Health + Behavior

A new study is the first to reveal how sleep deprivation disrupts our brain cells’ ability to communicate with each other, which scientists believe leads to temporary mental lapses.

The report maps out specific strategies for mitigating disparities in care, and for breaking away from the predominantly one-size-fits-all approaches for preventing and treating cancer.

A UCLA study looks at more than four decades’ worth of data; the findings help public health officials design interventions to address disparities in health care.

Data in UCLA researchers' policy brief also show another year of statewide health insurance gains, now at risk under potential federal funding changes.

The advance could be especially important because a fast, accurate diagnosis could help ensure a better recovery.

The Lakers legend and former Bruin will serve as celebrity ambassador for the annual Light the Night Walk.

A new report by UCLA’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center examines all 193 countries that are members of the United Nations.

The unique, high-tech ambulance can deliver time-critical treatment in the field to stroke patients who might otherwise face debilitating delays.

UCLA researchers identified where and how to electrically stimulate the human brain in order to strengthen people’s recall.

In a clinical trial, a UCLA-led team used a biomaterial embedded with tiny gems to help tissue heal after the procedure.

A UCLA Nursing study found that combining education and entertainment helped encourage patients to seek therapy.

Michael Green, UCLA professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, will deliver the 123rd Faculty Research Lecture about a topic that has fascinated him for decades.

The grants totaling more than $10 million highlight innovative biomedical research projects.

The grant “will allow UCLA to continue our decade-long preeminence in groundbreaking autism research,” said Dr. Daniel Geschwind, director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment.

The researchers found that mouse models that lacked the protein IDOL performed poorly in behavioral tests of spatial memory and fear-based conditioning.

The UCLA Health program provides surgical and medical treatment, and psychological health support for post-9/11-era service members, veterans and their families.

The discovery in the amygdala provides insights into how the organ regulates emotions and social behavior.

Pilot program teaches healthy eating and cooking skills to students in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health, the School of Dentistry and the School of Nursing.

Using the organoids they created, researchers were able to identify drugs that could prevent the virus’s damaging effects.

The treatment tested in mice disrupts and exploits glucose intake, essentially cutting off the tumor’s nutrients and energy supply. The approach prevents the glioblastoma from growing.

A team of researchers from the UCLA Center for AIDS Research, Stanford University and the National Institutes of Health developed a synthetic molecule that could awaken dormant virus cells and then knock them out.

The donation resulted from a fundraising effort launched by Dr. Howard Park, a graduate of the school’s postgraduate training program and a part-time faculty member.

The UCLA-led research suggests that a reduction in “low-value” care can safely cut expenses.

UCLA biophysicists developed the technique and the measuring device.

“The results suggest that both green and black teas are prebiotics,” said Susanne Henning of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition.