Orange, Calif. — UCI Health experts in senior health and geriatric medicine will lead UC Irvine’s participation in a new federal program to support people living with dementia, their families and caregivers.…
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Orange, Calif. — The transformative leadership of UCI Health President and CEO Chad T. Lefteris has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review in its annual Academic Medical Center CEOs to Know list. The…
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Orange, Calif. — Internationally recognized cancer expert Dr. Miguel A. Villalona-Calero has joined the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center as its deputy director and chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at…
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IN THE NEWS: Cortisol, the stress hormone, is essential for everyday life. Like many things, there can be too much of a good thing when daily stress causes it to spike.…
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IN THE NEWS: UCI Health infectious diseases expert Dr. Susan Huang is a nominee in the 10th annual Orange County Business Journal Innovator of the Year awards. Her nomination reads, in part: “For 20…
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Orange, Calif. — Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of…
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IN THE NEWS: Kidney disease disproportionately impacts communities of color, according to the National Kidney Foundation. Black people are nearly four times more likely to have kidney failure than Caucasians, while…
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IN THE NEWS: Gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and other bespectacled athletes who competed in the recent Olympics are giving a lift to kids around the country who hope to participate in the…
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Orange, Calif. — UCI Medical Center, the flagship of UCI Health, has been recognized as one of America’s Great Hospitals of 2024 by Becker’s Hospital Review. It is the only hospital in…
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IN THE NEWS: As the senior population in the United States grows, so does the debate about when cognition begins to decline and how it’s recognized. UCI Health neurologist Dr. Mark…
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IN THE NEWS: The opening of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building in July marks the completion of the second phase of the $1.3 billion UCI Health ―…
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Orange, Calif. — Cardiologists with UCI Health have performed the region’s first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacements, expanding one of California’s leading cardiovascular programs and offering patients more minimally invasive options for…
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IN THE NEWS: UCI Health spine surgeon Dr. Yu-Po Lee recently spoke to Becker’s Spine Review about the a lesson he learned early in his career and how it influences his practice…
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Orange, Calif. — UCI Health marked a milestone in the opening of a state-of-the-art Outpatient Imaging Center at UCI Medical Center in Orange with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. When the center opens its doors…
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IN THE NEWS: Cognitive decline is an inevitability of aging, but the experience varies from person to person. The symptoms commonly come on at different speeds and intensities. One such symptom…
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IN THE NEWS: A new study has found that the regular use of aspirin could lower colorectal cancer risk, particularly among individuals with lifestyle risk factors such as smoking or obesity.…
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IN THE NEWS: Summer cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise, with the positivity rate spiking past 18%. UCI Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Shruti Gohil tells Voice of OC that while…
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IN THE NEWS: It’s normal to get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. If it happens more than twice a night, however, it could be a…
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Orange, Calif. — Four UCI Health facilities have earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and the Association’s Stroke and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Awards.…
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IN THE NEWS: The key to All of Us, a national research effort to collect and study the health data of more than 1 million Americans, is its inclusivity, says Hoda…
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