Health

MS patient Shirley Cero jokes with nurse Monica Shim and her caregiver Elsa Palomino

Continuing UCI’s legacy of MS research, care

The new Multiple Sclerosis Research Center aims to continue UCI’s legacy of outstanding MS research and care andhas gathered more than two dozen UCI experts to advance novel methods of fighting the chronic neurologic disease.

Tom Tiffany

UC Irvine specialists avert amputation

Doctors at UC Irvine Medical Center save man’s leg after blood clots block circulation.

Greg Hickok

Studying what happens when words fail

With renewed NIH funding, cognitive scientist Greg Hickok studies the neural origins of speech disorders.

Dr. Dawn M. Lombardo

Doctor fights the No. 1 killer of women

Dr. Dawn M. Lombardo directs a UC Irvine Medical Center program to combat cardiovascular disease through research, treatment and education. She’s especially interested in improving care for women.

Celia Goulding

Another iron in the fire against TB

UC researchers have found a possible alternate path for TB to spread in the human body.

Kenneth C. Janda and Joel Rivera

One unlikely pair leads to another: fire and ice

Dean Ken Janda and undergrad work together on novel research.

Dr. Laura Mosqueda

US Justice Department honors UCI’s elder programs

Attorney General Eric Holder praises forensic center and founder Dr. Laura Mosqueda.

Gala occasion of $5 million gift announcement

Julia and George Argyros’ donation will establish a surgical center in their name at the new Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.

American and Egyptian researchers carrying a sarcophagus

UCI cardiologist finds oldest case of coronary artery disease

A U.S.-Egyptian research team including a UC Irvine cardiologist studied CT scans of mummies – a sampling of the elite in ancient Egypt – and found that almost half showed evidence of coronary atherosclerosis in one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the heart and brain.

Sharper images

Hindsight, unlike many people’s vision, is always 20/20. Laser eye surgery has become so common, it’s easy to forget that just three decades ago a promising new treatment was greeted with skepticism and even fear. “When the ultrashort pulse laser came along, we were excited that it was a more controlled, delicate way of cutting […]