UC Irvine |

Robots help stroke victims rehab

Patients regain motor control through technology developed by an engineering grad student.

UC Santa Barbara |

How your diet affects climate change

You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. Healthier people mean not only less disease but also reduced greenhouse gas emissions from health care.

UCSF |

When the Dalai Lama asks you to make an app...

Inspired by her work with the spiritual leader, Eve Ekman has created an app to help health care workers avoid burnout.

UC Merced |

Researcher tracking teens who attempted suicide

New grant will support study of long-term outcomes to help them live healthier, happier lives.

UC Berkeley |

Deep sleep may act as a fountain of youth

The real thing (not pill-induced sedation) can ward off mental and physical ailments.

UC San Francisco |

Safety in numbers: Project reduces radiation doses

UC project finds roadmap to improve patient safety in radiation exposure.

UCLA |

UCLA develops artificial thymus that produces cancer-fighting cells

This could be an important step for treating many different types of cancer.

UCLA |

Daughter, father celebrate 50-year milestone of kidney transplant at UCLA

Denice Lombard was 13 when her father donated a kidney to save her life.

UCSF |

Race ranks higher than pounds in diabetes, heart health risks

South Asians, Hispanics of normal weight most likely to have high glucose, hypertension.

UC Merced via The Conversation |

Can the study of epigenomics lead to personalized cancer treatment?

Chemical modifications that do not change our DNA but can affect gene activity are a new tool for biomedicine.

UC San Diego |

Better than Prozac?

A mouse study identifies a new method for treating depression.

UCSF |

First binational health forum held as part of the UC-Mexico Initiative

The landmark summit focused on health issues relevant to Mexico and the US, with special attention to California.