A new analysis by researchers at UCLA Health found that mortality rates of middle-aged Black Americans caused by the “deaths of despair” -- suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease – surpassed the rate of white Americans in 2022.
8-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
A mutation in a protein regulating natural killer (NK) cells’ function is at the root of immune deficiency in some people with a rare genetic condition characterized by cognitive and developmental delay, seizures, and other manifestations. The...
8-Apr-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
A pilot study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators suggests that for people with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer, administrating an immunotherapy drug in combination with chemotherapy before surgery is safe...
3-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Add to Favorites
Study finds that lonely women experienced increased activation in regions of the brain associated with food cravings.
2-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Add to Favorites
Women with serious mental illness (SMI) who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy face gaps in information, support and resources in mental health services. The findings highlight the need to integrate pregnancy and parenting interventions,...
3-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, a professor of neurology at UCLA Health, has been awarded the 2024 John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research in recognition of her outstanding contributions to multiple sclerosis research and treatment.
2-Apr-2024 3:00 AM EDT
Add to Favorites
HERSTORY is focused on understanding genetic, environmental, socio-economic, and other determinants of cancer in women with a family history of the disease.
27-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Add to Favorites
The results of a UCLA study suggest that using CXCL9 and CXCL10-producing dendritic cells alongside immunotherapy can be a promising strategy to overcome treatment resistance and improve clinical outcomes for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Add to Favorites
11-Apr-2024 2:45 PM EDT
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
7-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
2-Feb-2024 4:15 PM EST
4-Jan-2024 3:00 PM EST
20-Dec-2023 6:05 PM EST
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
Welcome to the UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations newsroom! The UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations team can help to identify the best sources for your stories about UCLA patient care, research and education.
UCLA's innovation, dedication, and ability to re-imagine medicine are having a profound effect on the healing arts all around the world. These scientific breakthroughs are due in large part to UCLA Health Sciences faculty, researchers, doctors, nurses and staff.
We can help you find expert comment for breaking medical, science and health policy stories. The team has access to pager numbers, cell phones and assistants to help you reach the right people when you are on tight deadlines. Media relations officers also can provide complete logistical support for broadcast and photography shoots, and serve as field producers for video or radio interviews, and for video B-roll and photographs.
Enrique Rivero
|
 |
310-267-7120 |
Simi Singer
|
|
310-319-4349 |
Evelyn Tokuyama
|
|
|
David Sampson
|
|
|
Carla Denly
|
|
3108256738 |
Tiare Dunlap
|
|
3102068367 |
Phil Hampton
|
|
|
Nick Kazden
|
|
310-206-8367 |
Judy Fortin
|
|
424 465 4960 |
Leo Smith
|
|
|
Denise Heady
|
|
310-948-3691 |
Will Houston
|
|
|
Maanasi Kademani |
|
|
Kelsie Sandoval |
|
|
Fielding School |
|
|
Ani Vahradyan
|
|
|
Vanessa Villafuerte
|
|
|
Linda Wang
|
|
310.429.9102 |
RSS
Medicine keyboard_arrow_right
Sciencekeyboard_arrow_right
Life keyboard_arrow_right
Business keyboard_arrow_right
Journal News keyboard_arrow_right
By Location keyboard_arrow_right
Meetings, Grants, and Events keyboard_arrow_right
