UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest advances in treatment, therapies and techniques for managing acute, chronic and cancer-related pain. Dr. Padma Gulur, director, UCI Health Pain Management Services, will discuss innovations in pain medicine, emerging therapies and complementary techniques at 7 p.m. on Monday, March…
IN THE NEWS: Nursing homes in Orange County and throughout the state may be providing unnecessary therapy to their patients – and overcharging Medicare, according to an article in the Orange County Register. Dr. Lisa Gibbs, chief of the UC Irvine program in geriatrics and director of the UCI Health…
IN THE NEWS: Medical apps designed to help doctors with everything from diagnosis to staying current on the latest research results and drug developments are becoming more popular, according to a story in the Orange County Register. “It’s changing the culture of medicine from the physician side,” Dr. Warren Wiechmann…
The accumulation of a high concentration of the common diabetes drug metformin in urine shows promise in inhibiting the growth of bladder cancer tumors, according to findings published today in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American Association of Cancer Research. Led by Xiaolin Zi, PhD, a professor of…
The UCI Health Department of Urology is hosting its annual summer surgery program for high school students at UC Irvine Medical Center. This unique two-week program offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fields of surgery and medicine. “Summer Surgeons, or the talented students who qualify for…
IN THE NEWS: According to a report released this month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, between 2005 and 2013, breast cancer rates remained constant, but the number of women choosing to undergo mastectomy increased to 90 per 100,000, a 36…
Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a far greater role in Alzheimer’s disease than originally thought, according to University of California, Irvine neurobiologists with the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders…
Dr. William E. Karnes, a UC Irvine Health gastroenterologist, has made it his mission to encourage colon cancer screening to reduce the occurrence and deaths from the disease. He has done this by asking UC Irvine Health patients to take a short survey on a mobile device that assesses their…
Although breast cancer rates have remained constant between 2005 and 2013, the overall rate of mastectomies increased by 36 percent, according to a report released this month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. UCI Health surgical oncologist Dr. Alice Police believes…
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