UC Irvine gerontologist Kerry Burnight, PhD, discusses elder abuse and prevention on the Jan. 8, 2013, edition of the Dr. Phil show, airing on CBS. The program, which calls elder abuse a hidden problem, cites statistics showing that more than five million older Americans experience abuse or neglect annually in…
UC Irvine’s Dr. Jason Zell is among 12 physicians from across the country to receive a Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The award recognizes exceptional cancer investigators for their contributions to the advancement of clinical research through collaborative team science. Zell is a…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register interviewed UC Irvine neuroscientist Larry Cahill in advance of his talk about research into differences found in the male and female brain: Women should get angry when they read this story, and men should as well, says Larry Cahill, a neuroscientist at UC…
A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans seems to also be involved with living a longer life, UC Irvine and other researchers have found. This derivative of a dopamine-receptor gene – called the DRD4 7R allele – appears in significantly higher rates in people more…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register reviewed 2013′s new health laws and interviewed UC Irvine gerontologist Kerry Burnight about AB40, which requires nursing homes to reported suspected cases of elder abuse to local law enforcement agencies. AB40 resolves a longstanding conflict between state and federal laws related to elder-abuse…
Dr. Mona Sazgar, an associate professor with the UCI Health School of Medicine's Department of Neurology, is conducting a clinical trial evaluating the tolerability and efficacy of Lacosamide when added to Levetiracetam with withdrawal of other antiepileptic drugs in patients with uncontrolled partial-onset seizures. Qualified subjects are 18 years of…
One in 10 older Americans experiences abuse or neglect each year, and the number of reported cases is growing at a time when resources necessary to properly respond are shrinking. To assist California law enforcement personnel in dealing with this problem, the UC Irvine Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse…
For poets and lovers, the eyes are windows to the soul. But for researchers like Dr. Henry Klassen, they provide unparalleled access to the central nervous system. With this access, the UC Irvine assistant professor of ophthalmology is discovering new ways to use stem cells to repair the retina—the only…
IN THE NEWS: UC Irvine’s Dr. Manuel Porto described the complex delivery and treatment of a newborn with an life-threatening tumor in his neck for an Orange County Register feature story. The tumor had grown as large as his head by the time he was delivered. The UC Irvine team…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register visited the emergency department at UC Irvine Medical Center on Christmas day for an article about people who work on holidays: In the emergency room, Christmas morning brought car accidents, transfers of patients needing UC Irvine’s trauma capabilities and a heart attack, as…
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