provide fitness equipment to L.A. schools.

Stem cell gene therapy technique leads to production of healthy blood cells, could be used for other genetic diseases.

Dr. Nina Shapiro looks at the progression of the anti-vaccination movement in upscale Los Angeles, and emphasizes how the conversation must shift from addressing non-immunization as a political issue to the health crisis it is.

Life scientists have created an accurate new method to identify markers for many diseases — a significant step toward a new era of personalized medicine, tailored to each person’s DNA and RNA.

Funding from the Hirshberg Foundation has elevated the UCLA center to one of the nation’s premier comprehensive programs for pancreatic cancer and diseases.

An air filtration system developed specifically for school buses reduces exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a study by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers.

Dental students taking the “Medical Improv” class learn techniques to be more relaxed and confident when they deal with patients.

Abundant research has revealed that pregnancy is a key period of increased risk for developing obesity in women and that obesity in pregnancy may genetically “program” offspring to become overweight or obese later in life.

Study by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health points out another disturbing impact of income inequality: its effect on people’s health.

Radiation therapy is the most common treatment for men with prostate cancer, but it may not always be worthwhile.