UC Irvine researchers have discovered how salmonella, a bacterium found in contaminated raw foods that causes major gastrointestinal distress in humans, thrives in the digestive tract despite the immune system’s best efforts to destroy it. Their findings help explain why salmonella is difficult to eradicate and point to new approaches…
Not sure when to get a colonoscopy? Will it hurt? March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and it’s a good time to talk to your primary care doctor about these questions and more, says Dr. Michael J. Stamos, chairman of UC Irvine’s Department of Surgery and president of the…
IN THE NEWS: Nathan Wong, PhD, director of UC Irvine’s Heart Disease Prevention Program, criticized a recent editorial in a letter to the Orange County Register (fifth item): The recent Register editorial “California hooked on tobacco taxes” [Feb. 22] missed the mark on Proposition 29. Prop. 29 is a responsible…
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register took note of the memorial Dr. Marianne Cinat’s family, friends and colleagues held at UC Irvine Medical Center last week: UC Irvine has honored the memory of Dr. Marianne Cinat—the prominent Orange County burn-injury surgeon found dead in her backyard pool in June—by…
IN THE NEWS: In the first of two parts, Orange County Register columnist Jane Glenn Haas discusses aging with Dr. Laura Mosqueda, chair of UC Irvine’s Department of Family Medicine and director of the geriatrics program: We know that life spans are lengthening and more people are living longer. But…
The local doctors who sent Joe Alfaro by ambulance to UC Irvine Medical Center said he needed to see "the pros, the specialists" who would know what to make of the mysterious mass visible on a scan of his pancreas. Only a few days earlier, Alfaro and his construction crew…
When Tom Fox’s excruciating headaches, vision problems and immobilizing nausea were finally traced to a brain tumor in the spring of 2009, it seemed doubtful that the Fountain Valley teenager would live to see another birthday. Nearly three years later, Fox is bicycling, rock climbing and reading books about string…
Todd Spitzer’s career pivots on his voice. A lawyer, he has argued cases before judges and juries. As an elected official, he debated bills as a state assemblyman in Sacramento and he tackles public issues as a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. His calendar is filled with…
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and UCI Health wants you to know that the second-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. is preventable, treatable and curable. “Don’t ignore the health of your digestive tract,” says Dr. Michael J. Stamos, chair of UC Irvine’s Department of Surgery and…
Dr. George Baerveldt has received the American Glaucoma Society's second annual Innovator Award for extraordinary contributions to his field. A UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology, Baerveldt has gained international recognition for his glaucoma research and surgical innovations. He created the Baerveldt glaucoma implant and currently holds four patents related to…
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