A new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program shows that California’s “red flag” law was utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings during the first three years after it was implemented. The majority of GVROs (96.5%) were filed by law enforcement officers to prevent threatened violence.
There is abundant evidence, both scientific and anecdotal, that interacting with a dog or other type of therapy animal can be beneficial to hospital patients
Camp MIND, a summer day camp for autistic kids and teens, as well as children with other neurodevelopmental disabilities, is back in person this summer. The program at the UC Davis MIND Institute offers crafts, activities and games.
Alzheimer’s disease affects memory, but it also causes behavioral changes like aggression, depression and hallucinations. Patients are often overmedicated and sedated to control behavior. A new approach ditches the drugs and trains caregivers to become “behavioral detectives.”
The primary causes of liver cancer are well known: viral (hepatitis B and C), alcohol and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a condition in which fat builds up in the liver, resulting in chronic inflammation and damage. But in a paper published June 3, 2022 in Cell Metabolism, an international...
A total of 135 students will receive their diplomas and hoods when the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis hosts its annual Commencement celebration. It will be the first in-person commencement for the school since 2019.
A study led by UCSF researchers shows that insufficient or interrupted sleep may have more of an impact than smoking history in patients with a progressive lung disease.
Widening access to telemedicine is one of the projects that UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs students have undertaken to develop policy solutions for real-world clients.
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