News From Around the System

UCI Health SeniorHealth staffers sponsor 50 senior citizen “angels” for holiday gift drive

UCI Health SeniorHealth Center clinicians and staff have adopted 50 senior citizen “angels” as part of a partnership with The Council on Aging SmileMakers Holiday Gift project. Until Thanksgiving, geriatric medicine staff will shop and collect gifts for older men and women who are hospitalized or living in long-term care…

UC San Diego Researchers Isolate Switch that Kills Inactive HIV

Topping the Medical Charts

More than 120 UC San Diego Health physicians in 47 specialties named “Top Docs” in region

Perturbed Genes Regulating White Blood Cells Linked to Autism Genetics and Severity

Degree of dysregulation in gene network correlated to severity of autism symptoms in male toddlers

UC San Diego Health Awarded Top Vizient Award for Quality

Leukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer

In mouse model, repurposed drug attacks medulloblastoma from two sides, reducing need for toxic combination therapies

UC San Diego Health Earns 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired Recognition

UCI Health expert highlights latest research on cannabis and pain

UCI Health invites the public to learn more about the latest research on cannabis and pain in the next Newport Beach Library Lecture Series – Medicine in Our Backyard at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23 at the Newport Beach Central Library. Cannabis is being touted as a panacea for…

Hysterectomy and Mesh Support May Have Similar Outcomes in Repairing Vaginal Prolapse

Findings could help bring safer and more effective mesh kits to market for uterus preservation treatment options

New 3D Technology Can Repair Aneurysms Previously Deemed Inoperable

UC San Diego Health surgeons perform procedure in half the time, with minimal iodine contrast