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Pick the best cereal for you

So many cereals out there, and only one breakfast! We help you pick the most nutritious -- and yummiest -- kinds out of the hundreds available.

Trust your memory? Bad idea

You probably feel pretty attached to your memories -- they're yours after all. But one conversation with Elizabeth Loftus may shake your confidence about everything you think you remember.

Sea slugs help win Nobel Prize

Neuroscientists love Aplysia. They are a type of sea slug that grows to be about a foot long. With only 20,000 nerve cells -- compared with about 100 billion found in the human brain -- Aplysia are the perfect lab[…]

Teen singer in viral video dies

Zach Sobiech, 18, passed away this morning, surrounded by family and loved ones.

Teen featured in viral video dies

Zach Sobiech, 18, passed away this morning, surrounded by family and loved ones.

A Backyard Chef's Guide to Healthier Grilling

Getting your family and friends together for a barbeque is one of the perks of the season, but backyard chefs should beware: some research suggests that cooking meats at very high temperatures creates chemicals (heterocyclic amines, or HAs) that may[…]

FDA Approves Xofigo for Advanced Prostate Cancer

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Xofigo (radium-223 dichloride) to treat certain men with advanced prostate cancer. It is intended for men whose cancer has spread (metastasized) only to their bones and who have already received treatment[…]

Society-Funded Research Investigates Earliest Stages of Breast Cancer Metastasis

Society-Funded Researcher Studies Aromatase Inhibitors and Joint Pain

Genetics Promise Advancements for the Future of Cancer Treatment

Researchers have been working for years to understand the genetic changes that lead to cancer. One type of changes are called mutations and can cause cells to grow out of control. Sometimes, the gene mutations that can lead to cancer[…]

VIDEO: New Drug Gives Hope to Breast Cancer Survivor

Celeste Mills is the first cancer patient in the country to try the drug treatment Kadcyla. After fighting metastatic breast cancer for 14 years, Mills completed a clinical trial at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. In this two-part Hallmark video interview,[…]

"Taste for a Cure" Signature Event Raises More Than $780,000

Joe Cohen and Dr. Judith GassonMore than $780,000 was raised at the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s 18th annual signature fundraising event, "Taste for a Cure," held April 26, 2013 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The money will support highest priority[…]

UCLA Researchers Find Scientific Basis for Cognitive Complaints in Post-Treatment Breast Cancer Patients

UCLA researchers led by Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor of health policy and management at the Fielding School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the David[…]

UCLA Simms/Mann Center Director Receives Outstanding Clinical Care Award

Anne Coscarelli, Ph.D., director of the Simms/Mann–UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology and member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) was awarded the Outstanding Clinical Care Award for 2013 by the American Psychosocial Oncology Society in February. She is the[…]

Breast Cancer Drug Receives Breakthrough Designation from FDA

Dr. Dennis Slamon Dr. Richard FinnAn experimental drug investigated for the treatment of advanced breast cancer by researchers from the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) today received “Breakthrough Therapy” designation by...

How Well Does Your Doctor Communicate with You?

Patients' complaints about doctors are finally being taken seriously, as poor communication is increasingly understood to be at the root of many of health care’s failures—and a leading culprit in rising costs. Research shows that when doctors don’t listen to[…]

How Companies Can Foster Healthy Employees

Many employers offer wellness programs to contain their health-care costs—and perhaps also improve morale and productivity.

Vote: Do You Want to Know What’s in Your Genes?

For healthy people, is there a compelling reason to know if your genes make you susceptible to a specific disease or condition? Or are there some things you’re better off not knowing?

How Often for Mammograms?

Changing recommendations for when women should get mammograms have created conflict and confusion. Not only do recommendations from different sources vary, but some have moved in opposite directions.

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