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Regrowing hair: UCLA-VA researchers may have accidentally discovered a solution
— 17 Feb 2011 18:03 | HealthIt has been long known that stress plays a part not just in the greying of hair but in hair loss as well. Over the years, numerous hair-restoration remedies have emerged, ranging from…
UCLA Neurology plays key role in assessing stroke rehabilitation
— 14 Feb 2011 15:15 | HealthIn the largest stroke rehabilitation study ever conducted in the United States, stroke patients who had physical therapy at home improved their ability to walk just as well as those…
Kids with ADHD much more likely to develop substance abuse problems as they age
— 12 Feb 2011 20:07 | HealthChildren with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are two to three times more likely than children without the disorder to develop serious substance abuse problems in adolescence…
Most stroke patients don't get clot-busting treatment in timely manner, study finds
— 11 Feb 2011 17:00 | HealthEvery minute counts after the onset of a stroke. The more time that elapses before a patient receives an intravenous drug to help break up the clot that is blocking a blood vessel in…
Mini or massive? For turtles and tortoises, it all depends on where you live
— 2 Feb 2011 16:13 | BiologyBiologists from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences have reported the first quantitative evidence for an evolutionary link between habitat and body size in turtles and tortoises…
UCLA researchers eliminate major roadblock in regenerative medicine
— 26 Jan 2011 19:16 | HealthIn regenerative medicine, large supplies of safe and reliable human embryonic stem (hES) cells are needed for implantation into patients, but the field has faced challenges in developing…
Health care reform can help align preventive care recommendations with Medicare coverage
— 18 Jan 2011 16:05 | HealthHealth care reform should be able to mend a disconnect that has existed between the recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), a task force charged by the…
Why coffee protects against diabetes
— 13 Jan 2011 16:18 | HealthCoffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really…
New UCLA-designed microscope records firing of thousands of individual neurones in 3-D
— 12 Jan 2011 17:31 | HealthSome disorders of the brain are obvious - the massive death of brain cells after a stroke, the explosion in the growth of cells that marks a tumour. Other disorders, such as autism,…
Protein thought to protect against oxidative stress also promotes clogging of arteries
— 10 Jan 2011 19:42 | HealthUCLA researchers have found that a protein that plays an important role in some antioxidant therapies may not be as effective due to additional mechanisms that cause it to promote atherosclerosis,…