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UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health

UC Riverside-led study focused on older people living with HIV during the pandemic

Recognition validates many signature diversity efforts of the medical school

While engaged in a physical task requiring effort, such as driving a car or carrying grocery bags, older adults are more likely than younger adults to be distracted by items irrelevant to the task at hand, a University of California, Riverside, study reports. The study assessed the interaction between physical...

Studies have shown that consuming alcohol during pregnancy can alter the brain and behavioral development of gestating offspring. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and state that there is no known safe level of consumption. What are the consequences, however, of...

UC Riverside and Yale University team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, describes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines. IBD, which affects about 3 million adults in the United States, is an autoimmune disorder — a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy tissues. Its symptoms include...

UC Riverside mouse study shows how gene mutation leads to ovaries failing prematurely

Until recently, psychologist Kalina Michalska had never used community-based participatory research, or CBPR, in her work, but now she can’t imagine not using it. CBPR, which dates to the early 1930s, is an intensive research approach that involves partnerships between researchers and community members throughout the research process, giving communities...

UC Riverside research helps explain a tradeoff in human behavior

Dr. Martin Schlusselberg of the UCR School of Medicine explains

UC Riverside mouse study finds paternal exposure to phthalates increases risk of metabolic diseases in progeny

UC Riverside experts share thoughts on the AI-powered language model that understands and responds to natural language

Mosquitoes spread several diseases, such as malaria and dengue. In 2020 about 241 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide, with a few more million cases occurring in 2021. Nearly half the world’s population lives in regions where contracting dengue virus is a risk. Insects also destroy a third of agriculture...

UC Riverside mouse study could lead to novel therapies for people living with PTSD

Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study

UC Riverside study has health implications for people living around California’s largest lake

The pandemic helped a husband-and-wife team at UC Riverside solve the mystery

Study provides insights into fighting broad range of pathogen’s viral strains

Scientists at UC Riverside and UC Irvine have received funding of $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, to team up with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in building a diverse educational pipeline in the field of microelectronics — a priority for industry and government...