Orange, Calif. — On June 7, UCI Medical Center joined National Gun Violence Awareness Day and Wear Orange Weekend, a nationwide movement to raise awareness about the impact of guns. Attendees gathered at the medical center, the region’s leading trauma center and provider of critical care services, clad in orange…
Irvine, Calif. — Checkpoint immunotherapy utilizing PD-1 blockade has become the standard of care for metastatic melanoma. While this treatment is effective in 40% of patients, the other 60% develop resistance, leading to tumor regrowth. A multidisciplinary research team led by the University of California, Irvine has identified a new…
Orange, Calif. — UCI Health has again been recognized for its leadership in healthcare sustainability with the Greenhealth Emerald Award in the annual Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards. The award for Orange County’s only academic health system is an affirmation of its dedication to improving its environmental performance and building…
El Centro Regional Medical Center (ECRMC), an affiliate of UC San Diego Health, today announced several financial and operational updates, demonstrating significant progress toward stabilizing and strengthening a critical health services asset in the Imperial Valley. “Our goal is simple...
Orange, Calif. — The promising investigational cell therapy bemdaneprocel for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease has been granted Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). RMAT-designated therapies are eligible for expedited review, guidance and a path to accelerated approval. UCI Medical Center was…
A high sodium diet may increase the risk of eczema. Eating just one extra gram of sodium per day – the amount in a Big Mac – increases the likelihood of flares by 22%.
For tweens, restricting screens in bedrooms and at mealtimes and modeling healthy practices at home are parenting practices that work best to curb screen time and addictive screen behavior:
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