Vital Signs
Summer 2023
UCLA Health Vital Signs is a resource for your health, published four times a year to provide consumers with health news they can use.
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Palliative care and hospice care: what’s the difference?
July 19, 2023
4 min read
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Updated guidelines urge pediatricians to take a more proactive approach to treat childhood obesity
July 19, 2023
3 min read
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For kids to have the most fun in the sun, keep their skin safe
July 19, 2023
3 min read
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More exercise is not necessarily better
July 19, 2023
3 min read
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Age to Start Colon Cancer Screening Lowered Following Increase Among Younger Adults
July 19, 2023
4 min read
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New strategies to defeat depression
July 19, 2023
3 min read
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