December 01, 2012
Mastectomy, the removal of all or part of the breast, can be necessary in the
treatment of cancer. After mastectomy, many women choose...
December 01, 2012
When Debra Giesy began experiencing lower back pain, she thought it was sciatica, a condition caused by compression of the lumbar or sciatic nerves...
December 01, 2012
The physicians at the UCI Health Melanoma Center specialize in the most advanced methods for determining the spread of this aggressive skin cancer...
December 01, 2012
As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, UC Irvine dermatologist Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. Sun exposure is...
December 01, 2012
When Brent Wong graduated in June with UC Irvine's first nursing science class, he didn't have to go far to land a job. Wong works as a nurse in...
December 01, 2012
Minimizing a cancer patient's radiation exposure during diagnostic scanning and treatment is a continuing goal in oncology. As the recent debate...
December 01, 2012
As CEO of Irvine-based Telmar Network Technology, Granville Kirkup has proved both talented and exceptional in his business style.
He rarely meets...
December 01, 2012
Dr. Dawn Lombardo joined UC Irvine Medical Center to initiate its Heart Failure
Program. She developed the program and assembled a dedicated and...
December 01, 2012
Bariatric surgery is an increasingly popular way to treat morbid obesity. More than 170,000 Americans undergo the surgery each year, 10 times more...
December 01, 2012
When she was eight years old, Karen Sommers watched a movie about a young woman struggling with leukemia. It made her realized that she wanted to...