IN THE NEWS: According to a report released this month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, between 2005 and 2013, breast cancer rates remained constant, but the number of women choosing to undergo mastectomy increased to 90 per 100,000, a 36…
Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a far greater role in Alzheimer’s disease than originally thought, according to University of California, Irvine neurobiologists with the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and the Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders…
Dr. William E. Karnes, a UC Irvine Health gastroenterologist, has made it his mission to encourage colon cancer screening to reduce the occurrence and deaths from the disease. He has done this by asking UC Irvine Health patients to take a short survey on a mobile device that assesses their…
Although breast cancer rates have remained constant between 2005 and 2013, the overall rate of mastectomies increased by 36 percent, according to a report released this month from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. UCI Health surgical oncologist Dr. Alice Police believes…
Stroke remains a major cause of adult disability, and there is a great need for new therapies that improve recovery and are accessible to a majority of patents. Promising UCI Health research toward achieving those goals is among the highlights at the 2016 International Stroke Conference, Feb. 17 – 19…
Anna Laakman, who brings extensive experience establishing best-teaching practices at one of the nation’s most distinguished autism centers in the United States, has joined the Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders as director of education & training. In her new role, Laakman will develop innovative training opportunities for those who…
IN THE NEWS: From the mass shooting incidents at Sandy Hook Elementary School to the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs to the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, officials have to answer questions about the best way to lessen the trauma for employees upon their to return to work…
Tucker Parris was driving cross-country from Virginia to San Diego, where he was stationed in the Navy, when he was involved in a nearly fatal, service-related auto accident in Flagstaff, Ariz. He broke his neck and a vertebrae in his lower back and spent the next year recuperating in a…
IN THE NEWS: The flu vaccination rate for UC Irvine Medical Center employees is 96.5 percent, ranking it third overall highest in Orange County for health care workers, according to the California Department of Public Health. An article in the Orange County Register reported on the figures released this week…
IN THE NEWS: More and more hospitals across the country are arming their security guards, raising the question of whether weapons improve, or pose a threat, to patient safety. An article in The New York Times details an incident at a downtown Houston medical center, in which a patient with…
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