The UC Davis MIND Institute has installed a Peace Pole, a 9-foot-tall public art piece that celebrates neurodiversity, the concept that neurological differences are not deficits. The pole was designed and painted by more than 100 community members and was dedicated in a ceremony this week.
Respiratory therapists Veronica Encarnacion and Mallorie Mullendore are working with post-COVID patients at the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. They provide a wide range of care, including monitored and supervised exercise and education to empower patients to improve their quality of life.
October is National Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spine and brain. Three UC Davis Health experts share developments that over the years have improved the quality of life for many patients and their families.
A new diagnostic method that applies machine learning to advanced genomics data from both microbe and host to identify and predict sepsis cases was developed by researchers at UCSF, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and CZ Biohub.
The Open Oximetry Project is a multi-year initiative to improve access to safe pulse oximeters worldwide by sharing data and creating new standards and technologies for oximeter validation that better account for skin color.
UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine building project recently passed a major milestone with construction more than halfway complete. Construction crews celebrated a topping-off of the new building last month, placing the top steel beam on the five-level structure. Many of the main elements of the concrete structure, including walls…
My brother-in-law is 57 years old, and he is getting coronary bypass surgery. I don’t want to bother him or my sister with a lot of questions right now, but I do want to understand what is happening. Why is this surgery needed, and how is it done? Will it…
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