Health + Behavior

UCLA scientists have found that an individual's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.

The authors say couples can have productive conversations with each other about diet and exercise if they focus on motivation, encouragement and support.

Scientists from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center have been awarded new grants totaling more than $3.5 million the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

Pediatric patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA are receiving warm and fuzzy -- as well as furry -- support with the launch of two new programs featuring UCLA's favorite dogs: the People-Animal Connection (PAC), an animal-assisted...

When the worst typhoon in history devastated the Philippines last November, UCLA nurse Joanne Contreras e-mailed Dr. David Feinberg, president of the UCLA Health System and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System.

Because such infections are the most common reason for antibiotic use among all children, the costs associated with them are under more scrutiny than ever by health care and government administrators.

Researchers also found that black patients tend to fare worst after diagnosis, while Asians and Hispanics survive the longest with the disease.

In the city of Oxnard, one of the largest suppliers of strawberries for California, the majority of the pickers are indigenous farmworkers from one of the poorest regions in Mexico.

Researchers studying mice found no evidence of an association between iron levels and the hardening of the arteries that leads to often deadly cardiovascular disease.

Mark Wise, a former infantry platoon leader who was wounded in 2009 by an IED in Afghanistan and underwent reconstructive surgery with UCLA’s Operation Mend, has completed his 200-mile trek to the South Pole along with 12 of his...

UCLA researchers hope “face-to-face” checkups by computer will free patients, especially low-income ones, from having to travel to appointments, which can be a barrier to care.

“This is the worst pain ever!” screams a woman in the delivery ward, her eyelids fluttering as the baby’s skull crowns between her legs.

Only about 1 percent of patients with diverticulosis -- not the widely cited 25 percent from previous studies -- will develop the condition known as diverticulitis, which causes pain and infection in the abdomen.

  Dirna Mayasari, who is getting her master's at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, spent much of this past summer in Myanmar working with a refugee community. In the video, Mayasari, who was a medical student at the time,...

The facility will provide highly specialized care, advanced treatment and leading-edge technologies to treat spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, strokes and other acute conditions.

About 100 kidney transplant recipients and their donors — all participants in various living donor transplant "chains" — reunited today at Reagan UCLA Medical Center for a holiday celebration of giving and receiving the gift of life. The...

Gudelia Bustamante is thinking big when it comes to planning for the future. Camping, fishing and a trip to visit her son stationed at an Air Force base in Germany are on her to-do list.      While that may not sound all that...

Professor Ann Williams and Dr. Roger Detels began collaborating on AIDS research and treatment in China 15 years ago — around the same time that World AIDS Day, marked every year on Dec. 1, was established to unite people around the globe in the...

A study by researchers at UCLA and the University of Texas reveals gender differences in sexual regret and traces them back to our evolutionary past.

Study results shed light on how genetic changes cause autism on a molecular level and will help scientists identify targets for future autism research.

The company's $4 million gift will help foster better consultation, collaboration and care among UCLA doctors, medical institutions and the military for the benefit of severely wounded warriors.

Method could make initial cancer screenings easier for doctors with limited resources, and could help determine cancer cells' drug sensitivity.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which represents 18,726 University of California employees, including 4000 at UCLA, has asked its members to strike at UC campuses on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Check here for news updates.

Flexible smartphone screens, room-illuminating curtains and nanodiamonds that deliver chemotherapy directly into tumors are among the innovations resulting from the joint work of UCLA and private industry.

Los Angeles, is a city of two food worlds that collide at the Grand Central Market downtown. Thinking L.A., sponsored by UCLA, took up the topic.