When Danny Bender awoke the morning after undergoing refractive surgery to improve his eyesight, things around him suddenly came into focus.

While USC-UCLA Global Health Awareness Week seeks to educate a wide pool of students about the plight of global urban communities, it also incites active service from students within the more immediate Los Angeles community.

A recently published UCLA study has identified interactions between genetics and environment that may affect disease susceptibility among individuals.

From its five swimming pools to its massive medical center and 419-acre campus, UCLA consumes 2.4 millions gallons of water per day, totalling an expense of $6 million a year, said Tova Lelah, assistant director of Campus and Environmental Planning.

With its medication Adderall sometimes abused by students as a means of more focused study, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a chronic condition is misunderstood in the nonprofessional realm.

As the single most preventable cause of death in the United States, tobacco stands as health research’s greatest adversary.

As the No. 1 cancer diagnosis among American women, breast cancer has created a vast web of affected mothers, daughters, sisters and grandmothers.

Color variety in consumed foods, rather than a monochromatic diet, is essential for maintaining proper nutrition.

To Susan Smalley, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, the mind is like a seesaw.

With the sun as a pervasive symbol of Southern California culture and activity, tanning beds are just as much a part of summer as are beach balls and barbecues.