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AACR: Progress treating pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy for head and neck cancers, potential biomarker for aggressive neuroendocrine carcinomas and more

The annual meeting will feature more than 40 regular, late-breaking and clinical trial abstracts from UCLA physicians and scientists, who will present their latest work in key areas of translational and basic scientific research, including new...
25-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New vaccine against a highly fatal tropical disease – and potential bioterror weapon – demonstrates efficacy in animal studies

A vaccine against the bacterium that causes melioidosis was highly protective against the disease, which is endemic in many tropical areas, causing approximately 165,000 cases with 89,000 fatalities around the world each year. It is so dangerous...
21-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Adding ribociclib to hormone therapy reduces the risk of breast cancer recurrence

A new treatment approach that combines a targeted therapy drug with hormone therapy significantly increased the amount of time a person with stage 2 or 3 HR-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer lives without the cancer returning, according to...
20-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Text nudges can increase uptake of COVID-19 boosters– if they play up a sense of ownership of the vaccine

Text nudges encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which had proven effective in prior real-world field tests, are also effective at prompting people to get a booster. The key in both cases is to include in the text a sense of ownership in...
18-Mar-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Attacking metastatic prostate cancer early with combination treatment approach improves outcomes in preliminary study

A team of UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators has shown the combination of a short course of powerful and intense hormonal therapy with targeted radiation is safe and effective in treating people with prostate cancer that...
18-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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UCLA Health Taps Dr. Priscilla Hsue as Chief of the Cardiology Division

The UCLA Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that Priscilla Hsue, MD will be joining us as the chief of the Division of Cardiology at UCLA, effective July 1, 2024.
14-Mar-2024 2:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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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


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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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