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Heightened exposure to air pollution was associated with increases in lymphoblastic leukemia, germ-cell tumors and retinoblastoma, the study shows.

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.

"I thought undergraduates who never served should have some idea what it's like so they can think about veterans' issues in a more nuanced way," psychology major Andrew Nicholls says.

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.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events this spring, including lectures and exhibitions.

Actors, athletes, scientists and other groundbreakers are among the alumni and faculty featured in the second phase of UCLA's national ad campaign.

The Department of Ethnomusicology at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a series of events for the public's enjoyment throughout the spring, including performances and academic lectures.

The new map lets residents find how much energy the average customer in their neighborhood uses, see how that use relates to income level and track energy use over time.

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 daylong event will explore the shifting paradigm of storytelling, emerging technologies and the blurring boundaries between entertainment and politics.

A new method for super-cooling molecules could be a key step in the development of quantum computing.

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.

CRESST is being tapped by a federally funded consortium developng new educational assessments for students in nearly half the states in the U.S., including California.

The abnormal growth appears to be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine tumors, say researchers from UCLA and the University of Florida.

The development could help women and their physicians better prepare for the onset of bone loss and increased cardiovascular risk factors.

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.

Mack, a longtime civil rights leader and vice president of the Los Angeles Police Commission, will speak April 4 at the annual UCLA Bunche Center-sponored event.

"ARCHIZINES" will be on display at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's Perloff Gallery from April 12 through May 31.

Even after genetically modified T cells stop fighting cancer, they seem to give rise to a new batch of tumor-killing T cells.

Closure-device therapy may be a useful strategy for younger patients with a history of strokes potentially caused by a hole in the wall of the heart.

"We can improve care while reducing costs by making sure that everything we do is centered on what the patient wants," says UCLA's Dr. Jonathan Bergman.

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.