Delaying mammograms and essential screenings can be risky for women October 18, 2021 | Valerie Elwell After 18 months of postponing mammograms and other essential exams, women are seeing an uptick in health problems, UCI Health primary care provider... Read More Tags women's health primary care health tips prevention
Survivor beats breast cancer, not once but twice October 13, 2021 | Valerie Elwell A Nevada pharmacist sought help from the breast cancer experts at UCI Health in 2015 when she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive tumor. After... Read More Tags breast cancer cancer women's health
Seven reasons to get the COVID-19 vaccine now August 20, 2021 | Valerie Elwell The current surge in COVID-19 cases across Orange County, California and the nation is likely to be followed by three more waves in the months... Read More Tags Covid-19 immunizations vaccines viruses
Natural killer cells show potential to treat COVID-19 symptoms August 13, 2021 | Valerie Elwell After joining a groundbreaking COVID-19 clinical trial, UCI Health patient Michael Nguyen felt better within days of getting natural killer (NK)... Read More Tags clinical trials breakthroughs Covid-19 infections
Clinical trial has metastatic breast cancer patient on the move again April 29, 2021 | Valerie Elwell Armed with an NCI grant, the UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is enrolling patients from underrepresented Orange County... Read More Tags breast cancer cancer clinical trials
A digital prosthetic eye for the 21st century March 17, 2021 | Valerie Elwell UCI researchers have harnessed digital technology and deep-learning neural networks to develop a next-generation eye prosthetic that can match the... Read More Tags eye breakthroughs patient stories