4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (974+ words) Returning to the classroom at the start of the school year can bring heightened anxiety for many students, but for some, these feelings can become particularly overwhelming. “This can often lead to school refusal, which is when a child expresses…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) UCLA Health Mansoureh Eghbali, professor in the department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at UCLA, has received a four-year R01 grant of $2,127,176 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the role of the miR98 molecule in myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury during…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (697+ words) uclahealth.org...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (678+ words) The UCLA Head Start program serving families in the San Fernando Valley is using an innovative way to extend its reach into the community. UCLA’s new “Head Start on Wheels” is a mobile classroom that brings Head Start learning and…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (776+ words) For doctors caring for pregnant patients with diabetes, management does not end at delivery. UCLA Health maternal-fetal medicine specialists Christina S. Han, MD, and Kimberly Zien Huynh, MD, emphasize that the postpartum period represents a critical opportunity to identify longterm metabolic…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1091+ words) Lauren Rose has a small tattoo of a hummingbird in flight on her right arm, a constant reminder of her son Austin, who was stillborn at 38 weeks. In bird lore, hummingbirds are said to be a loved one dropping in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) The UC Women of Ortho are a group of orthopaedic leaders from five University of California campuses (UCSF, UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine) who support the development of women's leadership in the field of orthopaedic surgery and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1213+ words) Or jump to search for: In the last two decades, physicians have seen children increasingly struggle with the basic aspects of movement: coordination, balance and agility. It stems from a loss in neuromuscular control, the communication loop between the brain…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (312+ words) Or jump to search for: UCLA Health researchers are seeking to develop a new wearable technology to catch one of the earliest but often overlooked signs of autism and other developmental conditions in infants. Supported by a $3.1 million grant from…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (308+ words) Or jump to search for: Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are significantly more likely to suffer escalating psychological distress compared to their peers, according to new research by UCLA Health....