Compared to equal amounts of starch, sugar sweetened calories present cardiometabolic risk.
UC Davis |
Soda found to be uniquely harmful
UC Newsroom |
How basic research on jellyfish led to an unexpected scientific revolution
From destined for the drain to winning a Nobel Prize.
UCSF |
Over-the-counter allergy drug helps patients with chronic injury from multiple sclerosis
Clinical trial shows FDA-approved antihistamine restores nervous system function in MS patients.
UCLA |
Physician, feed thyself
Future doctors and nurses learn what nutrition really means to help patients down the line.
UC Newsroom |
Innovations in patient care boost health outcomes — and the bottom line
UC Health investment in testing innovative approaches is paying off.
UC Irvine and UC Davis |
How exercise influences health
UC researchers take part in national study to identify molecules that contribute to improved health.
UC Newsroom |
How to break the junk food habit
Sugar may be addictive, but you can break free.
UC Newsroom |
UC initiative to spur Alzheimer's disease research
Grants to UC scientists will fund early proof-of-concept clinical trials for potential treatments for disorder.
UC San Francisco |
Big ideas in health and science for 2016
UC San Francisco experts predict areas that will see major advances, and where basic science will be translating into real treatments.
UC San Francisco |
A CRISPR approach to neurodegenerative diseases
Martin Kampman, recipient of the Byers Award for outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers, describes how using CRISPR to tackle neurodegenerative diseases is yielding new treatments.
UCLA |
New research reveals alarming decline in U.S. children’s health
Finding rising mortality, chronic illness and other challenges, a comprehensive new study shows U.S. children and teens nearly twice as likely to die as their peers in 18 other high-income countries.
UC Newsroom |
7 world-changing UC innovations that emerged from federal research funding
From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.