Health + Behavior

A study comparing the gestures of a baby chimpanzee, bonobo and human provides new insights into the origins of language and the co-evolution of gestures and speech.

The new pluripotent stem cells, which were isolated as the result of a "scientific accident," could prove a boon to regenerative medicine, UCLA researchers say.

UCLA study finds that more intense surveillance and treatment in the first two years after diagnosis could reduce the chance that the disease returns.

The gene mutation that causes Fragile X syndrome results in misshapen neurons and leads to hyperexcitable brain networks, UCLA researchers say.

In a preliminary test by UCLA researchers, 38 percent of patients with advanced skin cancer who took the drug saw confirmed improvement.

The pulse oximetry test, which becomes mandatory statewide July 1, has been routinely offered by Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA as part of its early detection program.

As expected, problems with memory increased with age, but researchers were surprised by the percentage of younger adults reporting memory difficulties

Under the "medical home" care model, patients regularly see the same doctor, who develops an individual treatment plan and coordinates the patient's care.

"Our findings indicate that some of the contents of yogurt may actually change the way our brain responds to the environment," said UCLA's Dr. Kirsten Tillisch.

A team of UCLA Health System brain specialists implanted its 500th brain pacemaker on Thursday, and invited followers on Twitter to observe. The patient, actor and musician Brad Carter, was awakened during the surgery and asked to play the guitar as an aid to the medical team.

"We are doing a good job of ensuring that patients receive the latest therapies for heart failure, but we still have a lot more work to do," said UCLA's Dr. Tamara Horwich.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union has asked its members to strike at UC medical centers May 21–22. Check this page for updates.

The UCLA Health System postponed twenty-five percent of the surgeries scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday and lowered the patient census to about 80 percent. Approximately 550 replacement workers and redeployed administration staff will fill in for striking workers.

Because many seniors with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer ultimately die of other causes, forgoing treatment may help preserve quailty of life.

Their breakthrough findings could potentially help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer's, stroke and other conditions involving damage to the hippocampus.

Studying human neural cells — as opposed to laboratory mice — was a key advance because the disease affects people and animals differently.

UCLA is among the world’s great research enterprises, testing boundaries and producing new knowledge on a daily basis, and the departure of one lab will not diminish our impact.

Now available for iPad, 'Plan ABC' lists birth control methods in order of effectiveness and is designed to provide women with current, medically accurate information.

Study is the first to identify bacteria's 'strategy' for forming the micro-colonies that become biofilms, which can cause seemingly routine bacterial infections to become lethal.

A strike by AFSCME patient care and service workers could involve more than 4,000 UCLA Health System and medical school employees, most of whom take care of patients and their families.

Findings from UCLA School of Dentistry researchers could pave the way toward new treatments for head and neck cancers.

UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson's disease that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies.

With a simple push of an iPad button, UCLA physicians can send the robot gliding down the hall to a patient's room to perform an examination in real time.

Facebook was by far the most popular platform, followed by LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube -- particularly among those in private practice who perform cosmetic procedures.

Using virtual reality, neurophysicists have determined how environmental stimuli and brain rhythms generate our neuronal maps of the world.