Health + Behavior

Psychologist Melissa Brymer recommends clear and detailed communication about changes children can expect in their classrooms and routines.

The money will support programs and research on the impact of COVID-19 among Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, including new research into hate incidents.

Research brief: The study is aimed at helping doctors ensure their patients adhere to medication regimens.

Research brief: According to posts on the discussion board, people have waited longer to visit a doctor.

In 2008, when Courtney Young was in high school, her cousin, then just a toddler, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research scholars discuss how the Biden administration can use research to improve immigrant health.

UCLA experts say the effort, which includes complying with rules for masking and distancing, will take vigilance on the part of schools, students and families.

Online mentions of sourdough, sacrifice and death all surged as the pandemic took hold.

UCLA’s Dennis Lettenmaier and colleagues found that mosquito populations would have been around 40% higher without water-use mandates.

Despite a government initiative to improve access to end-of-life painkillers, dispensing levels in the wealthiest areas still far outpace the rest of the country.

The Ginsburg Center builds on teamwork among scientists and physicians to advance research, enhance patient care for genetic conditions.

UCLA Health experts lay out the facts: The vaccines are 95% effective, almost everyone should get them, and they cannot give you the disease.

By identifying the underlying factors leading to bone loss and osteoporosis, UCLA dentist-scientists hope to pave the way to new treatments.

UCLA research suggests that officials use other metrics to decide how to allocate COVID-19 support, other resources.

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

Research brief: Chats on social media can serve as a timely source of data for policymakers aiming to enhance care and outcomes.

The UCLA-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pathways to Success Program has enrolled more than 125 students from underrepresented backgrounds.

Health experts emphasized that vaccines cannot cause a COVID-19 infection, nor alter a recipient’s DNA.

Rates are higher among poor, multiracial, female, gender-nonconforming and foreign-born young people, a UCLA study shows.

For patients and their families, this “means the world,” said UCLA professor of psychology and neurosurgery Martin Monti.

Members of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force updated faculty and staff on the progress of UCLA Health’s vaccination program and to take questions.

A UCLA research team developed a possible way to impart long-term relief by inducing an active state of immune tolerance.

Research brief: Scientists have discovered how one of the toxins released by the C. difficile bacterium spurs excessive inflammation in the gut.

Research brief: Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men with the disease.

A UCLA-led study used 3D-printed ‘blood vessels’ to identify a possible link between coronavirus and stroke.