Med and cancer centers named best in the West The UCLA Medical Center ranked as the best hospital in the Western United States for the 14th consecutive year and also moved up to be the third best hospital in the nation from the last year’s number five spot. Read more...

By Jeyling Chou BRUIN SCIENCE SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Midwives refused to touch Chang and Eng Bunker on the day they were born in 1811, horrified that the twin brothers were joined at the abdomen by a single band of flesh. Read more...

While Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez were on the pediatric floor of the UCLA Medical Center last summer, a mirror was strategically placed in the bed they shared. Read more...

When penicillin was discovered in 1945, doctors hailed it as the miracle drug that would finally put humans ahead in the battle against bacterial infections like syphilis and cholera. Read more...

SARS cases have been contained worldwide The World Health Organization has declared that the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic has been contained after Taiwan, the last affected region, had not reported a new case since June 15. Read more...

“Forever young” is still science fiction, but researchers are introducing a different, more feasible alternative: forever healthy. “Because of advances in medical technique, people are living longer,” said Dr. Read more...

Guatemalan twin Maria Teresa Quiej Alvarez, formerly conjoined at the head to her sister, was to be released from Mattel Children’s Hospital July 3, but doctors decided against that action when a fever was detected. Read more...