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If you were among the 1 million people annually who need an angioplasty to open a blocked artery, would you choose a procedure that required you to lie still for…

N THE NEWS: Dr. Stephen Feig discussed the findings of a new study of the long-term benefits of mammography with the Orange County Register. The Swedish study, which was posted…

UC Irvine and French researchers have identified a central switch responsible for the transformation of healthy brain cells into epileptic ones, opening the way to both treat and prevent temporal…

IN THE NEWS: Dr. Charles Vega discusses the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s PRIME-LC program with the online Voice of Orange County. Vega talks about how the program trains young…

Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Donald Bren Professor and chair of pharmacology, has been selected as an external member of the Max Planck Society, one of the world's most prestigious scientific groups. The…

UC Irvine surgeon Dr. Michael J. Stamos and colleagues report that patients who undergo minimally invasive laparascopic colorectal surgery were less likely to suffer from a type of blood clot…

IN THE NEWS: The Los Angeles Times reports that weight-loss surgery is safe and effective for most people, but complications do occur, according to a study presented by Dr. Ninh…

IN THE NEWS: Southern California Public Radio’s KPCC-FM covered the conclusion of a program that teamed first-year UC Irvine medical school students with senior citizens. The goal of the grant-funded…

IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register’s OC Deals blog took note of the opportunity blood donors have to receive baseball tickets at one of the UCI Health blood drives…

IN THE NEWS: The girl, looking something like a well-mannered cherub, sat primly with her hands folded, raised her hand to speak, and made direct eye contact as her teacher…