Health + Behavior

A UCLA-led study also found that hospitals that treat more than 450 people for stroke each year have better outcomes.

Making air quality information accessible by mobile app educates and promotes behavioral change, a UCLA study finds.

Adriana Galván and Dr. Shafali Jeste have been honored for their “exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”

The researchers' study builds on their discovery last year of a gene called mEAK-7, which is important for cell proliferation and migration.

Mystery case solved at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital could be life-saving for severe Valley Fever infections.

For 50 years, faculty and students have provided affordable oral health care for tens of thousands in Venice and beyond.

The UCLA-led study noted that proper long-term follow-up of children whose mothers had Zika infection in pregnancy is necessary.

NBC News shadowed five UCLA medical students as they trained at an urban hospital near the Amazon jungle.

The discoveries by an interdisciplinary team of UCLA scientists could improve the diagnoses of these aggressive cancers.

Research Brief: An increase in the state's HPV vaccination rate would reduce the number of preventable cancers and the financial burden that treatment for these cases would create, the study found.

50% of treatments could have been avoided using the new tool, a UCLA-led study finds.

The UCLA study highlights the importance of understanding risks near other natural gas storage facilities.

Langer was a long-time faculty member and administrator at UCLA who went on to establish a college-readiness program for underprivileged youth.

The gift will help bridge the so-called “valley of death” in laboratory research, when lack of funding prevents promising discoveries from reaching clinical trials.

Center will bring together academic researchers, students and health care executives and practitioners to explore critical issues in the management of health care organizations.

Q&A with the newly appointed director of cancer population genetics at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Study, which is the first to demonstrate a causal link, shows the connection is strongest in states with least restrictive gun laws.

The program will train future primary care physicians to help ensure they are able to address the physical and mental health care needs of people who are LGBTQ.

The team also found that the dominant animal’s behavior tends to drive synchronization more than behavior of the subordinate.

It is listed in all pediatric specialties assessed by U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Zhijian (James) Chen of the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas is the recipient. Chen has performed groundbreaking work on the mechanisms underlying the cellular response to infection.

All four UCLA hospitals were recognized for a commitment to LGBTQ-centered care.

Combining biopsy strategies allowed doctors to find up to 33% more cancers.

Research brief: The work also revealed new details on how IBD can develop and what other types of drugs may work to treat the disease.

A UCLA study found that many countries have taken important steps to align national laws with a 2006 treaty, but others have not gone far enough.