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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Although breast cancer rates have remained constant between 2005 and 2013, the overall rate of mastectomies increased by 36 percent, according to a report released this month from the U.S.…
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Stroke remains a major cause of adult disability, and there is a great need for new therapies that improve recovery and are accessible to a majority of patents. Promising UCI…
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Anna Laakman, who brings extensive experience establishing best-teaching practices at one of the nation’s most distinguished autism centers in the United States, has joined the Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental…
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IN THE NEWS: From the mass shooting incidents at Sandy Hook Elementary School to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs to the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, officials…
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Tucker Parris was driving cross-country from Virginia to San Diego, where he was stationed in the Navy, when he was involved in a nearly fatal, service-related auto accident in Flagstaff,…
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IN THE NEWS: More and more hospitals across the country are arming their security guards, raising the question of whether weapons improve, or pose a threat, to patient safety. An…
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IN THE NEWS: The flu vaccination rate for UC Irvine Medical Center employees is 96.5 percent, ranking it third overall highest in Orange County for health care workers, according to…
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A few months ago Dr. Douglas G. Merrill was faced with an all-too-common situation. An elderly woman with end-stage cancer suffered a stroke. Her only surviving relative lived overseas and…
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UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest advances in skin rejuvenation, hair removal, body contouring and other procedures that can help to maintain a youthful appearance.…
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IN THE NEWS: Shortly after her arrival, a 56-year-old stroke patient at Corona Regional Medical Center was remotely evaluated and diagnosed by a neurology expert at UC Irvine Medical Center…
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IN THE NEWS: With its aging population, the epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease is hitting Orange County very, very hard, according to Frank LaFerla, PhD, Hana and Francisco J. Ayala School…
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Although bariatric surgery remains the most effective obesity treatment, only 1 to 2 percent of qualified patients choose this option, due to reasons that include limited access, patient preference, associated…
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IN THE NEWS: UCI Health infectious disease expert Dr. Donald Forthal advises pregnant women against traveling to regions experiencing an outbreak of Zika, a mosquito-borne illness believed to cause neurological…
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Dr. Howard J. Federoff, vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of California, Irvine, has been named CEO of the UCI Health system. His appointment, made by Chancellor Howard…
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