UC Davis Health employees donated more than 900 backpacks to “Operation Backpack” to ensure children who are unhoused or in foster care were ready for the school year.
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health infectious diseases expert Dr. Susan Huang is a nominee in the 10th annual Orange County Business Journal Innovator of the Year awards. Her nomination reads, in part: “For 20 years, Dr. Susan Huang has studied how contagious pathogens are spread and prevented in healthcare. She…
IN THE NEWS: Cortisol, the stress hormone, is essential for everyday life. Like many things, there can be too much of a good thing when daily stress causes it to spike. Does that elevated cortisol cause a puffy face? Not necessarily, says UCI Health endocrinologist Dr. Mehboob A. Hussain, speaking…
Orange, Calif. — Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of “what” happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Memories include three types of details: spatial, temporal…
A study determines that a life-saving, inexpensive antibiotic, azithromycin, must be given to all children up to 5 years old in Sub-Sharan Africa to realize its full potential.
