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Research by UCLA biochemists may lead to a new treatment — or even a cure — for a rare kidney disease that afflicts children, and may provide insights into treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases.

‘Souped-up’ antibiotics could give doctors an advantage over bacteria that have develop immunity to medicines.

Myra and David Mezquita have been struggling to pay for nursing care for their daughter Vicky, who is being treated for the second time for recurring living cancer. An organization founded by Westside teenagers has come to their aid.

The authors say medical school and four-year university recruitment, outreach and admissions practices should be more inclusive of community college students.

Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus says that the near-ubiquity of alcohol contributes to the staggering toll fetal alcohol spectrum disorders take on society each year.

About 50 UCLA health care workers ranging from nurses to cardiologists and ophthalmologists, volunteered at this year's free health clinic for the poor and underserved sponsored by Care Harbor.

Study finds that that men who aren’t well educated about their disease have a much more difficult time making treatment decisions. This "decisional conflict" could negatively impact their long-term outcomes.

UCLA specialists have assembled kits containing protective gear to be used in the event that a patient infected with Ebola or other infectious diseases arrives at the emergency room for treatment.

Anthem Blue Cross Vivity will provide members with more predictable costs, a simpler experience and convenient access to some of the best primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals in the region.

Doctors from UCLA Health System are now available on smartphones, tablets and laptops through LiveHealth Online, a telehealth solution ideal for business travelers, busy parents, students away at college or others who need non-emergency attention.

UCLA study finds that a common form of psychotherapy is most effective at alleviating sleeplessness.

Headed for a career in medicine, Megan Cory turned her own diagnosis of type 1 diabetes into an opportunity to do research, raise funds and help inform the public about ways to prevent diabetes.

“In short, if you think a pill is going to work, it probably will,” says UCLA professor who led the study, which evaluated patients who received therapy and either real medication or a sugar pill.

High doses appear not to offer the same benefit, but the lower dosage may be a safe, low-cost way to help people with epilepsy, UCLA study suggests.

Approval of Keytruda signals a paradigm shift in the way advanced melanoma is treated. The drug was tested on more than 600 patients in the U.S., Europe and Australia.

In UCLA's Surgical Science Laboratory, surgical residents refine their skills with dissection while the trend at other medical schools is leading away from this practice.

Dr. Denis Evseenko’s bold vision of translational science is already blazing new trails in research of regenerative stem cells and their relationship to cancer at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Broad Center for Stem Cell Research at UCLA.

The interplay of several genetic factors may be involved in the development of the disease, a severe chronic inflammatory condition of the bowel, which affects infants and young children.

An off-duty lifeguard was rescued after being struck by a bolt of lightning at Venice Beach. He recently reunited with his rescuers, including staff from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

A UCLA study finds that oxidized lipids, known for their role in inflaming blood vessels and hardening arteries in diseases like atherosclerosis, may also play a role in pulmonary hypertension, a serious lung disease.

Providing futile treatment to a patient in intensive care can set off a chain reaction that causes other ill patients needing medical attention to wait for critical care beds, according to a study by UCLA and RAND Health.

The researchers' findings could lead to cancer treatments that are more effective with smaller doses and to therapies that could potentially eradicate the HIV virus.

Forty years ago, it was unthinkable to live a life with an artificial heart, with someone else’s transplanted heart or with an assist-heart pump. Today, the technological advances of modern medicine make this possible. But how does that change a human being?

A UCLA-led study has identified a protein that appears to play a key role in protecting people infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis from developing the active form of the disease.

On August 22 at 2 p.m., Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA will host a St. Baldrick’s Foundation signature head-shaving event to raise funds and awareness for lifesaving childhood cancer research. The goal is to raise $5,000.