School may be out for summer, but for kids who participate in prep sports, there's often little break from workouts, tournaments and practices. However, summer is a good time to take stock of a student athlete's health status — both physically and psychologically, says Christopher Kroner, MD, MPH, a UCI…
Breast cancer patients will have more treatment options available at UC Irvine Medical Center with the addition of the Zeiss Intrabeam® intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) system. The treatment may save some women from daily rounds of radiation therapy after surgery and the side effects that accompany it. “Certain women who have…
Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours and UC Irvine Medical Center are partnering for a series of blood drives that will help to maintain the supply at the area’s busiest trauma center. Shortages often occur over the summer months. All donors will receive a free Farrell's sundae and will be entered to…
The UCI Health Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program is inviting patients, family and friends to its annual community picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 9 at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. The day will feature food and festivities to celebrate the brain tumor community. Patients, physicians, staff…
UCI Health has been named one of the “Most Wired” health systems in America, according to Hospitals & Health Networks. "We have world-class physicians and clinical staff working alongside a talented IT team, developing the most advanced patient care and analytic tools,” said Scott Cebula, Interim Chief Information Officer, UCI…
For the 14th consecutive year, UC Irvine Medical Center has been listed among “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report and is ranked in the top 50 nationally in three specialties: 33rd for ear, nose and throat, 39th for geriatrics, and 50th for nephrology. “We are gratified to…
A newly discovered biomarker — visible in brain scans for hours after febrile seizures — predicts which individuals will eventually develop epilepsy, according to UC Irvine researchers. This diagnostic ability could lead to improved use of preventive therapies for the disorder. A team led by pediatric neurologist and epilepsy expert…
Truck driver Steve Edelman was playing with his 9-year-old son in waist-deep water at Seal Beach when he felt something squishy underfoot. “Then I felt a knife-like pain,” he says. “I thought it was a shark. It was so intense it took my breath away.” He hobbled out of the…
UCI Health and Angels Baseball are partnering in a series of blood drives at Angel Stadium this summer to increase the supply for people in need at Orange County’s only Level I trauma center and Level II pediatric trauma center. Donors will receive vouchers that can be exchanged at the…
Ophthalmologists at the new UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, a state-of-the-art eye center that opened last fall, recently implanted the first CentraSight miniature telescope at the new facility to treat advanced macular degeneration. It was the sixth such procedure performed by UCI Health specialists since the FDA approved the…
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