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Artists rendering of brain
Science & Research

UCLA neurologists find elevated levels of specific immune cell in Alzheimer’s disease patients

Finding the cells may be a first step in developing new targeted therapies.
March 13, 2024   |  
6 min read
Narcotics and pill bottle
Science & Research

Safe disposal of narcotics is key to reducing children's opioid deaths

Parents and caregivers need more than an education program and disposal bins to remove leftover drugs after a child’s surgery, a new study finds.
March 11, 2024   |  
5 min read
Roger Lo
Cancer,
Science & Research

Cancer researchers awarded $3.2 million grant to find better ways to treat advanced melanoma

A team of investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute was awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
March 11, 2024   |  
3 min read
Doctors in ER
Science & Research
Dr. Liz Barnert
Science & Research

Dr. Liz Barnert honored by Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine

Dr. Liz Barnert, a pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been honored by the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine with the 2024 Southern California Regional Chapter Recognition Award.
March 7, 2024   |  
2 min read
grid of brain scans
Science & Research

Non-invasive epilepsy therapy offers personalized treatment for each ‘seizure fingerprint’

Responsive neurostimulation is allowing UCLA specialists to treat — and study — drug-resistant epilepsy
March 6, 2024   |  
4 min read
Digital stain
Science & Research

UCLA Unveils AI-Powered Autopsy Tissue-Staining Method Using Deep Learning

A UCLA research team has developed a new technique to digitally process and stain autopsy tissue using artificial intelligence.
March 4, 2024   |  
3 min read
Fitness myth image
Healthy Lifestyle
Group of high school students
Science & Research

High school students can experience scientific discovery in UCLA labs

For nearly 15 years, the UCLA Physiology Outreach Program has brought high school students into the laboratories of UCLA researchers to experience scientific discovery for themselves. 
March 4, 2024   |  
5 min read
Dr. Anne Moscicki
Cancer,
Science & Research

UCLA professor honored by Society of Pediatric Research

Dr. Anna-Barbara Moscicki, professor of pediatrics at UCLA, has been honored with the Society for Pediatric Research’s 2024 Douglas K. Richardson Award for Perinatal and Pediatric Healthcare Research. 
March 4, 2024   |  
2 min read
throat tumor illustration
Cancer,
Science & Research

Researchers uncover a potential genetic marker associated with better survival outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer

Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center discovered a gene usually linked to giant axonal neuropathy, a rare neurological condition, also plays a role in inhibiting aggressive tumor cell growth in head and neck cancers.
February 29, 2024   |  
3 min read
Pancreas
Ask the Doctors,
Cancer,
Science & Research

Researchers use AI to detect pancreatic cancer sooner

A dear friend was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was so advanced, he died just a month later. I recently saw a discussion on television about using AI to detect pancreatic cancer early, while it is still curable. How would that work?
February 26, 2024   |  
3 min read
Illustration of women's cardiac event symptoms
Healthy Lifestyle
An older woman sits on the floor while meditating.
Behavioral Health,
Science & Research
Mikel Whittier, clockwise from top left, Dr. Evelyn Curtis, DeAndre Guyton and Dr. Shatara Townes discuss the keys to health justice, during a Black History Month program. (Photo by Sandy Cohen)
Healthy Lifestyle
Weighing scale in doctors office
Healthy Lifestyle

As Ozempic use skyrockets, UCLA’s program for reducing obesity sees rapid growth

Ozempic and Wegovy may not be the silver bullets we hoped for, especially for the patients most at need.
February 22, 2024   |  
4 min read