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Long COVID patients report improvements following self-regulation therapy, study finds

A new UCLA-led study suggests that some people living with long COVID may be able to alleviate certain symptoms by using short-term, self-regulating therapies.
13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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 to...
11-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Women’s heart attack symptoms are often missed by first responders – new training program launches to address the problem

A new training protocol to assist first responders in recognizing and responding to symptoms of heart events in women is being rolled out.
29-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Specific brain support cells can regulate behaviors involved in some human psychiatric disorders

UCLA Health researchers have discovered a group of specialized support cells in the brain that can regulate behaviors associated with human neuropsychiatric disorders.
29-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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 show for the first time that a gene usually linked to giant axonal neuropathy, a rare and severe neurological condition, also plays a role in inhibiting aggressive tumor cell...
27-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Yoga provides unique cognitive benefits to older women at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds

A new UCLA Health study found Kundalini yoga provided several benefits to cognition and memory for older women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease including restoring neural pathways, preventing brain matter decline and reversing aging and...
26-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Colorectal cancer now leading cause of cancer death in men younger than 50 and second leading cause of cancer death in women under 50 – but this is a cancer that is largely preventable

Folasade May, MD, PhD, UCLA Health cancer prevention researcher and gastroenterologist, is available for interview on a variety of topics during colorectal cancer awareness month.
22-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST

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Caring for loved ones with dementia, Alzheimer's disease during the holidays

UCLA Health dementia care specialists say caregiving and holiday festivities do not have to be mutually exclusive, but do require some adaptations to make the season enjoyable for all.
19-Dec-2023 7:05 PM EST

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