U Magazine
Winter 2024
Features stories, news, research and highlights from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Health.
Featured Articles
![Dr. Robert Reiss removes a tattoo from Reyna Garcia at Homeboy Industries. (Photo by John McCoy | UCLA Health)](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/70/tattooremovalpossible-lead-image-1_0.jpg?h=e0c0ca44&f=59b9a54e&itok=lVoKk_cz)
With tattoo removal, a doctor helps ex-gang members cast off their old lives
![DR. RAMIN SALEHI-RAD](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/56/bartlett-umag-final2_0.png?h=e6eb75d6&f=b495d5be&itok=i45GxJnh)
Mindfulness, meditation and reading about free will has been ‘transformative’ for Dr. Ramin Salehi-Rad
![“Ovaries,” says Dr. Beth Karlan (right), with colleague Dr. Amander Clark, “are fascinating organs. I always say they look like little brains.”](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/a8/umag-k0a2684.jpg?h=fcd1f719&f=5baa0519&itok=6_1_lHFF)
Decoding the Mysteries of Ovaries
![Illustration by Mike Ellis](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/83/umag-winter-schizophrenia.png?h=a650d057&f=c624abbe&itok=RcvXXTgp)
Social media reinforces delusions. It’s making schizophrenia harder to treat
![Dr. Dennis J. Slamon](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/f9/2023-09-01-uclah-jccc-slamon-003photo-milo-mitchell.jpg?h=49ed26b0&f=7f9174a7&itok=NHkCqbDp)
This revolutionary breast cancer drug has saved millions of lives in its 25-year history
![Members of Living Donor Adventures, with whom Dr. H. Albin Gritsch climbed on Mt. Kilimanjaro, celebrate reaching the summit.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/a5/uhru-lda-1.jpg?h=c6980913&f=d0adcc11&itok=UprRINJR)
Think organ donation makes you weaker? Donors climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to prove otherwise
![Fulfilling the third of her 3 Wishes, Stacy Estrella was surrounded by her family: (from left) husband Ryan, son Ethan and daughters Chloe and Emily, and her beloved dog, Riley.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/8c/emilystory2-adj.jpg?f=a7519a28&itok=ikc-7va_)
Unique UCLA Health end-of-life care program celebrates 5 years – with plans for expansion
![Dr. Deborah Wong (left) with Jimmy and Julie Sanders, founders of Jimmy Swims.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_016000_640x427/public/images/0a/umagw24friendsjimmyswims.jpg?h=c774c02e&f=1c8f3d35&itok=2J-Vzyoq)
Turning a Cancer Diagnosis into Life-Affirming Giving
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