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Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
UCLA Health offers free yoga therapy sessions
Accessible for all, the breath-focused practice helps cultivate relaxation.
August 29, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
'Like motor vehicle deaths, gun deaths are also preventable,' says American Academy of Pediatrics president
Dr. Moira Szilagyi, also a pediatrician with UCLA Health, testified at a gun violence legislation hearing after the mass shooting in Uvalde
August 22, 2022
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
Learning from disaster: UCLA mental health researchers offer insights on overcoming trauma
Lessons learned in trauma response have grown more important amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing plague of gun violence, and the increasing threat of climate-related disasters.
August 15, 2022
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5 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Back to school: Tips to help younger students have a successful first week
Structure and socialization skills are key, says UCLA Health’s Dr. Shilpa Baweja.
August 15, 2022
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4 min read
Behavioral Health
Back-to-school: Threats of shootings, COVID-19 add to mental health challenges
Today’s students are dealing with more than ever.
August 11, 2022
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5 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
How much sleep do you really need?
August 10, 2022
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4 min read
Behavioral Health
Back to school: Transitioning back to in-person interactions
Our reliance on technology for interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic might have complicated things
August 9, 2022
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
The four-year award, part of the NIH's BRAIN Initiative, will support the design, manufacturing and distribution of two types of new miniscopes that will allow scientists to peer much deeper into the brain.
August 5, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA researchers receive early career researcher awards from the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Katie Campbell, PhD, and Gabriel Abril Rodriguez, PhD, have been named early career researcher awardees by the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (PICI). Awardees pursue bold research through support from PICI’s world-class network of immunotherapy experts and research institutions, including UCLA, as well as access to leading-edge technology, informatics and clinical data.
July 27, 2022
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3 min read
News about UCLA Health,
Science & Research
UCLA researchers awarded Department of Defense funding to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes
A team led by Paul C Boutros, PhD, MBA and co-led by Huihui Ye, MD, MS, has been awarded over $2.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to support two projects that will use computational models and DNA sequencing to improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes.
July 22, 2022
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2 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA launches effort to expand its COVID test to detect other emerging viruses
UCLA Health is joining a new effort to increase the ability to quickly respond to emerging pathogens by creating the capability to detect all existing and new respiratory RNA viruses in a single test. The project is being funded by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)’s Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe), which leverages new authorities given under the 21st Century Cures Act.
July 21, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health,
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Homeless Healthcare Collaborative brings critical services to Los Angeles' unhoused population
July 21, 2022
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5 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA Health’s TechQuity Accelerator announces inaugural cohort advancing equitable innovations
The inaugural cohort of innovators has been selected to participate in UCLA Health’s new TechQuity Accelerator. The class represents pre-seed through Series A-stage companies that are championing health equity-driven innovations across the life sciences, spanning the medical device, digital health, diagnostic, and biopharma sectors.
July 20, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
News about UCLA Health
Pediatric Heart Transplant Program brings hope -- and hearts -- to UCLA's smallest patients
The team transplants 10 to 13 hearts in pediatric patients annually, with excellent survival rates
July 18, 2022
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6 min read
News about UCLA Health
New biomedical data science training program focuses on precision health equity
UCLA’s Institute for Precision Health and the Department of Computational Medicine have launched a new training program for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees to foster a diverse, interdisciplinary environment to learn to invent and develop computational approaches and tools to deliver on the promise of precision health for everyone.
July 18, 2022
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2 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Dial 988 for mental health assistance
Starting July 16, the new number will connect callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
July 13, 2022
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4 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
Body dysmorphia - what it is and what you need to know
July 7, 2022
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4 min read
Cancer,
News about UCLA Health
NEJM editorial by UCLA’s Sara Hurvitz: DESTINY-Breast04 results are ‘practice-changing’
A Phase 3 trial showing positive results for a drug given to breast cancer patients who have low levels of the HER2 protein is “immediately practice-changing,” UCLA’s Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, writes in an editorial published in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
July 6, 2022
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3 min read
Healthy Lifestyle,
Behavioral Health
How affirming someone's gender can change their life for the better
UCLA Health psychologist Jessica Bernacki has seen 'incredibly positive changes' for patients who receive gender-affirming care.
June 30, 2022
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4 min read
News about UCLA Health
UCLA receives Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
UCLA has received a $59 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The five-year award supports the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a research partnership among UCLA, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, the Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
June 29, 2022
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6 min read