Reuters | 
'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines
Programs that try to get employees to become healthier and reduce medical costs have a limited effect on either.
San Francisco Chronicle | 
A crusade against sugar
UCSF researcher\'s new book casts the sweet stuff as a toxic contributor to obesity.
San Francisco Chronicle | 
UCSF links key dementia protein, brain traumas
Prions, long studied by UCSF professor and Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer's and other dementias. Now they're linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans and in the brain damage of athletes who have suffered repeated concussions.
UCLA | 
Geffen's $100M gift for medical students
Donation will fully fund costs for select students; with previous gift, it makes David Geffen the largest individual donor in the history of UCLA.
UCLA | 
Drug combo better at preventing HIV transmission
A two- or three-drug combination given to infants of HIV-positive mothers within 48 hours of birth cut infection rates to half of what was achieved with AZT alone.
UC San Francisco | 
Researchers identify potential HIV vaccine target
Study of simian immunodeficiency virus yields insight into varied reaction to virus in humans.
UC Davis | 
Baby formula may have long-term effect on health
Formula-fed infants experience metabolic stress that puts them at risk for obesity, diabetes and other health problems.
UC San Francisco  | 
Changes urged for cancer screening and treatment
Panel recommends new, personalized strategies to reduce overtreatment of malignancies
UC San Francisco  | 
Brain pathway may control addiction relapse
Link between memory and cravings appears to hold sway over addiction relapse.
UC Riverside | 
Sleep linked to emotional memory
Researchers pinpoint mechanism that consolidates information for long-term memory.
UCLA | 
Antihistamines may increase pregnancy risks for women with severe morning sickness
Antihistamines used as nausea remedy may carry risk of premature birth, low birth weight.
UCLA Today | 
UCLA nursing school clinic fights spread of TB on skid row
Team from UCLA's nursing school expands testing among LA's homeless.