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…
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. — The UCI Health federally qualified health center with locations in Santa Ana and Anaheim have earned silver tier recognition from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for consistently achieving high marks in 18 clinical quality measures. The recognition places the health centers in the top…
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…
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