UCI cancer unit earns high-quality-care designation
Practice is first one in state certified by American Society of Clinical Oncology.
July 22, 2010
Press Releases
UCI bariatric surgery center again receives highest level of national accreditation
Facility specializes in minimally invasive laparoscopic approaches to weight loss.
July 20, 2010
Toxic Waste
Latinos, Asians disproportionately exposed to toxic waste. UCI study finds certain neighborhoods more likely to be near polluting facilities.
July 20, 2010
UC Irvine Medical Center makes ‘America's Best Hospitals' list for 10th consecutive year
Gynecology, urology and ear, nose & throat programs lauded.
July 15, 2010
UC Irvine Healthcare first on West Coast to remove thyroid tumors with robot
The procedure, contrary to traditional thyroidectomies, leaves no neck scar.
July 14, 2010
UCI receives prestigious federal research award to hasten medical advances
The Institute for Clinical & Translational Science at UC Irvine will get $20 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to speed the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients.
July 14, 2010
Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats
UCI team will now study whether stimulating fingers, lips and face will work in humans.
July 13, 2010
Malaria grant
UC Irvine public health professor Guiyun Yan will lead groundbreaking malaria field research in impoverished reaches of China, Myanmar and Thailand, thanks to new federal funding.
July 12, 2010
Healthier cafeteria food, more intense gym classes lower students' diabetes risk.
Healthier cafeteria choices, longer and more intense periods of physical activity and robust in-school education programs can lower rates of obesity and other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, according to a national study called HEALTHY.
June 27, 2010