Citing the UC Irvine School of Medicine's award-winning Program in Geriatrics, the U.S. Administration on Aging has designated the university as the National Center on Elder Abuse, a clearinghouse for practical information supporting federal, state and local efforts to prevent, identify and effectively respond to elder abuse. The agency will…
RESEARCH: Aging is associated with progressive immunodeficiency (weakness of the immune system) that makes seniors more susceptible to infections and cancer. Volunteers are needed to participate in research that is aimed to study the reasons for such a decline in the immune system in the elderly. Dr. Sudhir Gupta, Chief…
IN THE NEWS: National Public Radio in Boston interviewed Dr. Ninh T. Nguyen about his study Trends in Bariatric Surgery, 2003−2008. Nguyen is the chief of the division of gastrointestinal surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center. The story questions why, if Americans continue to gain weight in this obesity epidemic…
Donors who give blood at one of the season’s final two UCI Health/Angels Baseball blood drives on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 at Angel Stadium will receive vouchers for four tickets to a game in September. Vouchers can be exchanged at the stadium box office for four tickets (instead of…
IN THE NEWS: A new study from researchers at UC Irvine, indicates that the use of central catheters caused more than half of the clots occurred occurred patients after surgery, according to the Los Angeles Times. The study, conducted by Drs. Brian R. Smith, Sidney Diniz, Michael Stamos and Ninh…
IN THE NEWS: More doctors are performing weight-loss surgery today, and hospitals are touting better survival rates, a new study finds. “We’ve identified a national trend in the use of bariatric surgery that is tied to the rapid expansion of the laparoscopic approach to bariatric surgery and the laparoscopic adjustable…
Neurosurgeon Dr. Mark Linskey and neuro-oncologist Dr. Daniela Bota, co-directors of UC Irvine's Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program, have received a second gift of $250,000 from a grateful family to support ongoing research on and treatment for malignant spinal cord and brain tumors. Philanthropists Sue and Ralph Stern (pictured on right…
IN THE NEWS: The iPad was introduced in April of last year and UC Irvine put together an education program – the iMedEd Initiative – centered around the tablet just a few months after launch. Exactly one year ago the university handed 104 iPads to the incoming medical students at…
IN THE NEWS: Survival for brain-cancer patients treated with chemotherapy comes with a dark side: “chemobrain,” the debilitating loss of memory and mental function that often follows, according to an article in the Orange County Register. Now, scientists at the UC Irvine Medical Center are preparing a new weapon that…
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