Health + Behavior

Those in underserved communities are not only at greater stroke risk, but they face more barriers to achieving healthy lifestyle changes, researchers say.

This study and others indicate a greater severity of addiction among female abusers, suggesting that new treatment approaches may be needed for girls and women.

UCLA scientists say people with body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which they see themselves as disfigured even when they're not, have less-effcient brain connections.

A multidisplinary UCLA research team will lead a national effort to determine within weeks, rather than years, if certain drug compounds hold promise for treating the disorder.

UCLA scientits have discovered a molecule that kills potentially dangerous stem cells that fail to differentiate while leaving their differentiated progeny unharmed.

The new research lends weight to the idea that the mental fogginess experienced by patients, often referred to as as "chemo brain," may involve neurophysiological changes.

By understanding how aggressive or likely to spread certain subtypes are, oncologists can tailor therapies that are more effective and potentially less damaging.

A drug-delivery system utilizing nanodiamonds, byproducts of mining and refining operations, significantly reduced the size of tumors in mice with "triple-negative" breast cancer.

"Everyone in the field wants to know what telomerase looks like, and there it was. I was so excited, I could hardly breathe," said UCLA biochemist Juli Feigon.

The "entirely illogical" finding from a new UCLA study suggests new approaches for treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C.

Faculty and students from the UCLA School of Nursing will present new findings at the annual Western Institute of Nursing Conference, which runs from April 11 to 13 in Anaheim, Calif.

It is critical to study different populations to understand if current genetic findings in autism can be generalized to a broader population, said Dr. Daniel Geschwind.

The funds will establish the UCLA–First 5 LA Children's Dental Care Program, which will benefit residents of underserved communities, who are at high risk for dental disease.

Researchers found that individuals with higher stroke risk performed worse on cognitive tests, and their brain scans showed evidence of plaques and tangles found Alzheimer's.

The institute will pioneer advancements in pediatric medicine in four key research areas: the brain and behavior; nutrition and metabolism; cancer; and inflammation, infection and immunity.

Members of the UCLA delegation are pioneering research related to the new initiative, which will fund projects seeking new ways to treat, cure and prevent brain disorders.

The realization that caring for indigenous people requires more than medical knowledge and skills has brought a physician, anthropologists and others from across UCLA to learn from each other.

Researchers say that medications recommended by national guidelines are not only effective in saving patients' lives but may also provide savings to the health care system.

The UCLA findings are particularly important in park-starved California, where only one out of every four adolescents lives near a park or open space.

The list, compiled every two years, identifies the best trained, most experienced and most skilled specialists, regardless of where they practice.

Researchers found that youth with Type 1 diabetes who had moved from pediatric to adult care were more than twice as likely to have chronically high blood glucose levels.

For UCLA bioengineering professor Wentai Liu, more than two decades of visionary research burst into the headlines last month when the FDA approved what it called “the first bionic eye for the blind.”

Pulmonary fibrosis was slowly destroying Fernando Padilla's lungs. But an experimental transplant technology at UCLA left the 57-year-old grandpa breathing a whole lot easier.

Nurses and midwives can play a critical role in lessening people's risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, according to a groundbreaking new report issued by the World Health Organization and co-authored...

Scientisits found that consuming the genetically engineered fruit helped curb inflammation, boost antioxidant activity and reduce plaques that can lead to atherosclerosis.