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seasonal affective disorder
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Light box therapy one treatment plan for SAD

Each year when we switch away from daylight saving time, I get that SAD thing. I start feeling low and eventually get depressed. Why does that happen? I've read there are special lights that can help and would like to know more about that.
January 17, 2024   |  
3 min read
Electronic medical record
Science & Research

New database of more than 83,000 surgical outcomes aimed at advancing research and training artificial intelligence algorithms now online

A team of researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine have created a unique repository of electronic health record data and high-fidelity physiological waveform data from tens of thousands of surgeries that will integrate artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes.
January 16, 2024   |  
4 min read
Doctor typing on computer
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Physical activity can increase antibodies after vaccines

Ask the Doctors monthly letters column answers questions regarding vaccines, sleep medications, and caffeine.
January 15, 2024   |  
3 min read
A young person holding an older person in a wheelchair by the hand
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Ultrasound treatment can help with essential tremor

I am considering an ultrasound treatment for essential tremor, which has affected my hands and also my voice. Can you please talk about tremor and about how this procedure works? Will it also help the tremor in my voice?
January 12, 2024   |  
3 min read
Cancer diagnosis and treatment can often leave survivors feeling like strangers in their own bodies, says Madeline Elia, LCSW, a counselor with the Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology.
Cancer

Simms Mann virtual workshop to focus on women’s sexual health, body image after cancer

You’re not broken because you went through changes.
January 12, 2024   |  
2 min read
scientist in a lab
Science & Research

Semen microbiome health may impact male fertility

January 12, 2024   |  
2 min read
Illustration of human anatomy chest and torso area
Science & Research

Study reveals new connection between impaired autophagy and heart failure

A new study sheds light on how autophagy, the body’s process for removing damaged cell parts, when impaired, can play a role in causing heart failure.
January 11, 2024   |  
3 min read
Radiotherapy
Cancer,
Science & Research

High-dose radiotherapy with chemotherapy effective in treating people with non-small cell lung cancer

A UCLA study shows that using high doses of radiation while integrating an ablative radiotherapy technique concurrently with chemotherapy is safe and effective in treating locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer that is not suitable for surgery.
January 11, 2024   |  
5 min read
Drinks
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Time is the best cure for a hangover

I always thought that you get a hangover from drinking too much. But when I have a single mixed drink, or sometimes even just one glass of wine, I wake up feeling nauseated and with a bad headache. What causes a hangover? Is there a cure?
January 10, 2024   |  
3 min read
e-scooter crash
Science & Research

Hospitalizations for scooter injuries nearly tripled in the U.S. between 2016 and 2020, UCLA-led research finds

Scooter injuries nearly tripled across the U.S. from 2016 to 2020, with a concurrent increase in severe injuries requiring orthopedic and plastic surgery over the same period.
January 9, 2024   |  
3 min read
Digital map
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Navigating can help increase brain health

My wife and I have a running argument with our kids about GPS. We enjoy maps and use them to plan our routes. Our kids call us old-fashioned and always use GPS. I just read that can erode your spatial skills. Is that true? If so, maybe it will persuade them to use a map.
January 8, 2024   |  
3 min read
OxyContin
Science & Research

About 22 high school age adolescents died each week from overdoses in 2022, driven by fentanyl-laced prescription pills

An average of 22 adolescents 14 to 18 years of age died in the U.S. each week in 2022 from drug overdoses, raising the death rate for this group to 5.2 per 100,000-- driven by fentanyl in counterfeit pills
January 8, 2024   |  
4 min read
second lung cancer blog
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle

Second lung cancer in lung cancer survivors: What you need to know

Lung cancer survivors are at risk of developing new second lung cancers (unrelated to the previous cancer). Understanding your risk can be lifesaving.
January 8, 2024   |  
4 min read
Fly transmitting diseases
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It’s debatable if flies can pass H. pylori

In your recent column about gastritis, you didn't mention the possibility of getting H. pylori from flies. I was diagnosed with H. pylori decades ago, and soon after I saw a video in the doctor's waiting room about its connection to flies. I now go to war with any flies in the house.
January 5, 2024   |  
3 min read
Health care worker in treatment area
Science & Research
Neural stem cells under a microscope
Science & Research

UCLA study unveils key mechanisms driving stem cell aging

A study by UCLA scientists has uncovered significant insights into stem cell aging, specifically in neural stem and progenitor cells (NSPCs) in the mouse brain.
January 4, 2024   |  
2 min read
pancreatic cancer risk blog
Cancer,
Healthy Lifestyle

Do you know the risk factors for pancreatic cancer?

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed when it’s advanced and hard to treat. Knowing the risk factors may help you identify it early when it’s most treatable.
January 3, 2024   |  
5 min read
Digestive diseases
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Resistant starches newest thing in gut microbiome talk

I've been learning about the gut microbiome, and the terminology keeps changing. I understand probiotics. Then came prebiotics and postbiotics, which I think I finally get. But now people are talking about resistant starch. What is it, and why is it important?
January 3, 2024   |  
3 min read
Bottles in the UCLA Health orthopedics lab
Science & Research

UCLA orthopedic surgeon designs customizable solution for infection prevention

The antimicrobial coating for orthopedic implants can be prepared in the operating room in less than 10 minutes.
January 3, 2024   |  
4 min read
Stem cell research
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Research being conducted on using stem cells to treat diabetes

My 11-year-old granddaughter was recently hospitalized for two days and diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. This came as a shock. Her cord blood has been stored since her birth. Is there any way it can be used to help with this disease?
January 1, 2024   |  
3 min read