UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have tied as the best hospitals in Northern California in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals list.
Orange, Calif. — UCI Health nursing team members and other caregivers were recently honored for going above and beyond for their patients and colleagues. The DAISY award honors nurses who demonstrate excellence in patient care while displaying the values of compassion, courage and integrity. Rosey Vu, a nurse at the…
IN THE NEWS: About 40% of people in California identify as Latino, yet they make up just 6% of physicians. UC Irvine School of Medicine students and UCI Health physicians marked Latino Physician Day on Oct. 1 to raise awareness about the need for more Latino representation in medicine. Dr…
IN THE NEWS: Many parents notice that around the 7-to-9-month-old mark, their baby is beginning to show personality. UCI Health pediatrician Dr. Melitza Cobham-Browne spoke to BabyCenter about the some of the things parents can look forward to during this time. "Between 7-to-9-months, infants should be able to babble, respond…
Irvine, Calif. — A research team from UC Irvine is the first to reveal that a molecule in the brain — ophthalmic acid — unexpectedly acts like a neurotransmitter similar to dopamine in regulating motor function, offering a new therapeutic target for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. In the…
Online registration is open for Spanish Mini Medical School at UC Davis Health, which features California Department of Public Health Director Tomás Aragón among the presenters.
A new study on doxy-PEP sheds light on whether people who are regular users become resistance to this treatment, which often serves as a “morning after” pill to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
Orange, Calif. — UCI Health has launched a clinical trial for a novel stem cell-derived therapy that shows promise for restoring anal sphincter function in patients with obstetric injury-related bowel incontinence, said colorectal surgeon Dr. Joseph C. Carmichael, principal investigator of the study. The phase 3 trial, designed to test…
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