Health + Behavior

UCLA researchers found that by attaching drugs to the tiny particles and injecting them directly into tumors, the drugs' efficiency was boosted and damage to surrounding tissue was minimized.

An Institute of Medicine committee chaired by UCLA's Patricia Ganz says urgent changes are needed to improve cancer care as baby boomers age and new therapies arise.

The UCLA-RAND study found that one of every 10 patients in the ICU received care that wouldn't improve or save their lives, at a cost of approximately $4,000 a day.

The new type of IBS, which follows a bout of diverticulitis, may help scientists get closer to the causes of the condition. "It's such a common condition, and there may be different flavors," they say.

By engaging at-risk men in Facebook discussion groups, researchers saw a boost in HIV awareness and prevention. The approach, they said, could work for other diseases as well.

Difficulty swallowing is a common side effect of radiation treatment, but a UCLA study shows that following a regimen of swallowing exercises can significantly minimize the problem.

UCLA researchers received four of the 12 CIRM grants to advance promising discoveries using stem cells; no other institution received more than one.

As a sports fan with expertise in biomechanical engineering, UCLA professor Vijay Gupta marvels at the efficient, effective way the human body is built. But the head wasn’t designed to withstand the shockwaves resulting from a collision with a 250-pound football player wearing a helmet.

A team led by Aydogan Ozcan has developed a smartphone add-on that would allow people at risk for diabetes, kidney disease and other ailments to test themselves instead of having to visit a doctor.

The research findings support the need to incorporate better diets and regular exercise, as opposed to concentrating on weight loss alone, to improve children's long-term well-being.

UCLA researchers found that each Part D patient, as well as the government, could save hundreds by substituting generic or therapeutic alternatives for brand-name drugs.

Developed by researchers at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine, the intervention takes a holistic, culturally sensitive approach.

Using an advanced MRI technique, researchers determined that elevated iron levels in the hippocampus were associated with the destruction of myelin and tissue damage characteristic of the disease.

Los Angeles Laker Jordan Farmar, a former Bruin, stopped by UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, to visit sick kids and cancer patients.

The awarding of $11.6 million in federal funding from the National Cancer Institute to enable a multidisciplinary group of UCLA scientists to continue their important prostate cancer research is just the latest in a string of "big hits" for the team.

The UCLA Specialized Program of Research Excellence team is a multidisciplinary group of scientists striving to find a cure for a cancer that will affect roughly one in six men.

The experimental treatment may also decrease the need for liver or intestinal transplants and lower the risk mortality in young patients suffering intestinal failure, UCLA researchers say.

"These findings suggest that even men with prostate cancer can take control of their disease and moderate its aggressiveness through diet and lifestyle choices," said UCLA's Lenore Arab.

The positive effects of creating websites and blogging were particularly strong for women in active medical treatment, most of whom had metastatic disease, UCLA researchers said.

The research could help show that saliva can be used to detect life-threatening diseases, including diabetes and cancers of the pancreas, breasts, ovaries and stomach.

Easily accessible through an online app, UCLA-developed research maps help neuroscientists quickly scan what is already known in their field and plan their next study.

The biennial survey, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is the largest amd most comprehensive state health survey in the nation.

The five-year grant will support UCLA scientists' interdisciplinary efforts to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of prostate cancer.

UCLA researchers have helped to uncover a biological link between schizophrenia and Fragile X syndrome, a disorder associated with intellectual impairment and autism.

UCLA researchers have found that a new treatment approach incorporating both cellular and gene therapies significantly reduced brain tumor size in a model system.