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Dr. Raymond Schultze, former director of the UCLA Medical Center who also served concurrently as administrative vice chancellor for six years, died Friday, April 14, in Thousand Oaks, California. He was 83.

Customized treatment plans are particularly important for lower-income women, who tend to have less access to high-quality health care.

Offering an eye exam for people with diabetes in a primary care setting in addition to eye clinics dramatically reduced the length of time people had to wait for the test.

In recent years, a lively debate over the pros and cons of the annual physical exam for boomers and others have appeared in major medical journals. Opinions have been mixed.

Patricia Oliver, director of nutrition services at UCLA Health, has received the 2017 Silver Plate Award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association for her work at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica.

In October 2016, Jonathan Koch, a 51-year-old entertainment executive from Los Angeles, underwent a 17-hour procedure to replace the hand he lost to a mysterious, life-threatening illness.

Children 11 and younger have less developed cognitive skills and should not be help to the same level of culpability.

A new book for educators aims to help those with the disorder establish meaningful friendships and romantic relationships.

The study evaluated both methods in people undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a procedure used to repair aortic stenosis.

Physicians working in hospitals may be more likely to refer patients for certain types of follow-up care because they’re more immediately accessible and convenient, said UCLA’s Dr. John Mafi.

UCLA Health offers training to teach skills and techniques that help family members confidently care for a loved one who has dementia.

Americans toss out $165 billion worth of food each year, often out of safety concerns fueled by confusion about the meaning of the multitude of date labels on packages.

The symposium, sponsored by the UCLA Brain Research Institute and the Semel Institute, will feature visiting speakers and UCLA faculty on the science regarding cannabis, cannabinoids, and the endocannnabinoid system.

Autoantibodies cause some cases of hypertriglyceridemia, which can increase risk of cardiovascular disease and pancreatitis.

Denice Lombard and her father, Ted, made history in 1967 and now they’re urging others to become organ donors.

Researchers from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center created a system to produce human T cells, the white blood cells that fight against disease-causing intruders in the body.

Study from UCLA and other research partners suggests more data collections in conjunction with increasing access to immunizations.

Basilio Santangelo, John Lambrechts and Paul Diaz decided to get vasectomies and share their stories publicly to encourage more men to consider their health.

The researchers concluded that the UNAIDS approach would not be practical because it would require finding and treating a very large number of people in remote areas.

All four UCLA hospitals were lauded by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for equitable, inclusive medical care for LGBTQ patients and their families.

Ideas in the unsuccessful legislation could be reintroduced in the future, the authors say.

CancerLocator, developed by UCLA researchers, was superior in detecting cancer in blood samples containing low levels of target DNA, which reflect early-stage disease.

UCLA study findings indicate there is no safe level of alcohol use for people with schizophrenia, suggesting that clinicians should ask about alcohol use or misuse.

Adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency is a rare and life-threatening condition that can be fatal within the first year of life if left untreated.

Claude Bruni has 98 marathon races under his belt, including every Los Angeles Marathon since 1986. Nothing can keep Bruni, who’s 80, from running. Not even major surgery, as it turns out.