Health + Behavior

Patients, staff and visitors can now enjoy a healthier version of the traditional burger-and-fries lunch. The menu additions further the medical centers' focus on healthier eating.

By helping a specific type of cell to absorb potassium, UCLA researchers were able to improve walking and prolong survival in a mouse model.

Policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research explores the role of Medicaid and other factors.

William J. McCarthy, UCLA adjunct professor of public health, writes about the failed experiment to improve on Mother Nature’s options for fatty food by using “healthier” trans fat.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is normally reserved for transplant recipients, but quick-thinking hospital staff used it on James Manzi, who looks forward to 80th birthday April 6.

Friday was the day when U.S. medical students rip open envelopes and learn where they’ve been accepted for residency, the next phase of their training as physicians.

With thousands of adopted children arriving in the U.S. each year, the International Adoption and Travel Clinic provides reviews of potential adoptees' health records, medical assessments and other support services.

More than 10 years after the battle began with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, clinicians are still grappling with how to treat and prevent it.

More than 4,000 UCLA researchers, staff and student lab personnel picked up lab coats, eyewear and other protective gear during a weeklong event in the Pauley Pavilion Club Room.

Becky Barber and Lyolya Hovhannisyan founded the UCLA chapter of Flying Samaritans in 2013. With volunteer doctors and other students, they bring quality medical care to Tijuana's Colonia Margarita Moran.

Higher temperatures and less rain are likely to lead to more infections in humans in the future, with the disease spreading north into previously unaffected areas as a result of climate change.

The custom graphene coating contains components that generate clot-preventing molecules, which mimic the function of blood vessels.

Using a robotic surgical technique to excise the prostate appears to improve cancer-cell removal and reduce the need for additional post-surgery cancer therapies.

Users of the wearable computers can take pictures of medical samples, upload them immediately to a server and receive accurate analyses in as little as eight seconds.

The vitamin, in its active form, helps to lower the amount of cholesterol in cells, which is used by TB to sustain infection, UCLA researchers say.

The AlloMap test, which measures changes in gene expression, can be used to assess the risk of rejection of a transplanted heart months before such an event may occur.

An analysis of dozens of studies suggests that ovulating women have evolved to prefer mates who display sexy traits but not traits typically desired in long-term mates.

The new technology shows promise for improving glaucoma treatment over time and, as a side benefit, even improved the contact lenses' durability.

While magnesium showed no benefit, the system the UCLA study set in place -- involving paramedics, hospitals and other agencies -- proved to consistently deliver fast care.

Investigators identified about 50 brain and behavioral measures that are both under strong genetic control and associated with bipolar disorder. Their discoveries could be a major step toward identifying the specific genes that contribute to the illness.

Mike Boyle has good reason to give his wife and family extra hugs on Valentine’s Day

Dr. Charles Brunicardi recently produced a debut album of his original folk/country music, "Where Sunset Meets the Beach," which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music.

Sociology doctoral student Jessica Carbino discusses dating and sex on the "TakePart Live" television show.

"We aim to restore patients' independence by returning their ability to type on a keyboard, open doors and transfer themselves between their bed and wheelchair," said UCLA's Daniel Lu.

A team from the Fielding School of Public Health is working with East Los Angeles families to help them eat better.