Continuing education is a key to providing the kind of critical and specialized care the UCI Health Regional Burn Center offers Orange County residents and visitors. The late Dr. Marianne Cinat established a strong commitment to improving burn care through education during her more than 10 years as the burn…
UCI Health specialists applaud new recommendations that call for bariatric surgery to become a more common treatment option for obese with people diabetes. The connection between obesity and diabetes is well understood, said Dr. Ping H. Wang, director of the UCI Health Diabetes Center. “There is mounting evidence to indicate…
IN THE NEWS: Patients on a low residue diet before undergoing colonoscopy reported higher bowel preparation and satisfaction scores than those of patients on a clear liquid diet, according to a study conducted by UCI Health researchers. The restrictive clear liquid diet prevents many people from getting a colonoscopy, which…
A UCI Health study found that patients on a low residue diet before colonoscopy achieved a bowel preparation quality that may be superior to patients restricted to a clear liquid diet. The less restrictive diet also improved patient satisfaction, which may help increase colonoscopy participation. UCI Health gastroenterologist Dr. Jason…
IN THE NEWS: An Orange County Register article about a local man who lost an eye to an exploding e-cigarette cited UCI Health burn specialist Dr. Victor Joe about hazards related to the popular devices. Joe, director of the UCI Health Regional Burn Center, said lithium-ion batteries can be dangerous…
As national leaders in maternal-fetal medicine, UCI Health researchers are spearheading projects in cardiovascular disease and preeclampsia that promise to make pregnancy and childbirth healthier and safer for both mother and baby. A soon-to-be released toolkit aims to help expectant women and their doctors identify previously undiagnosed heart conditions during…
The Discovery Eye Foundation – a Los Angeles-based organization that supports research, education, advocacy and treatment related to sight-threatening eye diseases – has given $2 million to UCI Health’s Gavin Herbert Eye Institute to establish dedicated hubs for cornea and retina outreach programs and research. The new Discovery Cornea Center…
The UCI Health telemedicine stroke program in its first year of operation at Corona Regional Medical Center provided acute stroke therapy to 62 area residents who were diagnosed via a two-way videoconferencing and image sharing system, and transferred to UC Irvine Medical Center for high-level care. UCI Health stroke neurologists…
IN THE NEWS: The number of fatal drug overdoses in Orange County has soared to a 10-year high. According to the coroner’s office, more than two-thirds of last year’s 286 cases involved opioids, making Orange County’s opioid death rate one of the highest in the state – 17th out of…
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