News From Around the System

Personalized “Eye-in-a-Dish” Models Reveal Genetic Underpinnings of Macular Degeneration

Physical and Mental Health of Seniors Linked to Optimism, Wisdom and Loneliness

Findings can be used to develop new, health-focused interventions in aging populations

Men Taking Medications for Enlarged Prostate Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

UCI Medical Center nurses collecting care packages for the troops

In honor of nurses week, occurring this year May 6-12, UCI Medical Center nurses are collecting and assembling care packages to send to the troops. Nursing staff will be gathering, assembling and shipping boxes containing a variety of care items. A thank you note will also be included in each…

New Partnership Explores Future Treatments Using Breast Milk and Microbiome

UC San Diego centers combine efforts to identify early interventions and therapeutics for infant and adult diseases

Autism Diagnoses Prove Highly Stable as Early as 14 Months

Finding suggests earlier, effective identification can result in earlier, more effective treatment

UCI Medical Center flies Donate Life flag to honor organ donors

UCI Medical Center hosted a flag raising ceremony today in honor of Donate Life Month. The OneLegacy annual flag raising event remembers those who have died in the past year, and were organ donors. April is National Donate Life Awareness Month, and more than 114,000 people in the U.S. wait…

Exposing Cancer’s Metabolic Addictions

Real estate is important: where a tumor arises dictates specific metabolic vulnerabilities, identifying potential targets for effective cancer treatments

Blood Thinner Found to Significantly Reduce Subsequent Heart Failure Risks

Researchers report 17 percent reduction in strokes and heart attacks with low dose blood thinner

Mother of heart donor and recipient promote organ donation at UCI Medical Center