Study shows sweets, not calories, are culprits in cardiovascular pre-conditions.

$27.8 million grant award will facilitate multicenter clinical trials, expand efforts to involve patients in studies evaluating rare diseases.

Researchers map how the Zika virus infects the developing fetus.

Five first-generation students earn degrees and pursue a life of public service through UC.

UC San Diego program to use financial incentives to provide needy households with more produce.

Inaugural class of four will lead grant-supported tobacco research and cessation projects over the next year.

Spurred by three decades of momentum and fresh funding, new tactics aim at ending - not just treating - the disease.

Findings could lead to promising new treatments for people with glioblastoma.

Water dispensers, cups encourage school children to drink more, study shows.

UC Davis studies how shifts in brain function due to deafness could be used to improve hearing aids.

UCSF-UC Berkeley effort provides a deeper understanding of what is needed on the streets.

Study lends support to idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness may be driving obesity epidemic.