Contact: Pat Harriman, 714-456-3673, pharrima@uci.edu A new app created at UC Irvine can improve a patient’s choice of a nursing home. This is important, because when it comes to rating…
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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths. It is also one of the most avoidable types of cancer. Among the various screening tests for colorectal cancer,…
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IN THE NEWS: March is colon cancer awareness month. To raise awareness of the importance of screening and to demystify the process, two UCI Health gastroenterology experts participated in the…
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IN THE NEWS: Orange County has one of the highest rates of prescription drug use and deaths in California. UCI Health pain management expert Dr. Padma Gulur tells KNBC 4…
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A program developed by UCI Health trauma/disaster psychology expert Merritt D. Schreiber, PhD is being used to help provide basic psychological support to those affected by the lead-tainted water crisis…
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IN THE NEWS: California hospitals and healthcare providers are developing policies to implement the End of Life Option Act, which takes effect June 9. One of the most important issues…
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IN THE NEWS: Results from a clinical trial among obese patients with type 2 diabetes showed that gastric bypass surgery was a more effective treatment than an intensive diet and…
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UCI Health will live stream a colonoscopy, featuring two of our gastroenterology experts. Dr. Kenneth Chang, executive director of the H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, will perform the procedure…
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IN THE NEWS: It's the day after St. Patrick’s Day and many people are searching for a hangover cure – there is no shortage of helpful advice. Online news site the Laguna…
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A hospital stay can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. In honor of National Social Workers Month, UCI Health recognizes the vital role social workers play in…
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— UCI Health is the first health system in Orange County to offer heart failure patients the only FDA-approved implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator that is safe for use with…
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UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest advances in treatment, therapies and techniques for managing acute, chronic and cancer-related pain. Dr. Padma Gulur, director, UCI Health…
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IN THE NEWS: Nursing homes in Orange County and throughout the state may be providing unnecessary therapy to their patients – and overcharging Medicare, according to an article in the…
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IN THE NEWS: Medical apps designed to help doctors with everything from diagnosis to staying current on the latest research results and drug developments are becoming more popular, according to…
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The accumulation of a high concentration of the common diabetes drug metformin in urine shows promise in inhibiting the growth of bladder cancer tumors, according to findings published today in…
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The UCI Health Department of Urology is hosting its annual summer surgery program for high school students at UC Irvine Medical Center. This unique two-week program offers students the opportunity…
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IN THE NEWS: According to a report released this month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, between 2005 and 2013, breast…
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Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a far greater role in Alzheimer’s disease than originally thought, according to University of California, Irvine…
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Dr. William E. Karnes, a UC Irvine Health gastroenterologist, has made it his mission to encourage colon cancer screening to reduce the occurrence and deaths from the disease. He has…
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The positive impact of negative data by Irina Nesterenko The heart of scientific research is hypothesis-driven experimentation. Although we phrase the hypothesis as a relationship between variables with a predicted…
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