In a brief period of only 280 days, a baby can be conceived and born. During the first three weeks of pregnancy, the fetus grows from a zygote—a one-celled structure—into…
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Meeting with a genetic counselor can be very helpful for pregnant patients with a family history of inherited disorders. But the best time to seek a genetic assessment is before…
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Two years after her 70-pound weight loss, Tafi Bandelin attributes her new life to the gastric banding procedure she underwent at UC Irvine. At 60 years old, Bandelin was 5’3”…
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More than one million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease, but with individualized treatment and follow-up care, most of them “can lead normal, pain-free lives,” says Dr. Greg Albers, a…
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Carey Moyer was 31 and still a newlywed when she felt a lump in her right breast in January 2010. "It felt like a rock, but it didn’t hurt when…
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When Debra Giesy began experiencing lower back pain, she thought it was sciatica, a condition caused by compression of the lumbar or sciatic nerves in the spine. She took ibuprofen…
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IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register interviewed UC Irvine neuro-oncologist Dr. Daniela Bota about brain vaccines as a way to complement traditional brain cancer treatments: Military metaphors are hard to avoid when…
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For many, the holidays offer a once-a-year opportunity to visit with distant elderly relatives. Unfortunately, most people don’t make the best use of this precious time. Dr. Laura Mosqueda says…
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Thomas Lane looks anything but the typical scientist as he strides through his lab at UC Irvine’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center sporting shorts, a T-shirt and loafers. Walking past…
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A short burst of moderate exercise enhances the consolidation of memories in both healthy older adults and those with mild cognitive impairment, scientists with UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology…
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