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.”
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.
Graduate students present their scholarly work in a series of presentations June 3. Activities include dissertation and research poster presentations led by doctoral, nursing, physician assistant and family nurse practitioner students.
More than 1,500 children and teens were killed in homicides and accidental shootings last year. Many of these deaths could have been prevented by putting some additional protections in place at home. Here are some ways to protect kids from gun violence at home.
The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals campaign at Walmart/Sam’s Club is set to begin. During the annual month-long fundraiser, shoppers can support local pediatric patients treated at UC Davis Children’s Hospital by rounding up at the register or donating online.
Now six weeks old, the UC Davis Medical Center peregrine falcons have made their first attempts at flying. The fledglings are learning to fly so they can begin to hunt and leave the nest.
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