At my last checkup, it turned out my body fat percentage has gone up quite a bit. I was surprised because I haven’t gained weight. I’m a 66-year-old woman, I walk at least a mile every day and I play tennis. My doctor says I should start lifting weights, too…
UC San Diego Health has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery (ACSS) by meeting or exceeding the highest level of national performance standards. The Gold Seal represents a symbol of quality that reflects a health care...
Region's only academic medical center first in California to receive advanced certification granted to organizations with data-driven care processes, patient safeguards and demonstrated high quality patient outcomes
A team led by Diana Miglioretti, chief of biostatistics at UC Davis, won a $15 million NCI grant to develop models and use artificial intelligence to make breast cancer screening and surveillance more accurate and equitable.
The Bayanihan student-run clinic now offers ophthalmology services, thanks to a dedicated volunteer who saw a need for specialized care and recruited two physicians to screen and treat underserved patients for eye diseases.
I heard on the news about a study that says you won’t get as hungry if you eat all of your meals earlier in the day. Does that have to do with the way the body clock works? It seems like circadian rhythms affect everything we do. Can you talk…
The Society for the Blind has honored Mark J. Mannis with the Briggs Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology for his outstanding contributions to the field. Mannis is a distinguished professor and the Fosse Endowed Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science at UC Davis.
Veronica Hopkins’ first pregnancy ended in heartbreak, with a stillbirth at 23 weeks. Her second pregnancy ended in a miscarriage at 16 weeks. Then she decided to change her health care provider to UC Davis Health’s maternal-fetal medicine team for her best shot at motherhood.
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