Many people turn to nasal strips, clips and stents to help them breathe easier when sleeping or exercising. Third-year UCI medical student Christopher Badger noticed a growing number of clinic patients asking about these dilators, so he decided to review the published research on them. The results appear online June 30 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. Badger […]
UCI study points to need for more head protection during practice, further research
A team of UCI medical students led by sophomore Soe Thein has received the 2016 LGBT Health Achievement Award from the American Medical Student Association. The group, which also included students from UCLA and USC, was honored for hosting the Southern California LGBT Health Conference, which was held Feb. 20 in UCI’s Medical Education Building. […]
Research provides first insights into how cancer rewires circadian rhythms
A study appearing April 14 in the journal Neuron suggests there may be a new way to change the damaging course of Huntington disease. University of California, Irvine neurobiologists Leslie Thompson and Joseph Ochaba and their colleagues from UCI and from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have shown that reducing the aberrant accumulation of a particular form of the […]
Microvesicle injections restored cognition without adverse side effects
UCI report also reveals only 7 percent in major heart studies successfully managed these 3 factors
In 20 years, stem cells, genetics and robotics will get patients back on their feet after a blood clot in the brain
Federally supported effort is aimed at mitigating bioterrorism threat
UCI’s graduating medical students look to the future on March 18 as they learn where their careers will start