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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study shows marginalized populations and young adults were more likely to describe their housing as ‘unstable.’

Research brief: Treatment with high-secreting cells in a lab study restored heart function back to a similar state as before damage from myocardial infarction.

Winning projects in the Health Equity Challenge support mental health and treating people experiencing homelessness.

Slamon’s innovations, including his work developing the breast cancer drug Herceptin, helped shape a new era in cancer therapy.

The study could help make lifesaving stem cell transplants more available.

Youstina Labib, who will graduate June 14, seeks to grow a much-needed female presence in cardiology.

Ihab Shahawi found his passion at UCLA — helping people affected by autism.

UCLA study shows Parks After Dark achieved intended goals by providing recreational programming in a safe environment.

Un estudio de UCLA muestra que Parks After Dark logró los objetivos previstos al ofrecer programación recreativa en un ambiente seguro.

UCLA scientists develop a new method to engineer immune cells that could treat multiple patients.

Nearly 40% of adults who had four or more adverse childhood experiences said they had an unmet need for treatment.

Klarissa Hope was told her daughter had a cold, but her instincts said otherwise.

The study examined ties between firearm proximity and psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts.

Melis Çakar beat out 52 other competitors and won $5,000; she will now represent UCLA at a UC-wide Grad Slam competition on May 3.

Researchers have uncovered differences in how suicides are described that could identify at-risk men in time to get the help they need.

These areas also have the highest proportions of adults on Medi-Cal.

These regions of the gene alter the abundance of mRNA and the proteins it instructs the cell to make.

Housing for a Healthy California program moved 200-plus people into housing, lowered their medical costs.

Research brief: A new T cell-screening process revealed previously unidentified receptors that target prostate cancer.

The funding will help create a multidisciplinary research center that aims to maximize the potential of neuroscience for public good.

Syrian American medical student Reem Karmouta never thought about becoming a doctor — until she met one who looked just like her.

Focusing immediately on the benefits of waiting might help people improve their self-control.

The site in the west San Fernando Valley includes a 260-bed community hospital with seven operating rooms and a free-standing ambulatory surgery center.

A UCLA professor and other researchers estimate nearly 1 million incarcerated people could suffer lifelong health consequences.

The director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research was honored by the CDC Foundation and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation.