Clinical trial seeks to curb elderly frailty March 05, 2019 | UCI Health A clinical trial is investigating whether frailty can be slowed with stem cell infusions. Read More Tags aging clinical trials senior health
Understanding aging and the brain November 22, 2017 | UCI Health Successful strategies to help seniors live full, productive lives can’t come soon enough. The number of Americans 65 and older will double in... Read More Tags aging brain Alzheimer's dementia longevity memory senior health
New approaches to caring for older adults May 30, 2017 | Lisa Gibbs, MD By the year 2050, the United States population aged 65 or older is estimated to reach 83 million, nearly double the number in 2012. Read More Tags aging dementia senior health
A medical mission to save eyesight in Peru May 09, 2017 | Mitul Mehta, MD, Sameh Mosaed, MD Two UCI Health ophthalmologists recently traveled to a remote town in Peru to perform eye surgery. Read More Tags breakthroughs eye senior health medical missions
When dementia isn't Alzheimer's disease December 22, 2016 | UCI Health Most people think dementia is synonymous with Alzheimer’s disease. Yet there are many types of dementia. It can strike as early as... Read More Tags aging Alzheimer's dementia memory senior health
How to prevent accidents around the holidays November 17, 2016 | Steve Tischler It’s the most wonderful – and accident-prone – time of the year. The holidays bring more driving, more family gatherings and more... Read More Tags burns emergency prevention senior health trauma health tips holidays