Exposure to the once-common pesticide before birth slowed the metabolism of female mice and lowered their tolerance of cold temperature. This increased their likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome and its host of related conditions.

From improving medication management to providing a medical home for HIV patients, the University of California has taken steps to enhance care across its medical centers through a first-of-its-kind program.

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.

Work builds on a strategy that involves reprogramming adult cells back to an embryonic state in which they again have the potential to become any type of cell.

Barriers to care persist, despite fact that 95 percent have health insurance.

Electronic consultation program between primary care physicians and specialists aims to reduce unnecessary in-person appointments, improve patient outcomes and lower costs.

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.

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.

UC Irvine Health clinicians have developed novel strategies to prevent the condition, which is a leading cause of preventable deaths.

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

Cognitive impairment may have more to do with such factors as socioeconomic status and less to do with race or ethnicity.

'Complete food' for infants could lead to supplements that boost immunity for cancer patients, the elderly and children in the developing world.