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OC Medical Association recognizes 150 UCI Health doctors as Physicians of Excellence

December 22, 2016
The 2017 Orange County Medical Association's "Physicians of Excellence" list in the January edition of Orange Coast magazine includes more than 150...

UC Irvine team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits health

The UCI Health Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center works with children and teens to learn the effects of exercise on health.
December 13, 2016
UCI Health pediatric researchers will lead a National Institutes of Health-funded effort to study molecular changes that occur in the body in...

New fundraising leader joins UCI Health

J. Christopher Smith joins UCI Health Advancement as associate vice chancellor on Dec. 5, 2016.
December 05, 2016
Veteran university fundraiser J. Christopher Smith joins UCI Health Advancement as associate vice chancellor, effective Dec. 5. In this strategic...

UC Irvine expert says longer hospital stays may be needed for patients like Kanye West

UCI Health psychiatrist Dr. Jody Rawles
November 30, 2016
IN THE NEWS: UCI Health psychiatrist Dr. Jody Rawles tells Billboard magazine that a longer hospital stay may be needed for people like entertainer...

Parkinson’s Disease symposium to address current treatments, lifestyle

November 16, 2016
UCI Health invites patients, caregivers and interested members of the public to attend a free special event, Parkinson’s Disease Symposium...

Philanthropists donate $5 million for retinal research

Allergan founder Gavin Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, have pledged $5 million to advance retinal research at UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, the academic eye care center named in his honor.
November 16, 2016
Allergan founder Gavin Herbert and his wife, Ninetta, have pledged $5 million to advance retinal research at UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye...

UC Irvine prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by precision medicine initiative

November 15, 2016
UCI Health policy researchers have been awarded $1.2 million by the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine to develop more effective...

Clinical trials point the way forward

Susan O'Brien
November 03, 2016
Doctors at UCI Health are investigating an exciting new medication that uses a patient’s own immune system to attack leukemia cells. Led by...

UCI Health receives top grade in fifth consecutive safety report

November 01, 2016
UCI Health has received a fifth consecutive “A” rating in The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade, which rates how well...

Acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating natural opioids, UC Irvine study shows

UC Irvine researchers at the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine find that acupuncture lowers hypertension by activating natural opioids.
October 28, 2016
Regular electroacupuncture treatment can lower hypertension by increasing the release of a kind of opioid in the brainstem region that controls...