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.
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Expanding access to specialty care

Electronic consultation program between primary care physicians and specialists aims to reduce unnecessary in-person appointments, improve patient outcomes and lower costs.
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Providing a medical home for HIV patients

At UC San Diego Health System, a multidisciplinary approach to HIV care management is improving outcomes for patients. This approach could be a model for chronic care management for others.
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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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Improving medication management

UC Davis Medical Center has enhanced its medication management to reduce medication errors and improve patient care.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Recently identified molecule could lead to new tendon repair

Scientists study cell-density signaling complex linked to collagen production.
UC San Diego |

Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'

UC San Diego-led study suggests that parents often do not recognize the potential health consequences of weight gain
UCLA |

Low-income students in high-performing schools less likely to engage in risky behaviors

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help improve health outcomes.
UC Santa Barbara |

This is your brain on drugs

With a $1 million award from the Keck Foundation, scientists at UC Santa Barbara will research who could be more vulnerable to addiction.
UC San Diego |

Acute glaucoma found to be an inflammatory disease

Acute form of the eye disease accounts for almost half of all cases of glaucoma in parts of Asia.
UCLA |

Mother's place of birth is a risk factor for autism in U.S.-born children

Study finds that when compared with children born to white American mothers, offspring of foreign-born women were more likely to have the disorder.