UC Irvine Medical Center has been honored with a safety grade of A by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit created by employers and other large purchasers of healthcare benefits. The Hospital Safety Score was calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s nine-member expert panel, using publicly available…
When Kiah Bertoglio was helping arrange UC Irvine’s UltraFest 2012, she figured that about 30 medical students—40, tops—would come to learn how to use portable, hand-held ultrasound devices to peer into the human body in a way they’d never done before. Imagine her surprise when more than 200 medical, osteopathic…
IN THE NEWS: A New York Times article examining the role anti-inflammatory drugs may play in treating epilepsy in patients who don’t respond to anti-seizure medications quoted UC Irvine epilepsy expert Dr. Tallie Z. Baram: [...it] remains unclear whether inflammation might be implicated in all forms of epilepsy or which…
A passion for patient care led Lorraine Evangelista into nursing, but through research she is finding a way to make a greater impact, especially for those who suffer from heart disease. Evangelista has gained national recognition for her involvement in studies to help people with heart conditions, and her latest…
UCI Health is seeking people of Asian descent with lung cancer to participate in a clinical trial of a drug that targets non-small cell lung cancer. The trial is part of an effort by UC Irvine oncologist Dr. Ignatius Ou and others to tailor chemotherapy by taking advantage of genetic…
Doctors from UC Irvine’s Department of Urology are taking issue with the revised prostate cancer screening guidelines issued this week by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which calls for eliminating the PSA blood test as a screening tool for most men. A rising level of PSA, or prostate-specific antigen…
UC Irvine Regional Burn Center will begin distributing customized home fire safety kits to patients the center treats, thanks to a $16,075 grant from SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services in Irvine and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company. The grant will fund the center’s new Burn Prevention To-Go program – 175 kits that include…
As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, UCI Health skin cancer specialist Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. Sunburns and accelerated skin aging are common results, but excessive sun exposure also can be deadly. Each year, more than 1 million Americans are diagnosed with…
Ovarian is the deadliest of the gynecological cancers, primarily because it usually is not discovered until it has metastasized, or spread. Treatment is most effective when cancer is detected early. At UC Irvine's Ovarian Cancer Center, doctors are using a novel treatment that targets and kills hidden ovarian cancer cells…
Every six minutes, an American woman is diagnosed with ovarian, cervical, endometrial or other type of gynecologic cancer. Of the more than 88,000 American women who will be diagnosed with some form of gynecologic cancer this year, about one-third will die from their disease, according to the American Cancer Society…
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