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Study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law contains first estimates of youth at risk of undergoing the practice health organizations say is harmful.

In places where UCLA researchers found higher levels of stigma, students were more likely to report they seek treatment from a religious group or a religious leader.

The substance’s beneficial properties might be due to its ability to reduce inflammation, which has been linked to both Alzheimer’s disease and major depression, according to Dr. Gary Small.

There is no drug or vaccine to treat or prevent KSHV, which causes cancer, but the researchers showed that an inhibitor could be developed to break it down.

UCLA scientists used leading-edge genomics to identify and eliminate the virus’ defense mechanisms, enabling them to develop a vaccine “candidate” that is safe and effective in animals.

By limiting physicians’ use of some standard efficiency tools, UCLA-led researchers found that note writing actually became more efficient.

The screenings are an important part of the Depression Grand Challenge, which was launched by UCLA in 2015 to reduce the burden of depression worldwide.

Yellow-bellied marmots live much longer, on average, if they are less social and more isolated than if they are more social and less isolated, a UCLA-led study has found.

The findings, which counter the conventional wisdom that a cancer which is highly fibrotic could not respond to immunotherapy, have the potential to help scientists identify individuals most likely to benefit from the treatment.

The protocol could be a step toward therapies to restore sensation in people who are paralyzed and have lost feeling in parts of their body.

The scientists identified factors that can set the stage for disorders like schizophrenia, depression and ADHD that appear later in life.

The report points to the likelihood that some of the deaths are misclassified as accidental self-poisoning.

UCLA research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the first proof that a single material can be both static and moving.

The study confirms that an estrogen-like compound can combat MS via complementary effects on two distinct cell types.

The study shows that treatments tailored for different disabilities caused by MS could be more effective than treatments intended to target multiple different disabilities.

UCLA biologists' research focusing on the yellow warbler looks at species’ challenges and their capacity to adapt.

The research confirms that genuine concern for others’ pain plays a causal role in how people make decisions when they face moral dilemmas.

The research determined that many early symptoms of the disease can be completely corrected when the relevant genetic defect is turned off.

UCLA’s Laura Wherry found that there was a 7.9 percent decrease in the number of mothers who didn’t have insurance while they were pregnant.

“I’ve been studying young stars near Earth for 20 years and I’ve never seen anything like this one,” said UCLA astronomer Benjamin Zuckerman.

Volunteers analyze photos from NASA’s Landsat program to locate the coastal ecosystems in oceans around the world.

A UCLA study has found that moderate daily walks improve attention and mental skills for adults ages 60 and older.

Team includes neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists and pharmacologists, all studying how metabolism traits in glioblastomas may represent a weak spot in the cancer.

The study, by UCLA and the University of Wisconsin, was based on analysis of specimens more than 3 billion years old.

The process could help restore dystrophin, the protein missing in the muscles of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.