We could almost thank our parents for straight As or blame them for low standardized test scores, meaning that a big portion of our intellectual ability comes from our parents, according to research by Paul Thompson in the UCLA Department of Neurology.

Though some blame the media for portraying images that encourage thin bodies and abnormal attitudes about diet and exercise, UCLA research shows the primary cause of eating disorders cannot be fully blamed on environmental factors.

Fundraising on campus and service trips abroad are some of the ways UCLA Global Medical Training participants can volunteer to help developing countries that lack sufficient health care.

Southern California wildfires have been occurring year-round and similar trends are expected in the upcoming year.

Dr. Dennis Slamon’s discovery of the drug Herceptin about two decades ago at a UCLA laboratory has made its way into a nationally televised movie.

A middle-aged patient timidly shows her bulging and bleeding gums to a dentist, gripping the reclined chair and shutting her eyes, trying to distract herself from the reality of being at the dentist

The Gonda Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center will host an all-day public symposium for its 10th anniversary tomorrow in the Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium.

For Josh Neman, a sixth-year pre-doctoral fellow at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, searching for medical and research experience was not easy as a UCLA pre-medicine undergraduate.

Before ending up in last night’s salad, a lettuce head undergoes a long and rough journey.

Misty Richards, a UCLA alumna who graduated in 2003, was awarded the Fulbright scholarship in March and will use the award to study in Japan in the fall.