Health

Music Glove

An app a day

New Calit2 division uses technology to put patients in control of their health.

Medical center again among top in America

UC Irvine Medical Center’s programs in gynecology, urology, cancer and kidney disease among top in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.

A single potato chip held up

The potato chip predicament

UC Irvine researchers found that fats in foods like potato chips and french fries make them nearly irresistible and trigger a surprising biological mechanism that likely drives our gluttonous behavior.

Port-wine stain masters

The Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic at UC Irvine is home to one of the nation’s elite research and treatment centers for vascular birthmarks.

Hector Parra at Calit2 uses Telios to confer with Dr. Ira Lott

Seeing a specialist — from afar

All five University of California medical schools participate in the Specialty Care Safety Net Initiative, which currently links their specialists with 40 clinics statewide.

UCI law students snapped up for summer jobs

Some are working in a clinic to investigate violations of Verizon workers’ rights in a class-action lawsuit.

Beach volleyball player icing their ankle

Taming the weekend warrior

Dr. David Kruse, medical director of UC Irvine’s Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center, sees first-hand when weekend warriors push themselves a little too far. He offers his insights on avoiding injury while still having fun this summer.

Shannon Dargenzio and her 230-pound English mastiff, Shera

Her next-best friend is a robot

Shannon Dargenzio says she is grateful UC Irvine Medical Center surgeons were able to remove a benign thyroid tumor without leaving a scar.

Mikael Nilsson

Taking the ‘waste' out of nuclear waste

While spent nuclear fuel continues to pile up by the ton across the United States, engineering professor Mikael Nilsson says the solution is clear: recycle it at the commercial nuclear power plants that create it.

Karen Rook

Shedding light on loneliness

Professor Karen Rook studies relationships and how they affect one’s health and happiness. Her research has shed light on the psychological toll of loneliness on the elderly.