UC San Francisco | 
I’m a stroke doctor. Here’s how I reduce my own risk
Poverty, stress, limited access to healthy foods and certain medical conditions up the ante – especially in women. For this UC San Francisco neurologist, it’s personal.
UC Newsroom | 
Looking to learn something new in 2025? UC has you covered.
Throughout California, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources offers practical, hands-on education in a range of useful skills, from fending off garden pests to freezing surplus food.
UC Davis Health | 
LA fires are producing hazardous smoke: How to protect yourself
Smoke and ash from urban wildfires, like those in Los Angeles, may put people at risk of short- and long-term health problems.
UC San Francisco | 
4 ways artificial intelligence is poised to transform medicine
AI can compare thousands of images to uncover dangerous patterns, create ultra-high resolution scans from low-res images and see what the human eye misses.
UC Riverside | 
Will you keep your New Year’s resolutions?
A psychologist shares his thoughts on how to make your resolutions last.
UC San Diego | 
Neural stem cell transplantation shows promise for treating chronic spinal cord injury
Researchers have demonstrated the long-term safety and feasibility of neural stem cell transplantation for treating chronic spinal cord injuries. 
UC Newsroom | 
UC awards $15.5M in research grants to tackle big questions in health, AI, agriculture and climate justice
Researchers will gather better data on maternal health, test new ways of filtering ‘forever’ chemicals from wastewater and work with California schools to protect students from extreme heat.
UC San Diego | 
The science of shopping
UC San Diego neuroeconomist Uma Karmarkar explains what happens in the brain when we buy. 
UC Davis | 
Probiotics and prebiotics: hype or health?
A closer look at the proliferation of probiotics with Maria Marco, a microbiologist and professor in the department of food science and technology at UC Davis.
UCLA | 
Generation Z wants to be safe, UCLA study finds
Being kind to others, self-acceptance and having fun are also goals for 10- to 24-year-olds surveyed across the U.S. in a UCLA study.
UC Newsroom | 
Why some concussions are worse than others
Find out what happens to your brain when you get a concussion, and why you might want to think twice before signing your kid up for certain sports.
UC San Diego | 
Making vision-restoring whole eye transplants a reality
Technologies developed by UC San Diego and Scripps Research teams will map the human eye-brain connectome, extend the lifespan of the revived human eye, and help regenerate and monitor the optic nerve after a whole eye transplant