Health + Behavior

Doctors simply have too little time to focus on all aspects of patients' dementia, incontinence, depression and other conditions. Nurses make sure these patients get the attention they need.

The study's findings add to a body of research exploring whether such tools may help improve memory and protect individuals from age-related cognitive decline.

They were on board a flight to Dallas when the loudspeaker crackled with an entreaty that is commonplace in movies, but rare in real life: Is there a doctor aboard?

The program trains village women to serve as social health activists, providing counseling and support to those infected. Researchers found both social and health benefits.

UCLA police are investigating an alleged online incident in which a person pretending to represent the UCLA Health System financially scammed an individual seeking employment.

The comprehensive study found that the faster a clot-busting drug is administered, the better the outcome; in fact, for each 15-minute interval quicker, the risk of death decreased by 4 percent.

A key player in the fight to control a TB outbreak on L.A.'s skid row is a clinic run by the UCLA School of Nursing that's located in a homeless shelter.

The proportion of low-income children who were obese or overweight in the intervention program decreased by 3.1 percent, compared with a 2.0 reduction for those in a comparison group.

The procedure, which combines two minimally invasive techniques, has currently been performed at only a handful of medical centers in the United States, including UCLA.

Administering progesterone treatment has been like shooting in the dark, say researchers at UCLA. But their new study sheds some light on how, and for whom, the therapy may work.

The hospital is part of a select group recognized for excellence in all 10 medical specialty areas reviewed in the magazine's new "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.

The new pluripotent stem cells, which were isolated as the result of a "scientific accident," could prove a boon to regenerative medicine, UCLA researchers say.

The gene mutation that causes Fragile X syndrome results in misshapen neurons and leads to hyperexcitable brain networks, UCLA researchers say.

The pulse oximetry test, which becomes mandatory statewide July 1, has been routinely offered by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA as part of its early detection program.

As expected, problems with memory increased with age, but researchers were surprised by the percentage of younger adults reporting memory difficulties

"Our findings indicate that some of the contents of yogurt may actually change the way our brain responds to the environment," said UCLA's Dr. Kirsten Tillisch.

A team of UCLA Health System brain specialists implanted its 500th brain pacemaker on Thursday, and invited followers on Twitter to observe. The patient, actor and musician Brad Carter, was awakened during the surgery and asked to play the guitar as an aid to the medical team.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union has asked its members to strike at UC medical centers May 21–22. Check this page for updates.

Their breakthrough findings could potentially help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's, stroke and other conditions involving damage to the hippocampus.

Now available for iPad, 'Plan ABC' lists birth control methods in order of effectiveness and is designed to provide women with current, medically accurate information.

Study is the first to identify bacteria's 'strategy' for forming the micro-colonies that become biofilms, which can cause seemingly routine bacterial infections to become lethal.

UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson's disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies.

With a simple push of an iPad button, UCLA physicians can send the robot gliding down the hall to a patient's room to perform an examination in real time.

Facebook was by far the most popular platform, followed by LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube -- particularly among those in private practice who perform cosmetic procedures.

Using virtual reality, neurophysicists have determined how environmental stimuli and brain rhythms generate our neuronal maps of the world.