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Creating a pathway to practice for international medical graduates
A UCLA program helps doctors trained in Latin American countries and legally residing in the U.S. to become licensed family physicians here and work with underserved communities.
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Preventing dangerous blood clots
UC Irvine Health clinicians have developed novel strategies to prevent the condition, which is a leading cause of preventable deaths.
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A pathway to improving care
From improving medication management to providing a medical home for HIV patients, the University of California has taken steps to enhance care across its medical centers through a first-of-its-kind program.
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Improving medication management
UC Davis Medical Center has enhanced its medication management to reduce medication errors and improve patient care.
UC Berkeley |
Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
Researchers are developing screen displays that can compensate for a viewer's visual impairments to create sharp images without the need for corrective lenses.
UC San Francisco |
Healthy lifestyle may buffer against stress-related cell aging
A new study is the first to show that while the impact of life’s stressors accumulate over time and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and sleeping well.
UC San Francisco |
Stem cell discovery may make tissue regeneration more efficient
Work builds on a strategy that involves reprogramming adult cells back to an embryonic state in which they again have the potential to become any type of cell.
UC San Diego |
WIFIRE project helps firefighters get a jump on wildfires
New cyberinfrastructure system monitors and forecasts wildfire activity.
UCLA |
Three of four California children with mental health needs don't get treatment
Barriers to care persist, despite fact that 95 percent have health insurance.
UC Merced |
President Napolitano explores UC Merced-Yosemite partnership
Two-day visit provided an up-close look at UC Merced’s partnership with the neighboring national park.
UC Santa Cruz |
Cassini finds geysers on icy Saturn moon
Scientists on NASA's Cassini mission have identified 101 distinct geysers erupting on Saturn's small, icy moon Enceladus.
UC Santa Cruz |
Next-generation Thirty Meter Telescope to begin construction in Hawaii
The TMT has its roots at UC Santa Cruz, where astronomers have been working for years on the design of this powerful new telescope.