When actress Angelina Jolie announced that she was waging a preemptive war on cancer, she also started a national conversation about the “faulty” gene that put her at high risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. “I have feelings of great admiration and gratitude toward Angelina Jolie for stimulating this…
Summer means trips to the beach and Independence Day fireworks. The staff at UCI Health has a few tips to keep you and your children out of harm’s way and out of the emergency room. Several Orange and Los Angeles county cities permit firework sales. Dr. Nicole Bernal, a surgeon…
Two UC Irvine research groups have received $2.27 million to develop innovative methods of treating and possibly curing type 1 diabetes. JDRF, formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, awarded one grant to Jonathan Lakey, PhD, associate professor of surgery and biomedical engineering, and Elliot Botvinick, PhD, assistant professor of surgery…
What’s the formula for a healthy life? Your ten steps to better living start here: 1. Keep moving — Even if you’ve been a couch potato for years, it’s never too late to start exercising. Experts recommend at least 30 minutes of physical activity most days, but you don't have…
In the media: The syndicated advice columnist Dear Abby shines a light today on the problem of elder abuse by publishing a letter from Mary Twomey of UCI Health Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect: Dear Abby: June 15, 2013 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. On this…
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. Donors will receive vouchers that can be exchanged at the stadium box office for two tickets…
With $10 million in new federal funding, UC Irvine researchers will study how maternal signals and care before and after birth may increase an infant’s vulnerability to adolescent cognitive and emotional problems, such as risky behaviors, addiction and depression. Led by child neurologist and neuroscientist Dr. Tallie Z. Baram, the…
Patients with advanced, recurrent, or persistent cervical cancer that was not curable with standard treatment who received the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) lived 3.7 months longer than patients who did not receive the drug according to findings from a large, randomized clinical trial. The clinical trial, known as GOG240, was sponsored…
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