Public Health

Four other people are known to have survived the kind of spinal injury suffered by Jon Wilhite in a triple-fatality car crash, and everything had to go just right for emergency personnel and UC Irvine Medical Center doctors before this story could be told.

UCI's David Dooley studies the impact of unemployment on mental health.

UC Irvine scientists have shown for the first time that neural stem cells can rescue memory in mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a potential treatment for the leading cause of elderly dementia that afflicts 5.3 million people in the U.S.

As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. She stresses that people - especially those in sun-worshipping Southern California - should be aware of the health risks associated with prolonged sun exposure and take proper precautions.

Colors reproduced on Web sites or printed photos never seem as true as what we see in real life, and now one UC Irvine professor explains why.

UC Irvine urologic researchers are leading the effort to see how - or if - natural compounds in such foods as tomatoes and kava work in the human body to prevent or treat prostate and bladder cancers.

UC Irvine Medical Center's Dr. Steven Cramer works successfully behind the scenes to improve stroke treatment for Orange County residents.

Roxane Cohen Silver and Psychology Beyond Borders provide mental healthcare in developing countries after traumatic events.

Paolo Sassone-Corsi is perhaps the world's leading researcher on the body clock, and what he's discovered may one day improve human health.

By feigning illness, volunteers introduce medical students to the human side of healthcare.