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A UCLA-led study finds the practice effective and comparable to monitoring by physicians.

Co-author Andrea Ghez says the objects look like gas and behave like stars.

More than three-quarters of the adolescents in a family-focused treatment program recovered from their initial symptoms during the study.

“Major global gaps remain in the U.S. and elsewhere when it comes to ensuring rights for people with disabilities, migrants and members of the LGBT community,” said UCLA distinguished professor Jody Heymann.

Magnetic storms originate closer to Earth than previously thought, threatening satellites.

The key is a new catalyst: copper with a few atoms of the precious metal ruthenium.

Scientists have been puzzled about why some people with heart failure live longer than others even after receiving the same treatment.

Research brief: There were no differences in outcomes for common surgical procedures between surgeons trained at foreign medical schools or the United States.

The researchers studied the mechanisms by which insulin may be secreted in the absence of glucose.

UCLA began observing its 100th birthday and delivered new advances in research, health care, the arts, community service and teaching.

The object is a magnetic structure that covers an enormous region of some 160 light-years.

Using data from seven Los Angeles County agencies, researchers developed a model to predict which 3,000 residents were most likely to become homeless.

Thanks to an advance by UCLA engineers, the two-wing structure could soon be used to make windmills that harvest energy more efficiently.

UCLA scientists James Gimzewski and Adam Stieg are part of a research team that has taken a major stride toward creating thinking machines.

The Rapanui people most likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, a new study reveals.

Research brief: The findings also show that patient visits by Medicaid recipients to primary care physicians rose 3.6% during the first three years of the act.

UCLA’s David Jewitt said the data provides the best measure of the size of the comet's nucleus, “which is the really important part.”

The drug combination should be a first line of treatment, UCLA researchers say.

The advance could help scientists identify drugs to treat fibrosis, which plays a role in chronic kidney disease, liver cirrhosis and many other conditions.

UCLA researchers discovered differences in maternal and paternal X chromosomes that help explain sex differences in the immune system.

A combination approach could be new strategy for people with advanced cancers.

Researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs designed a park specifically for older adults in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Scientists from 22 institutions, including UCLA, call for early diagnosis, prevention and treatment to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

The report says GDP will reach 2% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and the California economy looks slightly stronger than previously predicted.

The UCLA-led team found that chronic opioid use increased the susceptibility to developing anxiety disorders.