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Fifteen-year-old Bailey Prince had been battling ongoing depression since the sixth grade. Medications were not helping and, after seeing several different psychiatrists, she was only getting worse. After one doctor…

When William Sanders felt short of breath while climbing a flight of stairs, he knew something was wrong. Despite his advanced age of 75, he was incredibly active. In fact,…

Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, is director of the MDA ALS Neuromuscular Center at UC Irvine Medical Center. As a nationally recognized expert in his field, Mozaffar serves as a principal investigator…

Minimizing a cancer patient's radiation exposure during diagnostic scanning and treatment is a continuing goal in oncology. As the recent debate over mammograms shows, physicians struggle with the issue of…

In 2003, oncologist Dr. Rita Mehta had "the kind of moment everyone lives for" — everyone, that is, who's working to find a cure for cancer. Mehta, a health sciences…

Dr. Dawn Lombardo joined UC Irvine Medical Center to initiate its Heart Failure Program. She developed the program and assembled a dedicated and highly experienced team including heart failure and…

As CEO of Irvine-based Telmar Network Technology, Granville Kirkup has proved both talented and exceptional in his business style. He rarely meets face-to-face with customers nor convenes his staff for…

Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, is a specialist in surgeries of the gastrointestinal tract. Nguyen is highly experienced in minimally invasive techniques. These include laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and Roux-en-Y bariatric…

It’s a place most UCI Health patients will never see — but it’s a critical component of their care. The new Laboratory Medicine Building at UCI Medical Center is where…

Each year, lung cancer kills nearly 160,000 Americans, more than breast, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers combined. Its incidence rate is among the highest of all cancers, and its five-year…