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

Degree program will help meet the rising demand for specialists trained to guide patients facing complex genetic disorders.

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

Research brief: The new method, using robotics, will speed up how researchers test for therapies that block the metabolism of non-small-cell lung cancer tumors.

From 1969 to 1988, researchers estimated, about 25,000 births per year were affected.

The reinvestment brings his total giving to UCLA to more than $450 million, including nearly $250 million during the Centennial Campaign.

The finding could lead to better treatments for leukemia and other blood diseases.

A new UCLA-produced podcast is giving listeners new ways to think about the sometimes unexpected ways that health and wellness influence and affect everyday life.

UCLA dietitian Erin Morse shares how to remove the guilt from eating delicious meals, and how holiday partygoers can honor their bodies, feelings and traditions through a practice called intuitive eating.

A UCLA study finds that even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city is detrimental to one's health.

About 1,000 people were transported from homeless shelters to the clinic for physical, dental and vision care.

Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen won the 2019 Switzer Prize, which recognizes excellence in basic biological science.

The funds will support the work of Dr. John Belperio and Dr. Joseph Lynch III in the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Veterans, their family members, program staff and supporters, walked behind a huge banner on the streets of Manhattan.

The NIH awarded $27.2 million to UCLA to lead the new phase of an effort to enhance diversity in the biomedical workforce.

Collaboration to be kicked off at leukemia and lymphoma fundraiser Nov. 9.

UCLA’s Dr. Sandra Loo says an FDA-approved device is an effective alternative to non-stimulant medications.

UCLA graduate student Cody Aros is helping make science and medicine more inclusive for LGBTQ-identifying people.

UCLA researchers find that the brain processes fear differently after injury.

Nearly 65 campus departments participate in the Halloween fun.

The study highlights the need to teach consumers about the dangers of some drug interactions.

Funds from California’s stem cell agency will support research on a blinding eye disease, cancer and an immune disorder.

The funds will help advance work in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of the disease

The study demonstrates that PET imaging can be used to read mitochondrial activity in lung tumors.

Dr. Eric Kleerup explains how wildfires affect air quality and what precautions people can take to limit exposure to smoke and other fire-generated toxins.