Health Sciences

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.

In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that causes inflammation, leading to hardening of the arteries.

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.

Dr. Edward De Robertis and Ernest Wright are the 42nd and 43rd current members of UCLA's faculty to receive the prestigious honor.

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.