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Study by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research finds that elderly Japanese-Americans could provide clues about how all Americans can stay healthier longer.

Students at a high school in La Cañada Flintridge participate in a School of Nursing research project on congenital heart disease at the request of a beloved teacher.

Graduate student delegates will go to Sacramento for informal chats with state legislators in order to win their support.

UCLA’s Life Sciences has been awarded a four-year $2.4 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance and transform undergraduate education.

UCLA biologists have found that male aggression against potential rivals for females explains much of the phenomenon.

Women who experience extreme morning sickness during pregnancy are three times more likely to have children with developmental issues, according to a UCLA study.

Using a tumor rejection antigen to identify stem cells could help ensure stem cell research studies are accurate.

California NanoSystems Institute researchers have imaged the atomic structures of three specific biological nanomachines, findings they hope advance work on antibiotics targeted toward specific pathogens.

Two UCLA researchers are asking the public to help in their study of the online phenomenon.

New method for creating key motor neurons is more than five times more effective than previous efforts.

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in academic research laboratories report witnessing and experiencing fewer accidents and injuries when the lab’s lead faculty member or supervisor is actively engaged in safety programs, according to new UCLA ...

The results “have the potential to substantively change the way that lung cancer is treated,” said Dr. Edward Garon, a member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Developed under the leadership of UCLA’s Dr. Antoni Ribas, the drug has signaled a paradigm shift in the way melanoma is treated.

Using a new stent retriever device in addition to a clot-busting drug led to a significant increase in the percentage of stroke sufferers who could function independently three months later.

Only 9 percent of academic medical practices in the U.S. have procedures to connect patients with LGBT-competent physicians; only 4 percent had policies to identify those physicians.

On the 40th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge’s proclamation of victory in Cambodia, UCLA demographer Patrick Heuveline has produced new estimates of the regime’s death toll between 1975 and 1979.

UCLA researchers analyzed state policies in nine categories that influence the health of immigrants and their families.

A majority of doctors surveyed believe ACA will steer the country’s health care in the right direction. Doctors’ stance on the law appeared to be closely correlated with their political affiliations and medical specialties.

The report from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law shows that permitting same-sex couples to marry leads to more social acceptance of same-sex marriage, not backlash against it.

A social psychologist at UCLA Anderson explores how human behavior can be modified by bringing people closer to their future selves.

UCLA engineers and doctors developed a tool that can deliver nanoparticles, enzymes, antibodies and bacteria into cells thousands of times faster than current technology.

The report by UCLA and USC researchers informs an amicus brief supporting President Obama’s executive order shielding undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Despite progress, dirty air and water are just the beginning of the region's environmental troubles. The findings, which are believed to be the most comprehensive environmental report card for any region in the nation, show the county needs tutoring to bring up its grades.

UCLA researchers looked at 22 indicators to determine grades in six main categories — water, air, ecosystem health, waste, environmental quality of life, and energy and greenhouse gases.

Wealthier women living in communities with larger income gaps are most likely to get a test that can help determine the best way to treat early-stage breast cancer.