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UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital pediatrician named president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics
06/30/2020
Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, a nationally-known expert in childhood trauma and resilience and professor of pediatrics at UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, has been voted president-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

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UCLA Researchers find cryotherapy as an effective treatment for men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer
06/30/2020
UCLA researchers have found that hemi-gland cryoablation, or cryotherapy, is an effective, primary treatment for men with clinically-significant, or grade 2, prostate cancer.

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School HPV vaccine policies could result in higher vaccination rates, reduction in cancers
06/29/2020
Research brief: A study shows that the proportion of vaccinated adolescents is higher in most states that require students to receive the vaccine.

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Q&A: Why the LGBT community is at greater risk from COVID-19
06/25/2020
Kathryn O'Neill of UCLA's Williams Institute discusses how pre-existing health conditions, poverty and discrimination create a volatile mix.

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Nearly 2 million California adults don’t get needed mental health care
06/25/2020
A UCLA health policy brief recommends the expansion of Proposition 63 programs and services to address the unmet needs.

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States with the highest income inequality also experienced a larger number of COVID-19 deaths
06/25/2020
States with the highest level of income inequality had a larger number of COVID-19-related deaths compared with states with lower income inequality.

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UCLA survey seeks public opinion on allocating resources during COVID-19
06/25/2020
As California prepares for a potential surge of COVID-19, there is a pressing need to determine how critical care resources should be allocated, especially if there is an extreme shortage of those resources.

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Researchers use stem cells to model the immune response to COVID-19
06/23/2020
Two members of the UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center have received a grant for work that could be helpful in developing a vaccine.

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New technique allows scientists to measure mitochondrial respiration in frozen tissue
06/22/2020
Research brief: The advance could accelerate large-scale testing and diagnosis of people with genetic and metabolic disorders.

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A life-saving lung transplant at UCLA for patient who was turned away by more than 20 hospitals
06/22/2020
Dr. Abbas Ardehali said the success will provide valuable insights for other transplant programs.