Health Sciences

This full-day symposium for health professionals and the general public will highlight the latest breakthroughs in research and evidence-based treatment for autism spectrum disorders.

Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire.

Approximately 100 Harley-Davidson enthusiasts will caravan to deliver hundreds of holiday gifts for pediatric patients at UCLA.

Scientists found that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating the brain may reorganize itself in order to adapt to sensory loss.

Just as fly paper captures insects, a new device developed by UCLA researchers can grab cancer cells in the blood.

The center will be part of a program that has the potential to improve response times, treatments and overall outcomes for those who suffer a stroke in Los Angeles County.

The symposium will explore the impact of recent nanotechnology developments in health and medicine.

Researchers found that over a 16-year time-span, disability among those in their 60s increased between 40 and 70 percent in several areas.