In July 2010, just weeks away from her long-awaited wedding, Natalie Burgess, then 34, learned the cause of her painful constipation: stage III colon cancer. Fortunately, Burgess’ doctor referred her…
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Jodi Oliver believed in living life to the fullest. Married for 19 years and the mother of four, she also worked as an emergency room nurse, ran 5Ks and volunteered…
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IN THE NEWS: For Mike and LeeAnn Brill, her diagnosis of Stage 3 breast cancer meant that she wanted to find the best care possible. Even if they had to…
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UCI Health is raising awareness of the signs of stroke at the “Strike Out Stroke” night at Angels Stadium on July 25. As part of the national education campaign designed to…
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Prostate cancer can be so slow-moving in some cases that there’s almost no need to treat it. In others, however, it can spread aggressively to the patient’s bones and lymph…
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More than 500 community and business leaders came together to honor wellness advocate Susan Samueli and other health heroes of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at the UCI…
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UCI Health has become one of only four medical centers nationwide to earn the Boeing Center of Excellence Designation in bariatric surgery. Qualifying Boeing employees and their dependents from across…
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On March 13, 2015, officials at UC Irvine Medical Center discovered that an employee, whose job required access to some patient records, had looked at additional records without a job-related…
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IN THE NEWS: Toddler Mikaela Halvorsen is lucky that she'll recover from severe burns caused by an accidental tumble into a smoldering fire pit, suffering third-degree burns on her back and…
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With a family history of prostate cancer and an elevated PSA level, 57-year-old Paul Kroger was not content to follow the “wait and see” approach a urologist advised for his…
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Every morning at 4:15, Dominic Valentine, began preparing for the boot camp classes she ran out of her garage. Afterward, the personal trainer would follow up with a walk of…
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UCI Health breast cancer surgeon Dr. Alice Police recently performed Orange County’s first lumpectomy using a new process to improve tumor location. UC Irvine Medical Center is the only hospital…
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Who would choose to drive 500 miles every week for their chemotherapy treatments? When Henderson, Nevada resident LeeAnn Brill was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, she and her husband…
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UCI Health invites the public to meet the doctors, tour the facilities, get free health screenings, enjoy a light breakfast, and more to celebrate the addition of specialty care services…
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IN THE NEWS: It was a college graduation for one, as UC Irvine Medical Center staff hosted a ceremony Thursday for a patient who suffered a traumatic spine injury in…
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Thanks to advances in acute intervention, more patients are surviving strokes and require specialized nursing care. UCI Health Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center nurses Nilfy Cooper and Rosemarie Murillo recently earned…
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IN THE NEWS: Technological advances in medicine continue to expand the scope of diagnostic and treatment capabilities, and are transforming medical education. UCI Health physicians Dr. Christian Fox, professor of…
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Lizz Phillips believes that her bariatric surgeon, nurses, dietitian and social worker have done the impossible: They've made air travel a pleasant experience. Previously, she was miserable when she had…
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UCI Health has received recognition as "High Performing" in its heart failure program by U.S. News & World Report as part of its new Best Hospitals for Common Care ratings…
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David Castañeda had grown used to the idea of dodging bullets in his 19 years as a policeman. But the disaster he dodged when he suffered a stroke in 2013…
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