UC Irvine neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Linskey will receive the Trauma Intervention Program of Orange County’s 2011 Heroes with Heart award, which the organization has renamed in honor of trauma surgeon…
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Dr. Nitin Bhatia, UC Irvine’s chief of orthopaedic spine surgery, will appear this week on "Healthy OC" to discuss back pain, spine surgery and the SpineAssist robotic system. "Healthy OC"…
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For the 11th consecutive year, UC Irvine Medical Center has been ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. It’s listed 28th for gynecology, 30th for…
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Many people have birth marks, but three of every 1,000 American children are born with a larger mark called a port-wine stain that can significantly affect their quality of life.…
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IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register attended the July 14 burn survivors picnic, held annually by the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center at the medical center in Orange. View…
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Each summer, the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center holds a picnic for burn survivors. Hundreds of former patients and their families attended this year’s picnic at the UC Irvine Medical…
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IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register reported in a UC Irvine study that showed brain cancer patients who lose some of their smarts because of radiation treatments could regain them…
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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…
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UCI Health physicians are among the recipients of the University of California Center for Health Quality & Innovation’s inaugural round of grants. Critical care specialist Dr. Elizabeth Turner was awarded…
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UCI Health is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a research study on the reasons for premature birth. "It’s critical to examine the causes of preterm birth in women who…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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