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Dr. Timothy Fong, co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, shares insight into how something “fun” can become a devastating addiction for some people.

The researchers said their findings held true across all demographics, including groups that have been hesitant to receive the vaccine.

A new UCLA study explores the relationship between innate dispositions toward threats, the social environment and responses to COVID-19.

Keith Holyoak, professor of psychology, and Hal Hershfield, professor of marketing and behavioral decision-making, weigh in on reaching people with COVID-19 information.

Study finds bilingual infants become interested in speech at the same age as those learning only one language.

In the new book he co-wrote, Salzman reveals the hidden rules that govern who owns what — from the reclining space behind airline seats to HBO passwords.

The study found that those who have stayed in during the pandemic were 37% more likely to feel anxious than those who haven’t.

Yalda Uhls writes that people shouldn’t obsessively fear that screen time is stunting kids’ emotional development.

Families continue to demand aggressive medical treatment for loved ones, even when they know it isn't likely to help.

The findings may help health care professionals better assess those with autism and schizophrenia.

Wondering how to woo your crush this Valentine’s Day? When it comes to love, don’t wing it — take a lesson from the birds (and bees) instead.

A UCLA study shows that radiation therapy can be cut from five weeks to five days.

UCLA is tied for fifth in the number of professors honored this year as early-career scientists and scholars who are rising stars of science.

Solutions to lower health risks for students and faculty include stretch breaks and more open classrooms.

Research brief: The drug is made up of compounds produced by plants, including curcumin. Curcumin has been tested to help fight multiple cancers because it is an antioxidant that reduces swelling and inflammation.

Research brief: The Medicaid expansions have improved health-related financial risk protection for low-income adults, which was one of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act.

UCLA researchers were part of an international team to test gene therapy in people with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.

Rhinoplasty may make a woman appear to be three years younger, machine learning shows.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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