Health + Behavior

As people contemplate their choices for managing appendicitis — antibiotics or surgery — the data from this UCLA research can help ensure they make a fully informed choice.

Solving this structure will pave the way for designing strategies to treat elevated triglyceride levels in the bloodstream.

Developed by UCLA scientists, the technique uses robots to simultaneously screen hundreds of different treatments.

A drug that suppresses the gene could lead to the first pill to treat stroke’s aftermath.

The findings could pave the way for new treatments for heart valve disorders, which can be caused by congenital defects, aging or disease.

No longer children but not yet adults, adolescents need opportunities to learn and prepare for their entrance into the broader society.

Nine in 10 lack insurance.

In a Q&A, UCLA’s Dr. Leena Nathan explains which infections sexually active people are more likely to be exposed to and to contract.

A study by UCLA neuroscientists suggests that the signals could help neurons find each other to form networks.

“We now have a rational and logical way to develop immunotherapies going forward and a clinical development process for doing it,” said UCLA's Dr. Timothy Cloughesy.

Researchers worked with a family with triplets to study a lullaby device used in the intensive care unit.

A long-term, UCLA-led study finds that those with low- or intermediate-risk disease can safely cut treatment to four to five days.

UCLA's Janet O’Shea says the answer has implications far beyond things like fitness and fun.

UCLA professors Marjorie Kagawa-Singer and David Hayes-Bautista participated in a Zócalo Public Square/The California Wellness Foundation discussion.

The driving force behind the development of Herceptin will split a $1 million prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation.

The comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, who died in March 2016, directed funds to benefit research in endocrinology, diabetes and hypertension; infectious diseases; and pancreatic diseases.

Changes in RNA editing play an important role in the disorder, scientists find.

Q&A with Melissa Reider-Demer who was honored by the health care organization Press Ganey, which promotes clinical safety, patient experience and workforce engagement.

Study is the first to analyze public health impact of the emerging personal transportation option.

The study might actually underestimate the country’s homicide rate because many murders may be unreported or attributed to other causes of death.

En 2010 y 2011, 8,943 hombres de 15 a 50 años de edad en Chihuahua fueron asesinados: tres veces el número de muertes entre las tropas de los Estados Unidos en Irak desde 2003 y 2006.

A self-imposed quest for a perfect time to enjoy an indulgence often means missing out on actually having a good experience, research finds.

In a ‘game-changing’ finding, researchers found that bone mass increased 800% after signals were blocked in the brains of mice.

A technique they developed coaxes pluripotent stem cells — which can can be grown indefinitely in the lab — into becoming mature T cells capable of killing tumor cells.

Tyler Bacon, a Thousand Oaks father and volunteer youth coach, met some of the people who donated blood and platelets during cancer treatment at UCLA.