Orange, Calif. — UCI Medical Center, the flagship of UCI Health, has been recognized as one of America’s Great Hospitals of 2024 by Becker’s Hospital Review. It is the only hospital in Orange County to appear on the list. To earn the achievement, the academic health system demonstrated industry-leading excellence…
IN THE NEWS: The opening of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building in July marks the completion of the second phase of the $1.3 billion UCI Health ― Irvine medical campus. The state-of-the-art facility triples the space of the flagship UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer…
IN THE NEWS: As the senior population in the United States grows, so does the debate about when cognition begins to decline and how it’s recognized. UCI Health neurologist Dr. Mark Fisher appeared on The Daily Show to talk about how the brain evolves as it ages and how scientists…
Orange, Calif. — Cardiologists with UCI Health have performed the region’s first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacements, expanding one of California’s leading cardiovascular programs and offering patients more minimally invasive options for managing their heart health. “UCI Health is committed to offering patients the latest technology in its structural heart program,”…
UC Davis Health is the first in the region to perform a small intestine aspirate procedure, the gold standard test for small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth, known as SIBO.
A brain-computer interface developed by UC Davis Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind.
A breakthrough study shows how a ketogenic diet alters human metabolism and makes a particular pancreatic cancer drug effective by starving tumors of fat that they feed on to grow.
A UCSF-created child-parent therapy for trauma in kids under age 5 was found to slow down biological aging, which is tied to health benefits later in life.
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