IN THE NEWS: UCI Health researchers, led by Dr. Ke-Qin Hu, director of hepatology services, have developed a novel, cost-effective one-step test that can use a urine specimen to detect, screen and confirm an active hepatitis C virus infection. Hu presented study results at the Annual Meeting of the American…
The University of California, Irvine has again been recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. The Joint Commission’s 2015 annual report America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety will recognize UCI Health for attaining…
Time spent celebrating the holidays with older friends and relatives is ideal for spotting signs of poor health, memory problems, financial difficulties and other issues that should be addressed before they get worse. For many of us, the holidays are the only time of year we have the opportunity to…
UCI Health researchers have developed a cost-effective one-step test that screens, detects and confirms hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. Dr. Ke-Qin Hu, director of hepatology services, will present findings at the Annual Meeting of American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) in San Francisco, Nov. 14-16. Current blood-based…
UC Irvine Medical Center has achieved a rank of 22nd among more than 100 leading academic medical centers in the University HealthSystem Consortium’s 2015 Quality and Accountability Scorecard. The University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) is an alliance of the nation's leading nonprofit academic medical centers focused on delivering world-class patient care…
UCI Health emergency medicine physician Dr. Carl Schultz, was recognized by the American College of Emergency Physicians for his contributions to the field of disaster medicine. He was presented with the third annual Disaster Medical Sciences Award at the ACEP national meeting in Boston on Oct. 28. “I am committed…
IN THE NEWS: A device that's swallowed like a pill and slowly opens in the stomach as a “gastric balloon” has helped patients lose more than a third of their excess weight over a four-month period, according to research presented Thursday at Obesity Week, a joint annual meeting of the…
IN THE NEWS: One size no longer fits all when it comes to scheduling mammograms and deciding what option is best for treating breast cancer, according to Dr. Alice Police, director of the UCI Health Pacific Breast Care Center and Dr. Freddie Combs, director of breast imaging at Pacific Breast…
On World Stroke Day, UCI Health reminds the community of the need to take immediate action when someone is showing signs of stroke. “We like to say ‘Brain is Time,’” said Wengui Yu, MD, PhD, director of the UCI Health Comprehensive Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center. “A stroke can be devastating…
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