IN THE NEWS: The Los Angeles Times asked UC Irvine’s Dr. Madeleine Pahl to discuss kidney disorders in a report about health problems faced by Nick Cannon, the host of “America’s Got Talent.” Cannon and his wife, singer Mariah Carey, have been keeping fans informed about what she has called…
IN THE NEWS: Orange County’s first baby born in in 2012 was delivered at 1:52 a.m. New Year’s Day at UC Irvine Medical Center. According to the Orange County Register: Cadence Chen weighed in at 4 pounds, 2 ounces and was 17 inches long. Jane Chen delivered her naturally after…
IN THE NEWS: UC Irvine’s Dr. Matthew Butteri addressed the damage a pulmonary embolism could cause in a Los Angeles Times article about the autopsy report for rapper Heavy D. The rapper died last month of a blood clot to the lung that was likely formed during a long flight…
UC Irvine surgical oncologist Dr. Mark E. Linskey, along with colleague Dr. Susan Chang from UC San Francisco, have led the first-ever course for brain tumor specialists on the basics of designing and running brain tumor clinical trials during November’s annual meeting of the Society of Neuro-Oncology in Orange County…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register examined the conventional wisdom surrounding holiday season weight gain: Conventional wisdom used to say that the average person gained 5-10 pounds starting with the first bite of Thanksgiving pumpkin pie and ending with the last Champagne toast on New Year’s. But research now…
UC Irvine researchers have uncovered an important source of inflammation seen in people with chronic kidney disease, which is increasingly common due to the epidemic of obesity-related diabetes and hypertension. Dr. N.D. Vaziri, professor emeritus of medicine and physiology & biophysics, found that CKD causes massive depletion of the key…
Preparations are under way for UC Irvine’s Burn Survivor’s Holiday Party on Dec. 13. The staff of UC Irvine Regional Burn Center expects several hundred current and former patients and their families to attend the annual party, which will feature music, dinner, arts and crafts for children and a visit…
IN THE NEWS: An Orange County Register article examined the recent changes to recommended prostate screening guidelines: While some Orange County doctors, along with the American Urological Association, don’t agree with scrapping the PSA test altogether, they support more discussion with patients before automatically checking the PSA box on a…
Post-menopausal women with a certain type of metastatic breast cancer may have a new treatment option that could lengthen their lives, according a study led by UC Irvine oncologist Rita Mehta, MD. The findings were presented today at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The combination of the…
After a thorough review, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society has recognized the UCI Health multiple sclerosis program for superior and innovative patient care by certifying it as an official Center for MS Comprehensive Care. The Multiple Sclerosis Program, which is based on the Irvine campus in the Gottschalk Medical Plaza…
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