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Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours, UCI Health team up for blood drives

UCI Health — July 20, 2014

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlours and UC Irvine Medical Center are partnering for a series of blood drives that will help to maintain the supply at the area’s busiest trauma center. Shortages often occur over the summer months. All donors will receive a free Farrell's sundae and will be entered to…

Community invited to annual picnic honoring those who fight brain cancer

UCI Health — July 16, 2014

The UCI Health Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program is inviting patients, family and friends to its annual community picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 9 at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. The day will feature food and festivities to celebrate the brain tumor community. Patients, physicians, staff…

UCI Health among nation's 'Most Wired' hospitals

UCI Health — July 15, 2014

UCI Health has been named one of the “Most Wired” health systems in America, according to Hospitals & Health Networks. "We have world-class physicians and clinical staff working alongside a talented IT team, developing the most advanced patient care and analytic tools,” said Scott Cebula, Interim Chief Information Officer, UCI…

Predicting epileptic seizures

UCI Health — July 13, 2014

A newly discovered biomarker — visible in brain scans for hours after febrile seizures — predicts which individuals will eventually develop epilepsy, according to UC Irvine researchers. This diagnostic ability could lead to improved use of preventive therapies for the disorder. A team led by pediatric neurologist and epilepsy expert…

Beware of stingrays at the beach

UCI Health — July 9, 2014

Truck driver Steve Edelman was playing with his 9-year-old son in waist-deep water at Seal Beach when he felt something squishy underfoot. “Then I felt a knife-like pain,” he says. “I thought it was a shark. It was so intense it took my breath away.” He hobbled out of the…

Donate blood to UCI Health and get Angels tickets

UCI Health — July 7, 2014

UCI Health and Angels Baseball are partnering in a series of blood drives at Angel Stadium this summer to increase the supply for people in need at Orange County’s only Level I trauma center and Level II pediatric trauma center. Donors will receive vouchers that can be exchanged at the…

UCI Health specialists treat macular degeneration patients with miniature eye telescope

UCI Health — July 6, 2014

Ophthalmologists at the new UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, a state-of-the-art eye center that opened last fall, recently implanted the first CentraSight miniature telescope at the new facility to treat advanced macular degeneration. It was the sixth such procedure performed by UCI Health specialists since the FDA approved the…

New TrueBeam provides advanced radiation oncology

UCI Health — June 30, 2014

UCI Health cancer patients now have access to advanced radiation oncology treatments available with the addition of Orange County’s first TrueBeam™ STx radiotherapy and radiosurgery system at the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. “The TrueBeam™ STx image-guided system allows us to deliver more accurate and precise radiation treatment than ever…

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