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UCLA researchers found that PrEP for HIV prevention and aspirin for heart attack prevention both had similar low rates of serious side effects.

Post-acute care accounts for some $62 billion in annual Medicare spending, but spending varies widely across different parts of the U.S., suggesting that some medical centers may be using these services too often.

The study is the first to look at disease progression in the synapses, where brain cells transmit impulses.

At an emotional event, the Sincuir family met three of the 27 people who had donated 50 units of blood products to save Jorge Sincuir’s life.

UCLA researchers say that results suggest a possible mental health benefit for some people who have the weight loss surgery.

The research is a significant step forward in the use of human embryonic stem cells for heart regeneration.

UCLA scientists’ finding could lead to new therapies for the disorder, which affects one in 68 children in the United States.

The UCLA Vanpool Program is one of the largest employer-based vanpool programs in California.

Johnese Spisso, a nationally recognized academic health care leader, will oversee all operations of UCLA’s hospitals and clinics as well as the health system’s regional outreach strategy, effective Feb. 8.

The approach focuses on a protein called p53, which is commonly mutated in women who have high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Through a systematic review of Alzheimer’s studies, Ron Brookmeyer’s team at UCLA has found that the rate of being diagnosed with the disease doubles every five years in older populations.

Data may still underestimate the nation’s homicide rate, researchers say.

The founding director of UCLA’s Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center is now vice chancellor for UCLA Health Sciences and chief executive officer of UCLA Health. And he’s still in awe of the brain and its complicated choreography.

UCLA Anderson alumna Sandy Tesch Wilkins is part of a solid core of Anderson students and alumni who are intent on putting their business skills to use in positive ways to have social impact.

UCLA’s Dr. Steven Dubinett said the vision of philanthropists like Linda and Michael Keston “lays the groundwork for breakthroughs.”

Researchers led by UCLA’s Dr. Edward Garon compared pembrolizumab to the chemotherapy drug docetaxel in a clinical trial involving more than 1,000 people.

The designation means that people with the disease will have greater access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments.

UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.

UCLA scientists are working at the forefront of technological advances in an era of personalized health care treatment and research that challenges our imaginations.

The initiative will allow the next generation of leaders and change agents to understand and improve the health of veterans, and of the nation.

Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa Alvarez, the formerly conjoined Guatemalan twins who were  separated in 2002 in a landmark 23-hour surgery, returned to Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to visit sick children.

Eunice Lee is the architect of KIM-CHI, a community-based program that induces more Korean-American immigrant women to get breast cancer screenings.

The findings could be an important step toward personalized medicine for women with the disease, said UCLA’s Dr. Patricia Ganz.

Of the 47 geographical areas the researchers analyzed, 20 had significantly higher percentages of people with advanced-stage disease than the U.S. norm.

Logic would suggest that millions of years of evolution would have perfected spatial localization in humans. A new UCLA study helps explain why that’s not the case.