During his first battle with thyroid cancer, Christopher Murphy had to pay his medical expenses out of his own pocket because he lacked health insurance.

UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez this month became the first woman to win the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for her work in astronomy.

In Greek mythology, the name Artemis refers to the goddess of the moon who looked after her mother right after birth and is seen as the protector and nurturer of the young.

Lauren Carr, a member of UCLA’s club soccer team, was playing in her first game of the season when she felt her left knee pop.

That pop, as it turned out, was a torn anterior cruciate ligament ““ an injury that can bench an athlete for more than a year, said Dr. Gerald Finerman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and director of intercollegiate sports medicine.

President Barack Obama will speak at a Move America Forward rally today at the University of Southern California’s Doheny Memorial Library.

Divorced and with no health insurance, Francesca Capasso felt hopeless.

As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol.

Getting sick is the last thing on most students’ minds as they move into their new dorms for the year.

But the close proximity students have with one another while living in communal residences inevitably spreads diseases, said Susan Quillan, director of clinical services at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center.

However, there are preventive measures students can take to minimize the risk of getting sick.

The five most common diseases students face while living in communal housing are described below, along with prevention strategies and treatment options.

UCLA’s 13th annual Science Poster Day, which brings together hundreds of undergraduate student researchers of all fields of science, will be held today in Ackerman Grand Ballroom.

Although hair loss is attributed to genetics, health professionals believe stress can exacerbate hair loss by triggering the release of certain hormones in the body which can damage hair follicles.